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In pictures: So-called Libyan National Army 'liberates' Benghazi after three-year campaign
Benghazi's streets are lined with destroyed buildings and littered with debris and the shells of rusting cars.
Muslims tweet hilarious photos of their 'dangerous' grandparents amid Trump's travel ban
After months of court battles and controversy Donald Trump's travel ban was imposed on 29 June.
Manchester bombing: Salman Abedi had planned attack since December, says Libya
Abedi spent almost a month in Tripoli, where his family stays, before returning to Britain to execute his plan.
Humanitarian rescue boats or ferry service? Mediterranean migrants up 40% on last year
Critics have accused NGOs that rescue people in the Mediterranean of acting as a "ferry service" that encourages smugglers.
Did UK government strike deal with Libya not to prosecute Yvonne Fletcher murder suspect?
Saleh Ibrahim Mabrouk's lawyer said he was reassured he was not wanted over the 1984 killing of the police officer.
Thousands of 'Jihad amphetamine pills' found in Dutch laboratory raid
Fake Captagon tablets may have been destined for Islamist fighters like Boko Haram.
'I survived Libya's slave markets' – one migrant's appalling testimony
Selling migrants from West Africa is becoming a trend among smugglers in Libya.
Migrants are being sold at open slave markets in Libya
Vulnerable refugees from West Africa often arrive in the country with no money and no papers.
Migrant from Guinea struggles to start new life in France among country's homeless
Diaby, who is just 17, made the 4,000 km journey to France from Guinea dodging war and bandits.
Canada's largest school board cancels students' US trip amid Trump's travel ban
24 already-scheduled trips will go ahead as planned.
For migrants 'rescue in Libya' can mean torture and rape - Europe can no longer turn a blind eye
"They were beating me on the back with a belt and electric cables."
Libya's renegade Field Marshall Khalifa Hafter in offensive to retake eastern oil ports
The crucial oil terminals were taken by Benghazi militias earlier in the month.
UK aid money warning as Mediterranean migrants face abuse and extortion in Libya
Independent Commission for Aid Impact said the British funding could be harming migrants.
Unicef: Refugee women and children 'raped and abused in Libya's hellholes' need a safe passage
Safe and legal pathways would protect migrant children from predators, the humanitarian agency says.
Philippine nurse held by Isis says she was forced to treat militants and give them medical training
The nurse is from a group of 7 women, who were held by Isis in the Libyan city of Sirte.
Libya civil war: PM Fayez al-Sarraj and General Khalifa Haftar agree to meet for first time
Heads of warring factions made the landmark commitment in Cairo.
Donald Trump calls Theresa May on Valentine's Day after UK PM rejects state visit petition
Republican president facing pressure in US after Michael Flynn quits as national security adviser.
UN head Antonio Guterres goes on offensive after US blocks envoy to war-torn Libya
The US' positioning over the appointment comes as the UN's peace process in Libya looks close to collapse.
Tens of thousands rally in US cities and airports in protest against Trump's Muslim travel ban
President Donald Trump's Executive Order bars admission of Syrian refugees and restricts people from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering US.
Over 80 Isis fighters killed in latest US air strike near Sirte in Libya, Pentagon says
The US-led coalition also continued air strikes in Iraq and Syria against the Islamic State group.
Khalifa Haftar: Who is the former Gaddafi General Moscow wants to rule Libya?
Haftar, who has played a central role in Libya since 1969, appears to have the backing of the Kremlin.
Moscow eyes power in Libya as former Gaddafi stooge meets Russian officials on aircraft carrier
Khalifa Haftar, the head of Libya's armed forces, spoke with Russian defence minister aboard the vessel.
Isis mastermind of Sousse massacre identified as Chamseddine al-Sandi
Chamseddine ran the cell, known as the Bardo gang, responsible for the slayings at the Bardo Museum and the Sousse attack.
Detained Isis suspect claims group executed two missing Tunisian journalists
Suspect claims blogger Sofiene Chourabi and photographer Nadhir Ktari executed in Derna after IS court order.
Libyan plane hijack: All hostages freed as hijackers surrender in Malta
Two hijackers have surrendered to police in Malta, exiting the plane waving the Libyan flag.
2016 in review: 50 powerful photos of war in Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen
In this gallery, IBTimes UK looks back at the year in four countries ripped apart by conflict: Syria, Iraq, Libya and Yemen.
IBTimes UK Agency Photographer of the Year: Goran Tomasevic
International Business Times UK is pleased to announce that Goran Tomasevic is our 2016 Agency Photographer of the Year.
Aleppo: Assad has won a battle not the war says former Arab League chief Amr Moussa
Moussa says that Saudi Arabia and Egypt should play a bigger role in ending the Syrian war
Women and children held captive by Isis are released as Sirte is liberated
Dozens of women and children – some of them migrants from sub-Saharan Africa held captive by Isis – escaped or were released from militant-held territory.
Libyan forces take control of Isis-held Sirte in major blow to Islamic State
The town was the Islamist terror group's major centre of power in Northern Africa.