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UN Security council backs Libya unity government

The United Nations Security Council has unanimously endorsed an agreement between Libya’s warring factions to form a national unity government. Four

24 December 2015

World News

Migrants: more than a million arrive in the EU

Record number recorded by IOM

22 December 2015

World News

Germany steps up deportation of failed asylum seekers

Two migrants lost their lives on Monday in when a boat carrying more than a hundred people ran into trouble in the Mediterranean. They had been

21 December 2015

Libya

Libya's rival factions sign up to UN-brokered peace deal

Both sides from Libya’s warring factions have come together to sign a UN-brokered peace deal. Four years after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, Libya

17 December 2015

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Saudi Arabia

Islamic Military Alliance: a bridge over troubled water

16 December 2015

Libya

Rival Libyan parliaments set sights on Dec 16 for unity deal

Libya’s rival factions have given themselves just five more days to reach a UN-backed national unity government agreement designed to end their

11 December 2015

World

"I'm not controlling an armed group, just protecting Libya's oil"

Libya has fallen into turmoil with its internationally recognised government and elected parliament on one side and a self-styled administration

2 November 2015

USA

Hillary Clinton 'took responsibility' for 2012 Benghazi consulate attack

Hillary Clinton says she took responsibility and launched reforms following a deadly 2012 attack on a US consulate in Libya.

22 October 2015

Libya

New UN-sponsored Libyan National Unity Government starts to pick up support

Following the proposition forged in Morocco under UN auspices of a new national unity government for Libya, there has been a sign that at least some

10 October 2015

Libya

UN proposes unity government in Libya

“Not an easy task,” said Bernardino Leon, the United Nations envoy to Libya, as he announced plans to form a national unity government in the

World News

People traffickers face tougher EU naval action in Med

People smuggling in the Mediterranean Sea faces a new challenge: a navy crackdown under international law, as the European Union’s naval operation

Libya

Italy rescues 4,500 migrants and refugees from the Mediterranean

Over the past 24-hours Italy has rescued some 4,500 migrants and refugees off the coast of Libya. Italy’s coastguard says it’s coordinated 20 rescue

20 September 2015

Libya

Seven dead in migrant boat tragedy off Libyan coast

At least seven migrants, including a young child, have died after their boat sank off the coast of Libya. More than 100 people were rescued by a

18 September 2015

Italy

1,500 people rescued amid latest migrant tragedy in Mediterranean Sea

Nearly 1,500 people were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard and European Navy ships on Thursday. Two rubber dinghies packed with 269 people were

Libya

Hundreds feared dead as migrant boats capsize off Libyan coast

Reports suggest hundreds are feared dead after two boats capsized off the Libyan coast. Local residents and officials say one boat had up to 50

Italy

Italy: 8 suspected human traffickers arrested following 49 migrant deaths

Italian authorities arrest eight suspected human traffickers after 49 migrants were found dead on a boat in the Mediterranean.

Egypt

Arab League fails to back airstrikes against IS in Libya

The Arab League says an “urgent” Arab strategy is needed to support Libya’s government militarily against the Islamic State group. But the

Libya

Failed revolution, failed state: Libya's torment continues

The rebel Libya Dawn forces have held the capital, Tripoli, for the last year, forcing the legitimate government to flee. In February they put on a

World News

Fifty migrants missing over boat sinks off Libyan coast

At least 50 migrants are missing after a large rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, Italian officials said Wednesday

Switzerland

UN envoy calls for Libyan unity government by August

The UN’s special envoy to Libya has called on the country’s two rival governments to conclude a peace deal by the end of August. Bernardino Leon told