libya's parliament has ousted the nation's Prime Minister in a vote of confidence. The chamber also named on Tuesday the Defence Minister as an interim prime minister until a replacement for Ali Zidan is found.
The vote of confidence followed a standoff between the Central Government in Tripoli and powerful militias in the eastern region of the North African nation over oil sales. A militia holding the key eastern port of al-Sidra sparked a three-day crisis when it attempted to load oil into a North Korean-flagged tanker that docked there without Government permission.
The Government said on Monday that its forces had taken control of the tanker, but the militia denied this.