In early March, Russia accused Ukrainian forces of launching a devastating drone attack against a tanker from secret bases on the coast of Libya. French media outlet RFI on Monday published a report that said Ukraine is indeed operating out of western Libya, with over 200 personnel deployed to three locations.
According to a Reuters report on Thursday, Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar has somehow managed to acquire Chinese and Turkish-made combat drones for his arsenal, even though Libya has been under a weapons embargo since 2011.
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) has reported that there are nearly a million migrants currently residing in the North African state of Libya, many of whom will undoubtedly attempt to cross the Mediterranean and reach European soil.
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On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Story Is,” House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) argued that Operation Epic Fury is different from what President Obama did in Libya by saying that “this isn’t simply a series of military strikes.
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) denounced as “Totally vague” a statement that he thought was the rationale used by the Trump administration to justify force in Iran when it was actually the statement used
On Thursday’s broadcast of MS NOW’s “Morning Joe,” House Assistant Democratic Leader Rep. Joe Neguse (D-CO) said that then-President Barack Obama going to war in Libya without the approval of Congress is “materially and significantly different than the present circumstances”
The Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) published a report on Tuesday that found “patterns of human rights violations and abuses perpetrated with impunity against migrants, asylum seekers and refugees in Libya,” including torture, murder, sexual violence, and human trafficking.
Federal officials have arrested a suspected leader of the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed he will face “American justice.”
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, the 53-year-old son and onetime heir apparent to former Libyan dictator Moammar Qaddafi, was murdered by a squad of masked gunmen in his hometown of Zintan, according to statements from his office, his political allies, and local media on Tuesday.
With a little more than a day remaining in 2025, Americans are gearing up for an especially heated midterm season – but elsewhere around the world, voters are anticipating epic presidential elections, game-changing parliamentary races, and possible political contests that stand to change the course of their nation’s histories.
Libyan accused of crimes against humanity in a Tripoli prison has been sent by Germany to the International Criminal Court to face justice.
Nicolas Sarkozy has been released, with critics of the incarceration stating it was only ever meant as a lawfare humiliation ritual.
Former French President was applauded by supporters as he went to prison on Tuesday, calling for fresh national elections as he went.
Nicolas Sarkozy, former President of France, has been told he must report to prison to begin solitary confinement despite his pending appeal.
Three young sisters have died after an overcrowded rubber dinghy took on water in bad weather while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Italy, a German nonprofit organization reported Sunday.
The National Oil Corporation (NOC) of Libya announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with ExxonMobil on Monday, potentially jump-starting the oil giant’s activities in war-torn Libya after more than a decade of inactivity.
Togo’s Foreign Minister Robert Dussey said last week that at least 54 civilians have been killed this year by Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin (JNIM), a terrorist group affiliated with al-Qaeda.
A migrant boat capsized early Friday off the coast of Libya, leaving at least 15 Egyptians dead, according to Libyan officials.
The Trump administration is considering a plan to move one million Palestinians from Gaza — roughly half the current population — to Libya and resettle them there.
Steve Witkoff, the senior adviser and assistant to President Donald Trump who is helping lead major peace negotiations worldwide, told Breitbart News exclusively last week at the White House that he believes there is “big energy” for what he expects will be a likely expansion of the Abraham Accords in a matter of months not years.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “AC360,” Rep. Dan Goldman (D-NY) reacted to a report that the White House is talking with Libya and Rwanda about deporting migrants with criminal records there by stating that “It’s a demonization of immigrants.” But
Authorities in Tunisia say 64 migrants were rescued from a boat that capsized off the country´s eastern Mediterranean coast after running out of fuel.
Libya authorities uncovered nearly 50 bodies this week from two mass graves in the country’s southeastern desert, officials said Sunday, in the latest tragedy involving people seeking to reach Europe through the chaos-stricken North African country.
Greece says migrant arrivals have increased by up to 35 per cent since fall 2023 amid rising numbers setting sail from the Libyan coast.
Libya’s coast guard intercepted dozens of Europe-bound migrants on a boat and returned them to shore, authorities said Saturday, a few days after a shipwreck off the North African country left nearly two dozen dead or missing.
The feud between Libya’s two governments for control of its central bank intensified on Wednesday as more oil fields shut down and the eastern government demanded the return of ousted bank governor Sadiq al-Kabir.
The Turkish government on Wednesday condemned the killing of Hamas terrorist Ismail Haniyeh in Iran as a “shameful” assassination that could escalate the Gaza war into a regional conflict.
Libya reportedly arrested a director of the local Ghadames Airlines, which stands accused of flying U.S.-bound migrants to Nicaragua.
An aid group said Saturday it recovered the bodies of 11 migrants off the Libyan coast and transferred them to an Italian coast guard ship.
Greek authorities found 84 boat migrants and arrested four individuals, accusing them of being the traffickers that transported them.
Italy and war-torn Libya on Saturday resumed commercial flights for the first time in a decade, authorities in the Libyan capital said.
Libya’s eastern government said that China will take the lead in rebuilding the flood-ravaged city of Derna.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told the U.N. General Assembly on Saturday that “a new world order is being born right before our eyes.”
The mayor of Derna and seven other top officials have been arrested for negligence in connection with the catastrophic flood.
Libyan warlord Khalifa Haftar is accused of exploiting the devastating Derna floods to tighten his grip on the eastern half of the country.
The Libyan Red Crescent on Thursday said the death toll from the flood in Derna, Libya, has reached 11,300 – and may continue to climb, as more than 10,000 people are still missing.
The World Meteorological Organization says Libya’s thousands of flood deaths could have been avoided with a good early warning system.
At least 2,000 fatalities have been reported in Libya’s eastern city of Derna after dams burst in a torrential rainstorm.
Rescue teams in eastern Libya have retrieved hundreds of bodies from the rubble in a coastal city that was hit by devastating floods.
