Libya

Libya descended into chaos in the wake of the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that ousted and killed longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi.…

TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Eastern Libyan forces on Thursday took full control of Gharyan, a town about 100 km (60 miles)…

MILAN (AP) — Italy’s interior minister said Wednesday that he won’t offer safe harbor to 64 migrants rescued off Libya…

TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya held rare municipal elections in nine communities on Saturday, although turnout in the country’s first voting…

VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — A group of migrants desperate not to go back to Libya made it safely to Europe…

A tanker that was hijacked by migrants off Libya docked in Malta on Thursday after the Maltese armed forces took…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Latest on migrants trying to get to Europe (all times local): 10:15 a.m. Spanish police…

PARIS (AP) — Migrants trying to reach Europe face routine rape and sexual torture throughout their journey and especially in…

Braving the cold and hostile Libyan desert, Milad Mohammed scratches the ground to extract what he calls “manna from heaven”…

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. envoy for Libya on Wednesday urged rival factions to seize the “crucial opportunity” of…