Libya

Tunisia rescues 350 migrants heading by boat to Italy from Libya

Tunisia's navy rescued more than 350 illegal migrants off its coast and was searching for hundreds m...

Jun 11, 2015 09:31 AM EDT

U.S. Benghazi panel to hear from Clinton friend in private on June 16

A U.S. congressional panel investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya, on Friday said it woul...

Jun 07, 2015 06:13 PM EDT

International flotilla rescues 5,900 from Mediterranean in a weekend

An international rescue fleet plucked almost 5,900 migrants from rickety boats making the perilous s...

Jun 07, 2015 06:06 PM EDT

International effort rescues over 5,000 Mediterranean migrants

The corpses of 17 migrants were brought ashore in Sicily aboard an Italian naval vessel on Sunday al...

May 31, 2015 06:42 PM EDT

Egypt deploys scholars to teach moderate Islam, but skepticism abounds

In his battle against militant Islam, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi is relying not just on...

May 31, 2015 05:36 AM EDT

Unable to halt Europe-bound migrants, Tripoli demands help

Europe cannot halt the deadly traffic of African migrants across the Mediterranean unless it ends a ...

May 24, 2015 06:12 AM EDT

Italy says over 900 migrants rescued at sea, one dead

More than 900 migrants were rescued in one day from three overcrowded boats en route to Europe from ...

May 21, 2015 09:38 AM EDT

House Benghazi panel subpoenas former Clinton White House aide

Congressional investigators have issued a subpoena demanding that former Clinton White House adviser...

May 20, 2015 05:56 AM EDT

YouTube may show 'Innocence of Muslims' film: U.S. court

Google Inc should not have to remove an anti-Islamic film from its YouTube website because a woman c...

May 19, 2015 08:39 AM EDT

EU seeks naval mission in Mediterranean to go after smugglers

The EU's foreign policy chief pushed on Monday for a naval mission in the Mediterranean to target Li...

May 18, 2015 10:12 AM EDT

Libyan group detains 170 Tunisians over commander's arrest: Tunis

An armed group allied to the Libya Dawn forces controlling Tripoli has detained 170 Tunisians in the...

May 18, 2015 09:31 AM EDT

Libya's official government bans Bangladeshi workers from entry

Libya's official government has banned Bangladeshi workers from entering the country because many we...

May 17, 2015 09:34 AM EDT

French patrol ship rescues 217 migrants off Libya coast

A French patrol ship rescued 217 migrants from three small boats that had run into trouble off the c...

May 02, 2015 07:10 PM EDT

Libya's Benghazi, cradle of anti-Gaddafi revolt, torn by chaos that followed

When Libyan government forces and Islamist militants battled with artillery guns right in his distri...

Apr 30, 2015 06:12 AM EDT

Brother says accused Tunisian was forced to captain migrant boat at gunpoint

The Tunisian man accused of piloting a migrant boat that sank off Libya, killing more than 700 peopl...

Apr 26, 2015 12:20 AM EDT

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