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September 27, 2016

France gives full support to UN-backed Libyan government

France's president says his country will provide its full support to Libya's U.N.-backed government in the fight against ...

September 22, 2016

Italian team arrives in Libya to investigate kidnappings

Libyan officials say a team of five Italian investigators has arrived in a town near the Algerian border where two Italians ...

September 21, 2016

Migrant boat capsizes off Egypt, killing at least 42

A boat carrying African migrants headed to Europe capsized off the Mediterranean coast near the Egyptian city of Alexandria ...

September 21, 2016

Papers show Libyan IS bridal dowries of guns, explosives

Documents retrieved from Sirte, the Islamic State group's last bastion in Libya, record the variety of dowries offered by ...

September 20, 2016

Italians, Canadian abducted in Libya, North Koreans freed

Libyan authorities said Tuesday they were searching for two Italians and a Canadian abducted at gunpoint near the Algerian ...

September 19, 2016

3 foreign workers kidnapped in southwestern Libya

Three foreign workers, including two Italians, were kidnapped in southwestern Libya Monday, Italy's Foreign Ministry and ...

September 16, 2016

IMF says Mideast conflicts wiped out gains of a generation

Conflicts in Middle Eastern countries such as Iraq, Libya, Syria, and Yemen have erased "development gains for a whole ...

September 14, 2016

The Latest: Rescue ship recovers bodies of 5 dead migrants

The Latest on Europe's migration crisis (all times local): 7:40 p.m. An Irish navy rescue ship operating in the Mediterranean ...

September 14, 2016

UK parl't committee slams former PM Cameron's Libya policy

Former Prime Minister David Cameron's 2011 decision to intervene militarily in Libya was misguided and helped give rise to ...

September 13, 2016

Italian field hospital in Libya to be operational in 3 weeks

Italy's defense minister says a field hospital requested by the U.N.-backed government in Libya to treat wounded militia ...

September 09, 2016

Germany to destroy tons of Libya chemical weapons components

German officials say about 500 metric tons (551 tons) of dual-use compounds from the chemicals weapons program of deposed ...

August 31, 2016

Bomb in eastern Lebanon inflicts casualties

A small bomb exploded Wednesday on a main road near the eastern Lebanese city of Zahleh, killing at least one person and ...

August 31, 2016

Premature twins in hospital after rescue from boat off Libya

Two Eritrean baby boys were recovering well at a hospital in Palermo on Wednesday, a week after they were born prematurely ...

August 31, 2016

Danish team removes 500 tons of chemical weapons from Libya

A Danish-led international operation to rid Libya of its chemical weapons has removed 500 tons of chemicals from the North ...

August 30, 2016

EU authorizes new maritime operations in Mediterranean

An EU naval mission in the Mediterranean has been authorized to start enforcing a UN arms embargo designed to choke off ...

August 29, 2016

European ships rescue thousands of migrants off Libyan coast

Italian naval ships and vessels from non-government groups rescued thousands of migrants off the Libyan coast on Monday, the ...

August 22, 2016

Libya parliament votes no confidence in UN-backed government

Libya's parliament voted "no confidence" in a U.N.-backed government on Monday in a major blow to international efforts to ...

August 19, 2016

Denmark contributes to help rid Libya of chemical arms

Denmark is sending a container vessel, a support ship and 200 staff members to an international operation to rid lawless ...

August 18, 2016

AP witnesses rescue of migrants off Libya, 4 bodies found

A Spanish aid group rescued more than 100 migrants Thursday from three separate migrant boats off Libya's coast and recovered ...