Clashes rock Tripoli as rival factions battle for power
TUESDAY, MAY 17, 2022
Clashes erupted in the Libyan capital on Tuesday as the parliament-appointed prime minister, Fathi Bashagha, tried to take control of the government from a rival administration that has refused to cede power.
Gadhafis son to run for president of Libya as December elections loom
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2021
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, a son of Libyas former ruler Moammar Gadhafi, filed paperwork Sunday to run for president, adding to an increasingly tense dynamic ahead of elections scheduled for Dec. 24.
'1,000 migrants in boats off Libya' as Italy tells rescue ships to stop
SUNDAY, JUNE 24, 2018
Italy's far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Sunday told foreign charities to stop rescuing migrants off Libya even as one group said 1,000 people were on boats in distress in the Mediterranean.
Italy prosecutor stirs migrant 'taxis' row with NGOs
SUNDAY, APRIL 23, 2017
ROME- Charity boats rescuing migrants in the Mediterranean are colluding with traffickers in Libya, an Italian prosecutor was quoted as saying Sunday, stirring up a simmering row over aid groups' role in Europe's migrant crisis.