Since the fall of late leader Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, the ensuing insecurity and chaos in Libya have prompted many migrants, primarily from Africa, to attempt to cross the Mediterranean Sea to ...

Italian police arrested Libyan warlord Ossama al-Masri, head of a notorious detention network linked to human rights abuses, on an International Criminal Court warrant. Al-Masri was apprehended in ...

The ruins of Ptolemais are in the modern-day city of Tolmeita, Libya. The country sits along the Mediterranean Sea in North ...

Libya has become a main departure point for migrants, mostly from Africa, seeking to reach Europe by sea, taking advantage of the political instability and insecurity that has plagued the country ...

ROME, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Italy's interior minister said on Thursday a Libyan man detained under an international war crimes arrest warrant and then unexpectedly released had been swiftly ...

ROME - Italy's interior minister said on Thursday a Libyan man detained under an international war crimes arrest warrant and then unexpectedly released had been swiftly repatriated because of his ...

Turkish Petroleum is ready to invest billions in developing offshore oil fields in Libya, the director general of the state-owned company said this week. Speaking at the Libya Energy and Economic ...

ROME - A senior member of Libya's judicial police has been given a hero's welcome back home after Italy unexpectedly released him from jail just two days after arresting him on a warrant from the ...

Militias in western Libya are part of the official state forces tasked with intercepting migrants at sea, including in the EU-trained coast guard. They also run state detention centres ...

Opposition parties and NGOs are demanding explanations from the Italian government after Rome released the head of Libya's judicial police, who had been arrested on an International Criminal Court ...

Italian migrant rescue charity Mediterranea had hailed the arrest, and renewed criticism of deals under which Italy and the EU help Libyan authorities stop migrant sea crossings to Europe.

The head of Libya's judicial police has been arrested after the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued a warrant over war crimes allegations, media reports say. Osama Najim, who directs Tripoli ...