Tag: Libya
Airstrike in Libya kills two ‘terrorists’, says US
TRIPOLI: US forces said they had killed “two terrorists” in an air strike in southwestern Libya on Saturday as part of efforts to deny...
Former French PM Sarkozy fights back against Libya investigation
PARIS: Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy will appeal court restrictions imposed on him after he was charged with financing his 2007 election campaign with...
FIA yet to probe human traffickers involved in Libya boat tragedy:...
ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has made no progress in investigating the Libya boat tragedy for human trafficking in which 31 Pakistanis among 90...
At least 19 killed in Libya truck crash packed with African...
TRIPOLI: A truck packed with African migrants crashed near the Libyan town of Bani Walid on Wednesday, leaving at least 19 dead and nearly...
Libya to send back bodies of Pakistani refugees
TRIPOLI: The bodies of the 12 Pakistani refugees who drowned while trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea will be sent back to Pakistan, according...
Libya boat tragedy: FIA nabs central character of human trafficking ring
Suspected smugglers part of human trafficking network that sends Pakistanis to Europe via Libya
FO spokesperson says bodies of victims will reach Pakistan...
90 migrants, mostly Pakistanis, believed dead in shipwreck off Libya
GENEVA: An estimated 90 migrants are feared to have drowned off the coast of Libya after a smuggler’s boat capsized early on Friday, leaving...
Reports of executions in Libya’s Benghazi alarm United Nations
TUNIS: The United Nations Libya mission said it was alarmed by reports of “brutal and outrageous summary executions” in the eastern city of Benghazi...
Twin car bombs kill over 30 in Libya: officials
BENGHAZI: A double car bombing in the east Libyan city of Benghazi on Tuesday left at least 33 people dead and dozens more wounded,...
Libya may not be ready for democracy, says Haftar
TRIPOLI: The Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar has warned that the country may not be ready for democracy even though the UN is planning...
Eight people die, 86 rescued from sinking dinghy off Libya
MEDITERRANEAN SEA: At least eight people died and 86 others were rescued after a rubber dinghy starting sinking in the Mediterranean Sea off Libya, according...
After six years in jail, Gaddafi’s son Saif plans on returning...
TRIPOLI: Saif al-Salam Gaddafi, the son of the former Libyan dictator, is seeking to make a comeback after years in detention, and claims to...
Migrant arrivals in Italy drop down by 70 per cent as...
Rome: Migrant arrivals in Italy have dropped nearly 70 percent since summer as a deal with Libya blocks boats and would-be asylum seekers use...
Libya, Italy net 5,000 migrants in a week
TRIPOLI: Libya's coastguard has rescued over 3,000 migrants aiming to cross the Mediterranean to Europe in the past week, while Italy picked up another...
UN to deploy Nepalese guards as it ramps up presence in...
ROME: The United Nations is preparing to deploy up to 250 Nepalese guards to Libya to protect its base in the capital as part...
What will Trump’s North Africa policy look like?
“If Tunisia receives assistance, it will be given mainly to support Tunisia’s armed forces, security units.”
Africa had been largely absent from the debates and...
Jihadists lose ground around Libya’s second city
Forces loyal to Libyan Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar battling jihadists around the second city Benghazi said Wednesday they had taken one of the last...
