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Libyan lawmakers on Tuesday passed a vote of no confidence in the country’s transitional government, an official said, a move that throws long-waited elections late this year into further uncertainty. The vote took place in the parliament’s headquarters in the eastern city of Tobruk, said Abdullah Ablaihig, a spokesman for the legislature.He said 113 lawmakers attended the session, with 89 of them voting in favor of withdrawing confidence in the government of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah.

Subscribe today ArrowRight Protesters in a central square in Tripoli waved Libyan flags, chanting that the decision did not represent them and should be overturned.... But politicians have failed to finalize elections laws dictating how the vote will be conducted. Advertisement Story continues below advertisement Oil-rich Libya was plunged into chaos after a 2011 NATO-backed uprising toppled and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.... In the aftermath, the nation was split between a gover

RAS GARGOUB, Egypt( Reuters)-Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated a naval base on Saturday 135 km from the border with Libya, flanked by close ally Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan and Libya's unity president.... It also has quays for commercial shipping.... Egypt has also experienced tensions with Turkey — which backed Haftar's western rivals in Libya — over maritime rights in the gas-rich eastern Mediterranean....

Read ourprivacy notice Thanks for signing up to theBreaking News email{{# verifyErrors}}{{ message}}{{/ verifyErrors}}{{^ verifyErrors}} Something went wrong.... Officials in the port city believe that the final death toll could reach 20, 000. Libya’s Red Cresent said that 11, 300 people had been confirmed as dead in the disaster, driven by the collapse of two dams with Storm Daniel pounding the country’s coast.... “ If there would have been a normal operating meteorological service, they coul