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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›
LIBYA HALTS HUNDREDS OF EUROPE-BOUND REFUGEES
Hundreds of refugees and migrants attempting to reach Europe have been intercepted in recent days by Libyan authorities, according to a coastguard spokesman... READ MORE›
LEADERS WARNED AGAINST STRANDING THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES IN 'CONCENTRATION CAMPS' IN LIBYA DEAL
EU Malta summit Leaders warned against stranding thousands of refugees in 'concentration camps' in Libya deal... READ MORE›
RUSSIA EXPECTS LIBYAN PM SARRAJ TO VISIT MOSCOW THIS MONTH
Last month, Russia welcomed Khalifa Haftar, a prominent commander in eastern Libya, on board one of its warships... READ MORE›
EU SUMMIT SEEKS ACTION-PLAN WITH LIBYA
European leaders gather to find ways to tackle people smugglers in the North African country... READ MORE›
TRUMP DOESN'T SEEM TO WANT ANOTHER LIBYA IN SYRIA - LAVROV
Lavrov proposed re-including the official Syrian government in the Arab League as a way of solving the crisis... READ MORE›
GERMAN FOREIGN MIN CITES TORTURE, EXECUTIONS IN LIBYAN MIGRANT CAMPS
The sea crossing from Libya to Italy, operated by people-smugglers based in the North African country, is now the main route for migrants bound for Europe... READ MORE›
EU LOOKS TO FUND CAMPS IN AFRICA TO CUT IMMIGRATION
Thomas de Maiziere, German interior minister, said on Thursday that the idea was to send the people to a safe place without bringing them into Europe... READ MORE›
AL-QAEDA-LINKED REBELS 'DEFEATED IN BENGHAZI DISTRICT'
Forces loyal to renegade Libyan general Haftar claim they have liberated Qanfouda, a stronghold of Ansar al-Sharia... READ MORE›
SUSPECTED EMIRATI SPY KILLED IN LIBYA'S TRIPOLI
A member of Libyan intelligence killed the Emirati citizen before being gunned down by security forces, the prosecutor added, without giving a date for the incident... READ MORE›
REGIONAL AFRICAN POWERS REJECT FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN LIBYA
Saturday's meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Egypt, Chad, Niger, Libya, Algeria, and Tunisia... READ MORE›
'HAS ANY OTHER NOBEL PEACE PRIZE-WINNER DROPPED 100K BOMBS?'
Before you go, Obama 'Has any other Nobel Peace Prize-winner dropped 100k bombs?'... READ MORE›
US AIR RAIDS 'KILL SCORES OF ISIL FIGHTERS' IN LIBYA
B-2 bombers and US drones target two camps near city of Sirte, killing at least 80 ISIL fighters, Pentagon says... READ MORE›
US PLANES STRIKE ISIS FIGHTERS IN LIBYA 'PLANNING ATTACKS IN EUROPE'
He did not say how many Isis fighters remain in Libya following the attack... READ MORE›
BARACK OBAMA ORDERS RAID TO KILL 80 ISLAMIC STATE TERRORISTS IN LIBYA WHO WERE 'PLOTTING ATTACKS IN EUROPE'
That's particularly true in view of the fact that we know some of the Isil operatives in Libya were involved with plotting attacks... READ MORE›
180 MISSING PEOPLE PRESUMED DEAD AFTER SHIPWRECK
East African survivors from latest disaster off Libyan coast recount harrowing details from Saturday's sinking... READ MORE›
EU BRACES FOR NEW SPRING WAVE OF MIGRANTS TRYING TO CROSS SEA FROM LIBYA
Tens of thousands of people seeking better lives are expected to trek across deserts and board unseaworthy boats in war-torn Libya this year in a desperate... READ MORE›
