Libya

UN says Libyan factions to consult before talks next week

The United Nations said on Saturday talks with Libya's warring factions had made progress and delega...

Mar 08, 2015 10:35 AM EDT

U.N. experts concerned Libya arms could be diverted to militias

U.N. sanctions monitors said on Friday they are concerned that if a United Nations Security Council ...

Mar 07, 2015 07:35 AM EST

Jeb Bush calls Clinton's U.S. State Dept. email storage 'baffling'

Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush on Friday stepped up his criticism of Hillary Clinton, call...

Mar 06, 2015 05:32 PM EST

Draft Chinese law paves way for counter-terror operations abroad

China is close to approving a law that will create a legal framework for sending troops abroad on co...

Feb 27, 2015 07:29 AM EST

New Defense Secretary hosts U.S. gathering on Islamic State strategy

New U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter is gathering top U.S. military commanders and diplomats for ta...

Feb 22, 2015 06:05 PM EST

Libya, Egypt ask U.N. to lift arms embargo to fight Islamic State

Libya and Egypt asked the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday to lift an arms embargo on Li...

Feb 20, 2015 06:59 AM EST

Italy warns of Libya threat as pressure for action grows

Italy called on Wednesday for urgent international action to halt Libya's slide into chaos and said ...

Feb 18, 2015 07:48 AM EST

Pope decries beheading of Egyptian Christians in Libya

Pope Francis expressed deep sadness at the beheading of 21 Egyptian Coptic Christians in Libya, depa...

Feb 17, 2015 06:24 AM EST

Egypt bombs Islamic State targets in Libya after 21 Egyptians beheaded

Egyptian jets bombed Islamic State targets in Libya on Monday, a day after the group there released ...

Feb 16, 2015 09:28 AM EST

Egyptian Church confirms 21 killed in Libya after Islamic State issues video

Islamic State released a video on Sunday purporting to show the beheading of a group of Egyptian Chr...

Feb 15, 2015 06:15 PM EST

Some 300 migrants missing at sea, feared dead: U.N. agency

An estimated 300 people probably died this week after attempting to reach Italy from Libya in stormy...

Feb 11, 2015 06:30 AM EST

Tunisia arrests 32 militant Islamists planning 'spectacular' attacks

Tunisia arrested 32 militant Islamists, some of them returning from fighting in Syria, who planned "...

Feb 07, 2015 10:57 PM EST

Iraq reconciliation would help counter Islamic State - U.S. military

The U.S.-led air war against Islamic State militants has frozen the immediate threat from that group...

Feb 03, 2015 07:29 PM EST

U.N. to launch Libya talks despite doubts over participation

The United Nations said it will launch talks on Wednesday in Geneva between warring Libyan factions ...

Jan 13, 2015 11:37 PM EST

Libya's factions agree to new talks in Geneva next week

Libya's factions have agreed to a new round of U.N.-backed negotiations to attempt to end the confli...

Jan 11, 2015 12:03 AM EST

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