Libya’s ongoing political turmoil has led to another oil shutdown, pushing up global energy prices. Since the 2011 NATO-backed uprising, various factions have competed for control over Libya’s oil wealth. The latest standoff revolves around the control of the Central … Read More
Rescue teams in Libya are struggling to retrieve the bodies of victims that have been swept out to sea in raging flood waters. At least 2,300 have been killed, according to the ambulance authority in Derna, the worst affected city. … Read More
The bodies of 20 migrants have been discovered in the Libyan desert. In a separate incident, a rubber dinghy sank in the Mediterranean with at least 30 people on board. Libyan rescue services have recovered the bodies of 20 people … Read More
The numbers of migrants who were intercepted by Libya’s coast guard while attempting to cross the Mediterranean almost tripled in 2021 compared to the year before, according to the UN. “As of December 14, 2021, the Libyan coast guard had … Read More
Over 160 migrants drowned in two different shipwrecks off the Libyan coast this past week as more people try crossing to Europe, a United Nations migration official said Tuesday. International Organization for Migration (IOM) spokeswoman Safa Msehli said the new … Read More
European affairs undersecretary says ‘we need to change the system.’ (ANSAmed) – ROME, APRIL 26 – Italian undersecretary for European Affairs, Enzo Amendola, told RAI’s Agorà program that “this is a present we need to change because there are no … Read More
At least 41 refugees and migrants have drowned with more than 70 others rescued by a commercial vessel that took them to Sicilian port town Porto Empedocle. Migrants wearing lifejackets on a rubber dinghy are pictured during a rescue operation … Read More
FILE PHOTO: Presidents Putin of Russia, Erdogan of Turkey and Rouhani of Iran pose following a joint news conference in Ankara MOSCOW (Reuters) – The presidents of Russia, Iran, and Turkey will hold a video conference on Wednesday to discuss … Read More
President of Egypt Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has declared that Egypt has the legitimate right to invade Libya and has called on the army to prepare for operations abroad, reports Interfax, citing the mass media. Before giving his speech addressed to … Read More
TUNIS (Reuters) – Libya’s coastguard has stopped nearly 400 migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean in five boats in the past two days, the United Nations migration agency said on Monday. That brings to more than 1,000 the number of … Read More