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Libyan court sentences 23 suspected Islamic State militants to death

May. 29, 2023 11:55 AM EDT

CAIRO (AP) — A Libyan court Monday sentenced 23 suspected Islamic State group militants to death for launching deadly attacks that killed dozens of people, including Egyptian Coptic Christians. The appeals court in the western city of Misrata also sentenced 14 other militants to...

Prosecutor says International Criminal Court issues 4 arrest warrants for alleged crimes in Libya

May. 11, 2023 18:24 PM EDT

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Thursday that judges have issued four new arrest warrants stemming from his investigations of alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in Libya. Prosecutor Karim Khan also said he recently...

French prosecutors seek trial for Sarkozy over Libya financing for 2007 campaign

May. 11, 2023 16:39 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — French prosecutors are seeking to send former President Nicolas Sarkozy and 12 others to trial on charges that his 2007 presidential campaign received millions in illegal financing from the government of late Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. After a decade of...

UN nuclear watchdog: 2.5 tons of uranium missing in Libya

Mar. 16, 2023 22:13 PM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Some 2.5 tons of natural uranium stored in a site in war-torn Libya have gone missing, the United Nations nuclear watchdog said Thursday, raising safety and proliferation concerns. However, forces allied to a warlord battling the Libyan...