Two ships carrying Indian, Turkish and Libyan crew members have caught fire in the Kerch Strait separating Crimea from Russia, killing at least 14 sailors, media reports today.

At least three people were killed and 10 others, including a paramedic, were injured in a terror attack on the Libyan Foreign Ministry's headquarters in the capital on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said.

Rome, Sep 6 (IANS/AKI) A military operation in Libya will be the "worst possible" course of action and will lead to further instability in the turmoil-wracked country, Italy's Defence Minister Elizabetta Trenta said on Thursday.

UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Libya Maria Ribiero said on Sunday that 130 civilians in Libya have been killed as a result of hostilities since the beginning of this year.

The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said that nearly 680,000 illegal immigrants arrived in Libya in May.

The death toll of the double car bomb attacks that hit the Libyan city of Benghazi has risen above 20, a hospital official said. An army officer has been killed while his senior was injured.

Gunmen attacked Libya's largest oil field Sharara on Monday for unknown reasons, said a government official.

Two more persons, a man and a woman, have been arrested in connection with the Manchester bombing attack in Britain, media reports said.