About 400 migrants died in an attempt to reach Italy from Libya when their boat capsized, survivors said on Tuesday, the latest tragedy in the Mediterranean where the death toll from shipwrecks has surged this year. The boat, carrying about 550 migrants in total, flipped about 24 hours after leaving …
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At least nine dead after migrant boat sinks off Libya
Italian coastguards have recovered nine bodies from the sea after a boat carrying more than 150 migrants sank off the coast of Libya, they said on Monday
Jordan: Help for Haftar’s army
Khalifa Haftar, the former renegade general and now commander in chief of Libya’s Tobruk government, has reportedly arrived in Amman for talks with Jordan’s military supremo.
Jordan: Help for Haftar's army
Khalifa Haftar, the former renegade general and now commander in chief of Libya’s Tobruk government, has reportedly arrived in Amman for talks with Jordan’s military supremo.
Malta: don't return migrants to Libya
On 9 July 2013, the media learned that the government was planning to send a group of Somali asylum seekers back to Libya on an unscheduled Air Malta flight.
Malta: don’t return migrants to Libya
On 9 July 2013, the media learned that the government was planning to send a group of Somali asylum seekers back to Libya on an unscheduled Air Malta flight.
Government wants to build army and police and will accept outcomes of UN-led dialogue: Prime Minister Thinni
The Prime Minister reiterated his support for the rebuilding of state security institutions and his full support for the UN-led political dialogue in Morocco.
HoR to choose new intelligence chief
The National Security Committee of the House of Representatives (HoR) is to decide next week on a new head of Libyan intelligence.
Arab leaders agree joint military force
Arab leaders have agreed to form a joint military force, Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced Sunday on the second and final day of the 26th Arab summit.
Demanding ‘immediate’ ceasefire in Libya, Security Council extends UN mission in crisis-torn country
Unanimously adopting two separate resolutions on Libya, the Security Council, in the first, called for an immediate and unconditional ceasefire and extended the United Nations Support Mission there (UNSMIL) until 15 September, and in the second, adjusted the arms embargo on the country in light of the terrorist threat there.