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Over 60 people dead after migrant boat capsized off coast of Libya

The shipwreck, which took place overnight between Thursday and Friday, was the latest tragedy in this part of the Mediterranean Sea, a key but dangerous route for migrants seeking a...

Here are the safest — and most dangerous — countries for travel in 2024

A flurry of colder countries have been named most secure in an annual study conducted by risk assessment firm International SOS.

Obama's clueless foreign policy left behind the chaos we face today

To dive back into Obama’s presidential statements is to encounter a mind preoccupied to the point of obsession with the mistakes of the past.

Death toll from Libyan floods tops 11K, threat of waterborne illnesses looms

Rescue workers continue to search for bodies in the wake of a deadly dam calamity in Libya, even as international health officials warn that waterborne disease could bring another wave...

Rescuers retrieve hundreds of bodies in eastern Libya as 10,000 reported missing in deadly floods

Rescue teams struggled amid devastation in eastern Libya, retrieving hundreds of bodies from the rubble in a coastal city that has been inundated by devastating floods, a humanitarian agency said...

More than 2 tons of 'missing' uranium found in Libya after sparking nuclear fears

The International Atomic Energy Agency said that its inspectors had found 2.5 tons of uranium missing during a check at a storage facility in Libya.

Lockerbie bombing suspect whines about the flu during first court appearance, won't face death penalty

Lockerbie bombing suspect Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi appeared at a federal court hearing Monday in Washington, D.C., grousing about the flu, as he was formally hit with terrorism...

Lockerbie bombing suspect in US custody two years after being charged

Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi was arrested for allegedly helping make the bomb that blew up Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.

Armed clashes heat up in Libyan capital

The Tripoli-based Government of National Unity and a rival administration accused each other of beginning the shooting Friday in Tripoli's center.

Putin's mercenary dubbed 'The Executioner' killed by Ukrainian sniper: reports

Vladimir Andonov, 44, a purported member of President Vladimir Putin's private army, the Wagner Group, was killed by a sniper near Kharkiv over the weekend.  

US returns smuggled ancient artifacts to Libya

The repatriated items include two sculptures dating to the 4th century B.C. from the ancient city of Cyrene.

Son of former Libyan ruler Gadhafi runs for president

Saif al-Islam al-Gadhafi 49, appeared in an electoral commission video in a traditional brown robe and turban, and with a grey beard and glasses, signing documents at the election center...

Kamala Harris heads to France to discuss migrant crisis — but not the one in US

Vice President Harris heads to to France for four days of high-profile meetings with French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and other European leaders.

Fresh proof Hunter Biden's 'work' was always about selling influence over Joe

These e-mails don’t come from Hunter’s infamous laptop, yet most of the media will still ignore them in their determination to just not look at the mass of corruption that...

Amnesty says migrants in Libyan camps forced to trade sex for clean water

The report, which focused on migrants intercepted in the Mediterranean and who disembarked in Libya in 2020 and 2021, suggests worsening conditions in the camps despite being recently placed under...

Killer drone 'hunted down a human target' without being told to

The March 2020 attack was in Libya and perpetrated by a Kargu-2 quadcopter drone produced by Turkish military tech company STM

AG Barr announces charges against suspect in 1988 airline bombing

Attorney General William Barr on Monday announced criminal charges against a third Libyan suspect in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Alleged bombmaker Abu Agila...

'I lost my baby!' Mom cries out after migrant boat accident kills 74

Heart-wrenching video captured a distraught mother — whose boat packed with more than 120 migrants split in half, killing at least 74 — screaming, “I lost my baby! Where's my...

UN migration agency: 74 drown after boat capsizes near Libya

CAIRO — At least 74 migrants drowned after their Europe-bound ship capsized off the coast of Libya on Thursday, the UN's migration agency said, in the latest in a series...

Banksy's rescue ship, packed with 219 migrants, stranded in Mediterranean

A rescue boat funded by British street artist Banksy issued a series of urgent calls for help Saturday, saying it was stranded in the Mediterranean, overloaded with migrants it has...