ICC DEMANDS 'IMMEDIATE ARREST' OF SAIF AL-ISLAM GADDAFI

The statement comes a few days after Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was reportedly released from prison in the North African country's western city of Zintan... READ MORE›

U.S. HAS SECRETLY EXPANDED ITS GLOBAL NETWORK OF DRONE BASES TO NORTH AFRICA

Drones flown from a new base in Tunisia are collecting intelligence on Islamic State sites in Libya... READ MORE›

LIBYA BOATS CAPSIZE OFF ZUWARA CARRYING HUNDREDS

Hundreds of people are feared dead after two boats carrying up to 500 migrants capsized off the Libyan city of Zuwara, residents and officials say... READ MORE›

EGYPT BOMBS IS IN LIBYA AFTER BEHEADINGS VIDEO

Libya is home to a large community of both Muslim and Coptic Egyptians, with most working in the construction sector... READ MORE›

HUNDREDS FEARED DEAD IN REFUGEE SHIPWRECKS OFF LIBYA

As many as 239 people are feared dead in two shipwrecks off the coast of Libya, according to the United Nations refugee agency... READ MORE›

Fighters under the banner of the Tripolitania Province of the Islamic State announced last month that they were holding about 20 Egyptian Christians, or Copts... READ MORE›

EGYPT HITS 'JIHADIST CAMPS' AFTER ATTACK ON COPTIC CHRISTIANS

America stands with President Sisi and all the Egyptian people today, and always, as we fight to defeat this common enemy, he added... READ MORE›

CHIEF OF ISLAMIC STATE IN LIBYA THOUGHT TO BE KILLED IN AIRSTRIKE

Before going to Libya, Zubaidi was a senior Islamic State operative in Iraq... READ MORE›

TOP ISLAMIST 'KILLED' IN US STRIKE

The Islamist militant who ordered a deadly attack on an Algerian gas plant in 2013 has been killed in a US air strike, Libyan officials say... READ MORE›

5,000 REFUGEES RESCUED ON ROUTE TO ITALY FROM LIBYA

Italy has become the hardest-hit European destination for refugees from Africa this year... READ MORE›

EGYPT SEEKS UN MANDATE FOR LIBYA ISLAMIC STATE INTERVENTION

Libya is home to a large community of both Muslim and Coptic Egyptians, with most working in the construction sector... READ MORE›

IS SETTING UP LIBYA CAMPS, US SAYS

Libya after Gaddafi Islamic State militants have set up training camps in eastern Libya, the head of the US Africa command says... READ MORE›

ISIS LEADER IN LIBYA PRESUMED KILLED BY U.S. AIRSTRIKE

The official said the operation began before the Paris attacks and was not related to that event... READ MORE›

ITALY SEIZES HUGE DRUGS HAUL INTENDED FOR ISIL FIGHTERS IN LIBYAA

The drugs would also have been sold to people in the street in Libya and Egypt, where dependence on Tramadol has become a serious social problem... READ MORE›

ISIS IS PLANNING TO USE MIGRANT BOATS TO CROSS FROM LIBYA TO EUROPE

Isis plans to use immigrant boats from Libya to cause terror in Europe and close shipping routes... READ MORE›

SEXUAL ASSAULTS BLAMED ON 'ARAB' MEN IN GERMANY MAY INFLAME REFUGEE DEBATE

New Year's Eve attacks attributed to Arab and North African men threaten to fan the flames of Germany's refugee debate... READ MORE›

SYRIA NAMED WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS COUNTRY IN LATEST RESEARCH ON INTERNATIONAL LEVELS OF PEACE AND VIOLENCE

These are the most and least peaceful countries in the world... READ MORE›

JIHADISTS DEEPEN COLLABORATION IN NORTH AFRICA

Many of the extremist groups are affiliates of Al Qaeda, which has had roots in North Africa since the 1990s... READ MORE›

EGYPTIAN AIR STRIKES IN LIBYA KILL DOZENS OF ISIS MILITANTS

Egyptian air strikes killed 64 Isis fighters, including three of the leadership, in the coastal cities of Derna and Sirte, the Libyan army said... READ MORE›

EGYPT LAUNCHES AIRSTRIKES AGAINST ISIL IN LIBYA

Libya's air force commander, Saqr al-Joroushi, told Egyptian state TV that about 50 militants were killed... READ MORE›

EGYPT HITS LIBYAN TERROR CAMPS AGAIN AFTER ATTACK KILLS 29 COPTS

Libyan sources say Egypt has indicated more attacks, possibly including groundstrikes, are being considered by Cairo... READ MORE›

US BACKS ARMING OF GOVERNMENT FOR IS FIGHT

Last month, the Libyan government warned that IS could seize most of the country if it was not halted soon... READ MORE›

JIHADI LEADER MOKHTAR BELMOKHTAR KILLED IN US AIR STRIKE, LIBYA CLAIMS

Jihadi leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar killed in US air strike, Libya claims... READ MORE›

CHRISTIANS UNDER PRESSURE: FROM BIGOTRY AT SCHOOL TO IMPRISONMENT AND MURDER

Fayek, an affable young man, believes his social status shielded him from the worst forms of persecution inflicted on poorer Egyptian Christians... READ MORE›

IN LIBYA, THE ISLAMIC STATES BLACK BANNER RISES BY THE MEDITERRANEAN

Libyans say that a wide range of foreign fighters, including Tunisians, Yemenis, Sudanese and Egyptians, have arrived in Sirte... READ MORE›

GADHAFI'S SON SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER 2011 KILLINGS

The court, in the capital of Tripoli, sentenced eight other people to death, including former Libyan spy chief Abdullah al-Senoussi and two former prime ministers, al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi and Abuzaid Dorda... READ MORE›

US SAYS DRONE KILLED AN ISIS OPERATIVE

Last month, the State Department announced multimillion-dollar rewards for information leading to the whereabouts of four Islamic State leaders, including Mr... READ MORE›

SCENES FROM A TRAGEDY: JUST ANOTHER WEEK IN EUROPE'S MIGRANT CRISIS - IN PICTURES

Scenes from a tragedy just another week in Europe's migrant crisis - in pictures... READ MORE›

LIBYANS INTERCEPT AT LEAST 1,131 MIGRANTS OFF WESTERN COAST IN A WEEK

Libya's coast guard intercepted at least 1,131 migrants near the western city of Sabratha over the course of a week, a spokesman said on Saturday... READ MORE›

ANOTHER WESTERN INTERVENTION IN LIBYA LOOMS

In western Libya, smugglers and criminal gangs have also fueled the Islamic State's rise... READ MORE›