The United Nations mission in Libya, on Friday, condemned an attack on a court in the south-western city of Sebha, Anadolu News Agency reports.

The sinking of a boat with more than 30 people on board this week is the deadliest migration tragedy to date in the English Channel.

Russia’s Ambassador to the UN, Gennady Kuzmin, has called for postponing the election in Libya saying that those demanding the delay have the right to be heard.

The United States called on the UN Security Council on Tuesday to “impose sanctions” on any “Libyan or non-Libyan person” who undermines the elections scheduled for 24 December, Anadolu has reported.

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Karim Khan has told the Security Council that he will rescue himself from the case of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi to maintain neutrality in Libya’s file now that Gaddafi is a presidential elections candidate.

UN special envoy Jan Kubis’s resignation accepted a month before a scheduled presidential election in Libya.

The United Nations’ migration agency said 75 migrants drowned in the Mediterranean Sea north of Libya earlier this week as they attempted to reach Italy by boat.

The Head of the Presidential Council (PC), Mohammed Menfi, affirmed his eagerness to gather the Libyan players to heal the rift and prepare for the elections.

The United Nations commented on the candidacy of Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi saying the High National Elections Commission (HNEC) is the party responsible for approving or disapproving candidates for Libya elections.

Major world powers could pursue sanctions against those who undermine Libya’s upcoming elections, a group of more than two dozen leaders announced Friday at a high-level summit in Paris.