NEARLY 100 MIGRANTS MISSING IN MEDITERRANEAN
2016 closed out as the deadliest year for migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe, the group said... READ MORE›
NEARLY 100 REFUGEES MISSING AFTER BOAT SINKS OFF LIBYA
Nearly 100 people are missing after a boat packed with refugees and migrants sank off the Libyan coast, killing at least eight, according to the Italian coastguard... READ MORE›
SCORES OF MIGRANTS FEARED DEAD, 13 BODIES FOUND IN MEDITERRANEAN
The majority paid Libyan people traffickers to make the journey... READ MORE›
AMERICA'S MILITARY TENTACLES ARE IN THREE-QUARTERS OF WORLD
US Special Operations Forces deploy to 138 nations, 70 percent of the world's countries, according to a report by TomDispatch... READ MORE›
'IRAN NUCLEAR DEAL WAS A POSITIVE STEP, BUT NO THANKS TO KERRY'
But in reality and in terms of the substantive fight against ISIS, particularly against Al-Qaeda and other jihadist groups, the US has been counterproductive... READ MORE›
LIBYAN PLANE HIJACKERS CHARGED WITH TERRORISM AT MALTA COURT
The two Libyan men, 28-year-old Ali Saleh and 27-year-old Moussa Soko, arrived at Malta Law Courts on Sunday noon, escorted by armed guards... READ MORE›
ALL PASSENGERS ARE SAFE AFTER LIBYAN JET IS HIJACKED
Libyan officials, though, believed the hijackers had more personal goals... READ MORE›
MIGRANT DEATHS IN MEDITERRANEAN TOPS RECORD 5,000 THIS YEAR
So far this year, about 359,000 migrants and refugeesA fleeing war-torn areas of the Middle East and AfricaA have reached Europe by sea, according to IOM figures... READ MORE›
HIJACKED LIBYAN PLANE LANDS IN MALTA
The Airbus A320 had been on a domestic Libyan route operated by Afriqiyah Airways from Sabha in the south to the capital Tripoli but was re-routed... READ MORE›
#AFRIQIYAH HOSTAGE CRISIS: HIJACKERS SURRENDER IN MALTA, ALL 118 ON BOARD RELEASED (VIDEOS, PHOTOS)
Hijackers surrendered, searched and taken in custody, tweeted Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat after a protracted hostage situation... READ MORE›
LIBYA MALTA HIJACK: HIJACKERS ARRESTED
The hijackers of a Libyan jet with 118 people aboard are arrested at Malta International Airport... READ MORE›
HIJACKED LIBYAN PLANE DIVERTED TO MALTA WITH 118 ABOARD, PROMPTING AIRPORT STANDOFF
The Maltese prime minister, Joseph Muscat, tweeted Informed of potential hijack situation of a Libya internal flight diverted to Malta... READ MORE›
HOMELESS MAN SUFFERS BURNS IN CAR 'ARSON ATTACK'
A year after Libya's rival parties signed a UN-sponsored political agreement, the North African country still suffers a political division and unrest... READ MORE›
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DONALD TRUMP SAID 34 FALSE THINGS AT FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
Trump continues his pattern of unprecedented serial lying while Hillary Clinton makes four false claims... READ MORE›
AHEAD OF TRUMP WHITE HOUSE, OBAMA ADMINISTRATION RELEASES MEMO OUTLINING USE OF FORCE RULES
The 61-page document outlines eight years of the administration's legal opinions, executive orders and military directives... READ MORE›
WHICH COUNTRY IS THE MOST GENEROUS IN THE WORLD?
