By Yousef Saba DOHA, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Libya plans to boost its natural gas production in the next five years to have more supply available for export to Europe by early 2030, National Oil Corporation Chairman Massoud Suleman said on Tuesday.

Death of former dictator’s son removes symbolic alternative to Libya’s entrenched political deadlock, analysts say.

Libya is reopening its oil and gas sector to foreign investors while deepening strategic energy cooperation with Egypt to bolster production, regional supply chains, and energy security.

Travel companies are betting on new destinations and rolling out new trips to places that have not showed up on mainstream itineraries a year ago.

The UN Security Council is due to hold a session on Libya on 18 February, with the UN’s special envoy Hanna Tetteh set to brief members on the latest political, security and humanitarian developments.

Western powers are deepening their footprint in Libya’s oil sector, with renewed IOC interest and the resumption of deepwater drilling seen as a potential signal of growing political confidence.

Haftar's visit to Pakistan comes just a month after Field Marshal Asim Munir’s trip to Libya’s Benghazi from 17 to 19 December.

By Ariba Shahid, Mubasher Bukhari and Saad Sayeed KARACHI, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Pakistan is in talks to open a consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, three sources with knowledge of the matter said,