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September 21, 2017

Migrant boat capsizes off Libya, leaves 5 dead, 90 missing

At least five migrants died and more than 90 were missing after their boat capsized off Libya's western coast, a major ...

September 20, 2017

UN voices new approach to solve Libyan crisis, bring peace

The United Nations has proposed a new approach to solve the Libyan crisis, by amending a current political agreement, holding ...

September 15, 2017

Italy party files complaint over deal with Libyan militias

Italy's Radical Party has filed a formal complaint with prosecutors over a deal with Libyan militias backed by Italy and the ...

September 14, 2017

Tillerson presses China to apply oil leverage on North Korea

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday urged China to use its leverage as North Korea's principal supplier of oil ...

September 13, 2017

War crimes court renews call for Libyan officer's arrest

The head of an international court that investigates war crimes and genocide renewed her call Wednesday for the arrest of a ...

September 12, 2017

The Latest: Suspected migrant ship issues Black Sea SOS

The Latest on migrants and refugees in Europe (all times local): 8:15 p.m. Romania's coast guard has sent ships to rescue a ...

September 12, 2017

Correction: United Nations-Children Migrants story

In a story Sept. 12 about a U.N. report on child migrants, The Associated Press misspelled the name of a UNICEF spokeswoman.

September 11, 2017

Pope asks 'pro-life' Trump to rethink young migrant decision

Pope Francis is urging President Donald Trump to rethink his decision to end a program protecting young immigrants from ...

September 11, 2017

EU border agency chief sees spike in Spain migrant arrivals

The head of the European Union's border agency says the number of migrants arriving in Europe through Spain has more than ...

September 07, 2017

Medical aid group slams EU migrant policy in Libya

The medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, or MSF, on Thursday accused the European Union and national governments of ...

September 06, 2017

Migrants still risking Mediterranean's perils as rescues dip

While the number of Europe-bound migrants rescued on the main Mediterranean Sea route has dropped off dramatically this ...

September 06, 2017

The Latest: Woman gives birth after sea rescue off Libya

The Latest on the European Court of Justice ruling on relocation of migrants in the EU (all times local): 6:55 p.m. A Spanish ...

September 04, 2017

France FM visits Libya to boost reconciliation deal

France's foreign minister is visiting Libya to encourage the implementation of a reconciliation agreement reached by the main ...

August 31, 2017

Official: Libya probe of brother of concert bomber underway

Libya's prosecutor general says an investigation of the brother of the suicide bomber in a deadly concert attack in ...

August 29, 2017

Romanian, Egyptian ministers discuss migration, terrorism

The foreign ministers of Romania and Egypt on Tuesday met to discuss ways to manage the flow of migrants, fighting terrorism ...

August 29, 2017

Backed by Italy, Libya enlists militias to stop migrants

Under a deal backed by Italy, Libya's struggling government in Tripoli has paid militias implicated in trafficking to now ...

August 28, 2017

Europe-Africa summit yields new approach to asylum claims

The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain agreed Monday on a new policy to grant asylum to vulnerable migrants who ...

August 28, 2017

The Latest: Europe leaders OK new asylum policy for Africans

The Latest on migration into Europe (all times local): 8:25 p.m. The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Spain have agreed ...

August 27, 2017

Merkel wants to work with African leaders on migration

German Chancellor Angela Merkel says she wants to work more closely with Libya's government to curtail illegal migration from ...