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 20/09/2015
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 18/09/2015
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 28/08/2015
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 28/08/2015
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. 18/08/2015
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 18/08/2015
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 12/08/2015
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 12/08/2015
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 12/08/2015
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 07/08/2015
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 07/08/2015
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. 06/08/2015
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 05/08/2015
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 05/08/2015
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 29/07/2015
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 28/07/2015
Libya Libya: Rights groups slam death sentence for Gaddafi son The United Nations human rights office says it is ‘deeply disturbed’ by death sentences handed down by a Libyan court to a son of Colonel Gaddafi and 28/07/2015
Libya Libya: Colonel Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam sentenced to death A court in Libya has sentenced Saif al-Islam Gaddafi to death by firing squad in absentia. The second son of former dictator Muammar Gaddafi was on 28/07/2015
Libya Dozens of African migrants feared drowned off Libya Up to 40 African migrants are feared drowned off the coast of Libya. Survivors who came ashore in Sicily after being rescued by a German navy ship 24/07/2015
Libya Family of one of four kidnapped Italians speaks of shock about Libya abduction The son of one of four Italian construction workers declared kidnapped in western Libya has spoken of his shock at the situation. Fausto Piano, Gino 21/07/2015