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• Libya not ready to embrace new form of government; House representatives won't follow United Nations' suggestion

  Representatives from the Libyan government are firm in casting out new government being suggested by the UN. UN's plan to create a new structure is to unify the poitical arena in Libya.

• Libyan court sentences Gaddafi son Saif, eight other ex-officials to death

  A Libyan court passed a death sentence in absentia on Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, on Tuesday for war crimes and acts to crush peaceful protests during the country's 2011 revolution that ended his father's rule.

• Unable to halt Europe-bound migrants, Tripoli demands help

  Europe cannot halt the deadly traffic of African migrants across the Mediterranean unless it ends a boycott of forces that have seized power in the Libyan capital and helps authorities there cope, the de facto government in Tripoli said.

• Murder and abuse before deadly migrant crossing

  Italian investigators are piecing together a picture of beatings and abuse that hundreds of Africans and Bangladeshis suffered before setting sail from Libya to Italy, only to drown late on Saturday in one of the worst migrant shipwrecks ever in the Mediterranean.

• Gunmen attack South Korea embassy in Tripoli, two guards killed

  Unidentified gunmen fired shots at the South Korean embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli on Sunday killing two local security guards, South Korean and Libyan officials said.

• Libya could agree on unity government leaders this week: U.N. envoy

  Libya's warring groups could agree this week on the leaders of a national unity government to try to overcome the conflict in the North African country, but it will not be easy, a U.N. envoy said on Monday.

• Egyptian Church confirms 21 killed in Libya after Islamic State issues video

  Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the beheading of a group of Egyptian Christians kidnapped in Libya, violence likely to deepen Cairo's concerns over security threats from militants thriving in the neighboring country's chaos.

• Nine killed as gunmen storm luxury hotel in Libyan capital

  Heavily armed gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in Tripoli favored by Libyan officials and visiting delegations on Tuesday, killing at least nine people, including foreigners, before blowing themselves up with a grenade.

• Libya's factions agree to new talks in Geneva next week

  Libya's factions have agreed to a new round of U.N.-backed negotiations to attempt to end the conflict destabilizing the North African country three years after Muammar Gaddafi was toppled in a civil war.

• U.N.-brokered Libya dialogue delayed again: diplomatic sources

  A new round of U.N.-brokered peace talks aimed at ending the escalating political crisis in Libya has been delayed once again and will not take place early this week as originally planned, diplomatic sources said on Sunday.

• U.N. to widen Libya peace talks by including rival parliament

  The United Nations will widen a new round of talks aimed at ending Libya's escalating political crisis by including a rival assembly challenging the recognized government, its special envoy said on Monday.

• Angry families of MH17 crash victims seek U.N. investigation

  Relatives of MH17 crash victims, angered by what they see as Dutch mishandling of inquiries into the disaster, want a special U.N. envoy to launch an international investigation.

• Libyan PM says government responsible for bombing Tripoli airport

  Libya's internationally-recognized Prime Minister Abdullah al-Thinni said on Tuesday his government's air force was responsible for strikes on the airport of the capital Tripoli, controlled by a rival administration.

• Libya faces chaos as top court rejects elected assembly

  Libya's Supreme Court declared the internationally recognized parliament on Thursday as unconstitutional, in a ruling likely to fuel further chaos in the north African oil producing nation.

• Group that seized Tripoli takes Libyan government, oil company websites

  A self-declared Libyan government set up by an armed group that seized the capital in August has taken over the websites of the state administration and the national oil company, adding to confusion over who is running the country.

• Ban Ki-moon makes surprise visit to Libya, urges dialogue

  U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to Tripoli on Saturday to urge the warring factions fighting for control of Libya to make peace, in the highest-level visit since an armed faction took the capital in August.

• Crime and gangs: the path to battle for Australia's Islamist radicals

  The children of refugees who fled Lebanon's civil war for peaceful Australia in the 1970s form a majority of Australian militants fighting in the Middle East, according to about a dozen counter-terrorism officials, security experts and Muslim community members.