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Asia shares camp on high ground, oil up on Libya shutdown

Wayne Cole, Reuters
Posted at Jan 20 09:03 AM

Oil prices jumped as oilfields in southwest Libya began shutting down after forces loyal to Khalifa Haftar closed a pipeline, potentially reducing national output to a fraction of its normal level. Read more »

World powers agree new push for Libya peace

Imed Lamloum, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 20 06:53 AM

World leaders committed Sunday to ending all foreign meddling in Libya's war and to uphold a weapons embargo at a Berlin summit, as part of a broader plan to end the spiraling conflict.   Read more »

Filipinos in Libya told: Evacuate despite ceasefire talks

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Posted at Jan 14 08:49 AM

Filipinos in Libya still need to evacuate away from previous encounter sites in the capital even as the UN-recognized government and strongman General Khalifa Haftar ironed out a ceasefire agreement, an envoy said Tuesday.    Read more »

DFA to Filipinos in Tripoli: Evacuate or request repatriation

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Posted at Jan 10 08:23 PM

Embassy Chargé d’Affaires Elmer Cato said 5 nurses fled a housing compound in Tarik Shuk District after it was struck by an artillery shell on Wednesday.  Read more »

Filipinos in Libya urged: Prepare for evacuation

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Posted at Jan 08 09:31 AM

The Philippine Embassy in Libya on Wednesday urged Filipinos to prepare for evacuation in areas with intense firefights. Read more »

Flights suspended in Libya's capital as violence intensifies

Reuters
Posted at Jan 04 09:51 AM

TRIPOLI - Flights were suspended at the only functioning airport in Libya's capital Tripoli on Friday because of rocket fire and shelling, as people in eastern Libya protested Turkish military support for their rivals.  Read more »

'Evacuate,' embassy urges Filipinos in Libya after 8 nurses saved from 'intense clashes'

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Updated as of Jan 03 11:27 PM

The Philippine Embassy urged Filipinos in Tripoli, Libya to flee to safer ground to avoid gun battles as forces of military strongman Khalifa Haftar sought to capture the capital.  Read more »

17 Pinoy lumikas sa Libya matapos salakayin ng armadong grupo

Jeffrey Hernaez, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Dec 31 05:32 AM

Napilitang lumikas ang 17 pinoy matapos puwersahang kubkubin ng mga armadong lalaki ang gusaling tinitirhan sa Tripoli, Libya, ayon sa embahada ng Pilipinas. Read more »

Pope Francis denounces 'torture, slavery' in Libyan migrant camps

Philip Pullella, Reuters
Posted at Dec 19 10:30 PM

"How can we fail to hear the cry of so many brothers and sisters who prefer to face a tempestuous sea rather than die slowly in Libyan detention camps, places of torture and ignoble slavery?" he said. Read more »

US says drone shot down by Russian air defenses near Libyan capital

By Phil Stewart and Aidan Lewis, Reuters
Posted at Dec 07 02:33 PM

The US military believes that an unarmed American drone reported lost near Libya's capital last month was in fact shot down by Russian air defenses and it is demanding the return of the aircraft's wreckage, US Africa Command says. Read more »

Libya stops salaries of thousands of teachers without documents

Ahmed Elumami, Reuters
Posted at Oct 29 08:26 AM

GHOST TEACHERS? Libya's internationally recognized government has stopped the salaries of over 150,000 teachers and other education ministry staff who do not have proper documents, the ministry said in an anti-corruption push that sparked protests. Read more »

At least 40 feared dead, missing in shipwreck off Libya

Reuters
Posted at Aug 28 12:02 AM

About 40 people are feared dead or missing after the latest wreck of a boat carrying migrants bound for Europe off the coast of Libya, while about 60 people may have been rescued, the United Nations refugee agency said on Tuesday. Read more »

PH warns vs travel to Libya in wake of airport bombings

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Posted at Aug 17 06:27 PM

MANILA - The Philippine embassy in Tripoli on Saturday warned Filipinos against travel in war-stricken Libya, in wake of bombings at its capital's sole functioning airport. Read more »

Car bomb explodes in Libya's Benghazi, killing 3 UN staff

Ayman al-Warfalli, Reuters
Posted at Aug 11 07:46 AM

BENGHAZI, Libya - A car bomb explosion in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi killed three U.N. staff members and two other mission members on Saturday, the United Nations said.   Read more »

6 more Pinoys evacuated from Libya

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Posted at Aug 06 10:46 AM

Six more Filipinos and a Thai national have been evacuated from conflict-stricken Libya, the Philippine Embassy there said Tuesday. Read more »

Libya strongman's forces claim hospital strike

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 10:55 AM

BENGHAZI - Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar's forces said Monday they carried out an air strike last week on a makeshift hospital near Tripoli that killed five medical personnel. Read more »

Pinoys warned vs illegal recruitment to Libya

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Posted at Jul 21 03:28 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Sunday warned Filipinos against individuals and agencies recruiting workers to conflict-stricken Libya. Read more »

PH diplomat says group of Pinoy engineers in Libya ‘safe, accounted for’

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Posted at May 30 10:54 PM

Elmer Cato, the country's diplomatic representative to Libya, made the announcement on social media. Read more »

15 Pinoys to return home from Libya: DFA

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Updated as of May 29 09:01 PM

Some 70 Filipinos have been repatriated from conflict-stricken Tripoli since fighting broke out between the eastern Libyan National Army and government forces last month. Read more »

As ‘intense fighting’ rages in Libya, DFA pleads for Pinoys to relocate

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Posted at May 25 07:39 PM

The Department of Foreign Affairs on Saturday urged Filipinos in Libya to relocate amid "intense fighting" in its capital city, Tripoli. Read more »