Libya says Niger has extradited Moammar Gaddafi’s son al-Saadi, who fled as his father’s regime crumbled in 2011 and was under house arrest in the desert West African nation ever since.

A PROLONGED conflict in Libya would result in increased civilian casualties and humanitarian problems, Foreign Affairs Minister Eamon Gilmore said, amid fears that a stalemate was developing in the country.

THE cost of living is increasing at its fastest rate in more than two years, with food, clothes, mortgages and rent on the rise.