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  MEA confirms return of 18 Indians stranded in Benghazi as security situation deteriorates in Libya

  World | February 06, 2025 14:01 IST

  Ministry 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 | February 04, 2024 11:17 IST

  The 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 | December 17, 2023 11:59 IST

  According 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 | September 18, 2023 7:04 IST

  The 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 | September 15, 2023 16:45 IST

  The 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 | September 14, 2023 16:22 IST

  The 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 | September 13, 2023 13:51 IST

  The 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 | September 12, 2023 17:53 IST

  Over 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 | September 12, 2023 8:23 IST

  The 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 | August 21, 2023 12:32 IST

  17 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 | August 16, 2023 22:50 IST

  Tensions 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 | August 10, 2023 17:23 IST

  Tunisia 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 | September 28, 2022 18:13 IST

  The 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 | December 03, 2021 12:59 IST

  Libya 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 | November 15, 2021 12:56 IST

  Gadhafi’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.

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  EU allocates funds for child education, protection in Libya

  Education | August 09, 2021 17:19 IST

  European Union (EU) has allocated more than USD 1.6 billion for the protection and education of children in Libya.

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  Libya, UNICEF sign working plan on protection of children

  World | August 04, 2021 13:06 IST

  The programme, which is expected to run up to Dec 31, 2022, will continue to ensure that community-based child protection, psychosocial, and reintegration services are available for boys and girls, the statement said on Tuesday, Xinhua reported.

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  Libya imposes curfew due to COVID-19 surge

  World | July 27, 2021 14:57 IST

  The corona curfew will last for two weeks from 6:00 pm to 6:00 am, Xinhua news agency reported on Monday.

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  Libyan interior minister Fathi Bashagha's motorcade attacked

  World | February 21, 2021 22:13 IST

  The motorcade of the interior minister of Libya’s U.N.-backed government came under attack on Sunday in the capital, Tripoli, officials said. Armed men opened fire at Fathi Bashagha’s motorcade on a highway in Tripoli, wounding at least one of his guards, said Amin al-Hashmi, a spokesman for the Tripoli-based Health Ministry.

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  8 mass graves found in western Libya

  World | June 12, 2020 10:52 IST

  On Wednesday, Interior Minister of the UN-backed government Fathi Bashagha had confirmed the discovery of the mass graves in Tarhuna. But he did not specify the exact number of graves.