Libya
Rights group urges Libya not to carry out executions
Middle East
August 22, 2018
Rights group urges Libya not to carry out executions
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A human rights group is urging Libyan authorities to maintain a de facto moratorium on executions…
Libya court sentences 45 to death over killings in 2011
Middle East
August 16, 2018
Libya court sentences 45 to death over killings in 2011
BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A Libyan court has sentenced 45 people to death by firing squad over killings during the…
UN: Libyan militia forces 1,900 people from camp in Tripoli
Middle East
August 14, 2018
UN: Libyan militia forces 1,900 people from camp in Tripoli
CAIRO (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says it’s concerned over a Libyan militia forcing 1,900 displaced people out of…
Sudanese forces help return missing Egyptian patrol: Egypt army
Egypt
July 31, 2018
Sudanese forces help return missing Egyptian patrol: Egypt army
Egypt’s military said on Monday that Sudanese security forces had helped to locate and return an Egyptian patrol which…
Sisi meets Italy’s interior minister, discusses latest developments in Regeni’s case
Egypt
July 19, 2018
Sisi meets Italy’s interior minister, discusses latest developments in Regeni’s case
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi received on Wednesday Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Matteo Salvini, to discuss ways…
Libyan coastguard says 100 migrants may have drowned near Tripoli
Middle East
June 29, 2018
Libyan coastguard says 100 migrants may have drowned near Tripoli
Around 100 people are thought to have drowned from a migrant boat off Libya’s western coast, a coastguard official said…
Egypt implores Interpol to arrest 3 suspects accused of abducting Egyptians in Libya
Egypt
June 25, 2018
Egypt implores Interpol to arrest 3 suspects accused of abducting Egyptians in Libya
Egypt’s Prosecutor General Nabil Sadiq issued an international order to Interpol to arrest three Libyan Islamic State (IS) terrorists…
Libya’s NOC confirms LNA control of oil ports, hopes for quick restart
Middle East
June 23, 2018
Libya’s NOC confirms LNA control of oil ports, hopes for quick restart
The head of Libya’s National Oil Corporation (NOC) confirmed on Friday that Khalifa Haftar’s Libyan National Army (LNA) had regained…
Libyan forces’ battle for eastern city Derna in final stages: spokesman
Middle East
June 12, 2018
Libyan forces’ battle for eastern city Derna in final stages: spokesman
Forces loyal to Libyan commander Khalifa Haftar said their campaign against an armed coalition of local fighters and Islamists…
With 100 killed, Tunisia boat wreck becomes year’s deadliest migrant disaster
Middle East
June 5, 2018
With 100 killed, Tunisia boat wreck becomes year’s deadliest migrant disaster
At least 100 people are believed to have died after a boat carrying migrants sank off the coast of Tunisia…