Foreign workers in Libya continue to leave in their hundreds, departing via Tunisia or Malta following the closure of Tripoli airport.

Athens has also dispatched a ship to Tripoli to evacuate Greek citizens.

Canada, France and South Korea are the latest to pull out diplomatic staff from Tripoli over security concerns.

Employees have appealed to the company to release unpaid salaries for May, June and July.

Several international oil companies have withdrawn Libya-based staff as Thailand and the Philippines raise travel alerts, though some Turkish workers are reported to have recently returned to work in Sirte.

Several governments have heightened travel warnings for Libya and evacuated certain personnel in the wake of clashes at Tripoli airport.

The United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) says it is temporarily reducing its staff in Libya due to the security situation in the country.

An armed group has reportedly attacked a number of overseas workers in Ajdabiya in eastern Libya.

A Bosnian and a Macedonian construction worker reportedly kidnapped in Zuwara have now been freed, but an Italian man is still missing.

The cabinet has voiced "reservations" about Article 29 of the 2014 budget, which freezes all previous decisions to increase public salaries.

A total of 269 Filipino workers have returned home as part of a "voluntary repatriation" programme by the Filipino government.

Government staff will be working fewer hours during the month of Ramadan.

A spokesman says it is waiting for government funds to implement a decision to increase social security contributions for some 350,000 pensioners.

Following warnings from ex-general Khalifa Haftar, hundreds of Turkish citizens working in Libya are reportedly leaving the country through Misrata airport.

The registry office in Sirte says it has given cards out to over 105,000 residents, the latest indicator of the city's population.