Libya
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Saif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of Libya's ex-dictator Muammar Gaddafi, killed in Zintan
World | Feb 04, 2026, 08:42 AM ISTSaif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya's former ruler Muammar Gaddafi, was killed in Zintan, though the cause remains unclear. Security officials and close associates confirmed his death.
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Libya's military chief, 7 others killed in plane crash in Turkey's Ankara
World | Dec 24, 2025, 07:02 AM ISTLibya's military chief Gen Muhammad Ali Ahmad al-Haddad died in a plane crash on Tuesday. Officials said the crash was caused by a technical problem in the aircraft.
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Haqiqat Kya Hai : Munir's anti-India stance, Dhaka- Dhaka, Libya- Libya
Hakikat Kya Hai | Dec 23, 2025, 10:58 PM ISTPakistan's Field Marshal Mullah Munir has now set out to charm, persuade, and entice Muslim countries. He only talks about religious matters there. Munir delivered his latest speech in Libya.
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Gujarat couple, daughter abducted in Libya while trying to migrate to Portugal; MEA alerted
Gujarat | Dec 14, 2025, 09:47 AM ISTThe couple, along with their daughter Devanshi, were taken as hostage in Libya while they were trying to move to Portugal in Europe. According to Mehsana SP Himanshu Solanki, Chavda's brother stays in Portugal.
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Libyan farm owner sets off pet lion on worker in scary prank, arrested | VIDEO
Trending | Aug 22, 2025, 12:50 PM ISTThe farm owner claimed the act was a "prank", but Libya’s public prosecutor called it a blatant abuse of power and a serious threat to public safety.
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MEA confirms return of 18 Indians stranded in Benghazi as security situation deteriorates in Libya
World | Feb 06, 2025, 02:01 PM ISTMinistry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal confirmed the return on 18 Indians who were stranded in Libya. He added that the Indian Embassy in Libya facilitated the return of Indians.
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Why US and UK carrying out massive airstrikes in Iraq and Syria I EXPLAINED
World | Feb 04, 2024, 11:17 AM ISTThe US military said that its massive barrage of strikes hit command and control headquarters; intelligence centres; rockets and missiles, drone and ammunition storage sites; and other facilities connected to the militias and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Quds Force.
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'Tragic': Over 60 migrants including women and children die after boat capsizes in Libya
World | Dec 17, 2023, 11:59 AM ISTAccording to the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Libya, the survivors told them that the vessel was carrying around 86 people who had departed the Libyan city of Zwara.
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Libya floods: UN revises death count from disaster to 3958; over 9000 injured
World | Sep 18, 2023, 07:04 AM ISTThe UN has revised its death count from the Libya floods to 3958 which was earlier reported 11,300 citing the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. According to the latest report, over 9000 people are still missing.
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Libya: Derna's deadly flood death count soars to 11,300, Mayor claims 18,000 to 20,000 people died
World | Sep 15, 2023, 04:45 PM ISTThe flooding swept away entire families in Derna on Sunday night and exposed vulnerabilities in the oil-rich country that has been mired in conflict since a 2011 uprising that toppled long-ruling dictator Moammar Gadhafi.
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Libya: Derna Mayor estimates 18,000 to 20,000 people died in Tsunami-like flood I Horrific VIDEO
World | Sep 14, 2023, 04:22 PM ISTThe deluge swept away entire families on Sunday night and exposed vulnerabilities in the oil-rich country that has been mired in conflict since its 2011 uprising. H
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Libya: Devastating flood wipes out quarter of Derna city, over 5,300 killed I SCARY VIDEO emerges
World | Sep 13, 2023, 01:51 PM ISTThe startling death and devastation wreaked by Mediterranean storm Daniel pointed to the storm’s intensity, but also the vulnerability of a nation torn apart by chaos for more than a decade.
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Libya: Authorities recover hundreds of bodies amid unprecedented flooding, 700 buried in Derna
World | Sep 12, 2023, 05:53 PM ISTOver 10,000 people are missing since the Mediterranean storm Daniel wreaked havoc in eastern Libya and the death toll is likely to rise.
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Eastern Libya flooding: 2,000 feared dead, PM Hamad announces three-day mourning
World | Sep 12, 2023, 08:23 AM ISTThe health authorities confirmed 61 people as dead as on late Monday, however, the numbers did not include those from Derna which had become inaccessible with several thousands who were reported missing were believed to have been swept away by waters.
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'Hugs', 'tears': Emotional moments at Delhi airport as kin receive 17 youths return from Libyan jail
India | Aug 21, 2023, 12:32 PM IST17 youths, who returned from Libyan jail said they went through hell-like situation in the violence-strife nation.
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Libya: Clashes between rival militias in Tripoli kill 45, over 140 injured
World | Aug 16, 2023, 10:50 PM ISTTensions flared after Mahmoud Hamza, a senior commander of the 444 brigades, was allegedly detained by the rival group at an airport in Tripoli earlier in the day.
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27 migrants found dead in Libyan desert at border after possible expulsion from Tunisia
World | Aug 10, 2023, 05:23 PM ISTTunisia has been alleged to have forcefully expelled migrants from their territory and dumping them in the desert areas without food and water.
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Indian seafarer stuck in Libya returns after 19 months
India | Sep 28, 2022, 06:13 PM ISTThe Maritime Union Of India issued a statement claiming that the seafarer had spent 19 months on the ship in breach of Maritime Labour Convention, 2006. He had been abandoned at the Misrata Port in Libya for nine months.
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Court allows Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi's son to run for president
World | Dec 03, 2021, 12:59 PM ISTLibya has been wracked by chaos since a NATO-backed uprising toppled Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Over the past decade, the oil-rich nation had been split between a government in the east, backed by powerful commander Khalifa Hifter, and a UN-supported administration in Tripoli, aided by western-based Libyan militias.
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Gadhafi's son Seif al-Islam announces candidacy for president of Libya
World | Nov 15, 2021, 12:56 PM ISTGadhafi’s son was captured by fighters in the town of Zintan late in 2011, the year when a popular uprising, backed by the NATO, toppled his father after more than 40 years in power. Moammar Gadhafi was killed in October 2011 amid the ensuing fighting that would turn into a civil war.