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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.

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

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

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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

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

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

World News

Migrant crisis: five arrested after vessel capsizes off Libya

More than 380 migrants were brought safely ashore on Friday morning in the Italian port of Pozzallo. They were rescued off the coast of Libya. Early

Libya

Hopes fading of finding missing migrants from shipwreck in Mediterranean

Hopes are quickly fading of finding further survivors from a shipwreck off the Libyan coast. Rescue ships have been searching for an estimated 200

Italy

Migrants from capsized boat arrive in Palermo

Irish navy vessel arrives in Italian port of Palermo carrying some 370 survivors and 25 bodies of those caught up in the latest Mediterranean tragedy.

Libya

Migrant shipwreck: up to 300 missing after boat capsizes in Mediterranean

A boat carrying up to 700 migrants has capsized off the Libyan coast. The Italian coastguard reports that 400 people have been rescued while 25

World News

Boat carrying hundreds of migrants capsizes in Mediterranean

A boat packed with up to 700 migrants has overturned in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya. It happened just as ships were coming to its

Italy

Mediterranean crisis: 14 migrants die as hundreds reach Sicily shores

The bodies of 14 migrants have been brought to shore in Sicily, unloaded from an Irish Navy ship which rescued nearly 500 others seeking a better

Libya

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: Libya's failed reformer

Saif al Islam Gaddafi was once widely seen as the future of reform in Libya. Muammar Gaddafi’s second son was once regarded as the man who would

Libya