The morality police will have the power to shut down barbershops and shisha bars that do not comply with the new regulations. Emad Al-Trabelsi, the interior minister of Libya’s Tripoli-based, UN ...

The United Nations is calling for an independent investigation after the discovery of dozens of bodies and evidence of human ...

Libya's administration in Tripoli is stepping up efforts to fend off European influence and protect Islamic social values, with a new "morality police" set to start operating in December.

Most of them were police officers or trainees ... The oil-rich nation of Libya was long ruled by authoritarian leader Moammar Gadhafi, who overthrew King Idris I in a 1969 military coup.

reporting from cairo — At least 60 people were killed and dozens injured Thursday when a truck bomb exploded at a police training ... has been entrenched in Libya since September 2014, when ...

He also escaped unhurt. Libya's security sharply deteriorated after the ouster and killing of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. A new police force was formed under the Interior Ministry ...

Police don’t know where Sayeh, a Libyan national, may be. “He could be in Libya, but with the level of influence and the networking that these men had working at ICAO, he could be anywhere,” ...

Libya's interior minister has announced the reintroduction of the morality police to the streets to enforce what he called "society's traditions" and restrict women's freedom of movement.