A new table claims Iraqis are the kindest to strangers, while Myanmar is the most generous country on earth... 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›
5 YEARS SINCE GADDAFI'S KILLING, LIBYA STILL SOAKED IN BLOOD, BUT NO SIGN OF LIBERTY TREE GROWING
5 years since Gaddafi's killing, Libya still soaked in blood, but no sign of liberty tree growing... READ MORE›
MONKEY ATTACK SETS OFF DEADLY TRIBAL CLASHES IN LIBYA
Days of deadly tribal clashes have erupted in southern Libya after a pet monkey attacked a high school girl... READ MORE›
LIBYA ON BRINK OF ECONOMIC COLLAPSE
Libya's daily oil production before the 2011 uprising stood at 1.6 million barrels... READ MORE›
DUTCH JOURNALIST JEROEN OERLEMANS DIES IN SIRTE
Fighting on Sunday killed at least 10 ISIL fighters and eight pro-government fighters around Sirte, the Tripoli-based GNA said... 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›
ALMOST 100 MISSING FROM WRECKED MIGRANT BOAT OFF LIBYA
Ayoub Gassim, a Navy spokesman in Tripoli, said a survivor reported that 126 people set off Wednesday from Garabulli in northwest Libya, The Guardian reported... READ MORE›
CLINTON COALITION THAT COULD TRIGGER WWIII
Think back to 1999 and the US-led bombing of Yugoslavia... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE 'PLANNING TO USE LIBYA AS GATEWAY TO EUROPE'
Exclusive jihadists hoping to use libya as a gateway to wage war across the whole of southern europe plans by isil supporters reveal... READ MORE›
LIBYA WARNS IT COULD FLOOD EUROPE WITH MIGRANTS IF EU DOES NOT RECOGNISE NEW ISLAMIST GOVERNMENT
Contrary to popular impression, the Libyan government does not turn a complete blind eye to people-smuggling... READ MORE›
FRANCE'S NICOLAS SARKOZY FACES GADDAFI PAYMENT CLAIMS
France-Lebanese businessman tells French news site he delivered cash from late Libyan leader in 2006 and 2007... 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›
LIFE IN TUNISIA'S CLOSED REFUGEE CAMP
Life in Tunisia's closed refugee camp 'I lost my mind'... READ MORE›
LIBYAN FORCES CLAIM CONTROL OF ISIL STRONGHOLD OF SIRTE
Hundreds of loyalist troops and unknown number of ISIL fighters killed as pro-government forces seize coastal city... READ MORE›
FORMER VOICE CONTESTANT CHRISTINA GRIMMIE SHOT DEAD IN ORLANDO
Christina Grimmie, a singer who had competed on the US TV programme The Voice, is shot dead by a male attacker after a concert in Orlando... 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›
FLOW OF FOREIGN FIGHTERS PLUMMETS AS ISLAMIC STATE LOSES ITS EDGE
Whereas the Islamic State once used foreign fighters as suicide bombers, it is increasingly tapping young Iraqi boys, he said... READ MORE›
A REMINDER OF THE PERMANENT WARS
In Iraq and Syria, between Saturday and Monday, the United States conducted about 45 strikes against Islamic State targets... READ MORE›
SISI WARNS OF RESPONSE AFTER ISLAMIC STATE KILLS 21 EGYPTIANS IN LIBYA
CONCERNS ABOUT LIBYA Egypt, the most populous Arab state, has not taken part directly in the U... READ MORE›
US AIRSTRIKES ON ISIS CAMP IN LIBYA KILL AT LEAST 41
For weeks, America and allied Western officials have mulled a possible air campaign against the Islamic State in Libya, particularly around the town of Surt... READ MORE›
A LIBYAN ARMS DEALER CHASED BY GADDAFI'S LEGACY
Anwar Sawan, 45, provides arms and supplies to militias in Misurata, Libya, that are combating the Islamic State's Libyan affiliate in the coastal city of Sirte... 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›
ISIS BEHEADING OF COPTIC CHRISTIANS ON LIBYAN BEACH BRINGS ISLAMISTS TO THE DOORSTEP OF EUROPE
, which provoked a volley of Egyptian air strikes on the group's Libyan stronghold of Derna, realised long-held fears of militants reaching the Mediterranean coast... READ MORE›
LIBYA FORCES MAKE FINAL PUSH TO CLEAR ISIL FROM SIRTE
Forces loyal to Libya's UN-backed government are advancing cautiously on the remaining pockets of ISIL fighters holding out in the coastal city of Sirte... READ MORE›