STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: OK, let's try to get a picture of flooding in Libya. It has turned into a massive disaster. And NPR's Ruth Sherlock, who knows the country well, has been monitoring this from ...

Since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled Muammar Gaddafi and thrust Libya into chaos, access to its oil wealth has become the biggest prize for all political factions and armed groups.

The worst fighting in Libya's capital for years calmed after the government announced a ceasefire, while there was no immediate statement from authorities on how many people had been killed.

A ceasefire came into effect across Tripoli on Wednesday after fierce clashes between rival militias, Libya's internationally recognised government said. "Regular forces, in co-ordination with the ...

The worst fighting in Libya's capital for years calmed on Wednesday an hour after the government announced a ceasefire, Tripoli residents said, with no immediate statement from authorities on how ...

Libya’s National Center of Meteorology reported a record 24-hour rainfall of 414.1 millimeters — more than 16 inches — in Bayda from Sunday to Monday, according to the World Meteorological ...