A boat with dozens of migrants rips apart in the English Channel off France, killing 12

BOULOGNE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — A boat carrying migrants ripped apart in the English Channel as they attempted to reach Britain from northern France on Tuesday, plunging dozens into the treacherous waterway and leaving 12 dead, authorities said. Most of the victims were believed to...

A boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsizes off Libyan coast, leaving 1 dead and 22 missing

CAIRO (AP) — A boat carrying migrants capsized off the Libyan coast Tuesday, leaving one person dead and 22 missing, Libyan authorities said, the latest sea tragedy involving migrants seeking a better life in Europe. The coast guard in the eastern Libyan town of Tobruk said the...

Libyan authorities say a boat carrying Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libyan coast, leaving 1 dead and 22 missing

A Libyan human trafficker sanctioned by the UN has been killed in Tripoli, officials say

CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya’s most wanted human traffickers was killed Sunday in the capital, Tripoli, Libyan officials said, fueling tension in the western part of the North African country. Abdel-Rahman Milad, who commanded a coast guard unit in the western town of Zawiya and was...

Libya's instability will worsen further without a unified government and elections, UN envoy says

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The top U.N. official in Libya warned Tuesday that the political, military and security situation in the oil-rich north African country has deteriorated “quite rapidly” over the past two months – and without renewed political talks leading to a unified government and...

Libya’s powerful central bank governor is fired as country's deep divisions persist

CAIRO (AP) — One of Libya's dueling authorities unilaterally fired the country's powerful central bank governor in an abrupt move that is likely to inflame tensions in the divided North African country. The presidential council in the capital of Tripoli, which is allied with the...

South Africa drops immigration charges against 95 Libyans arrested at a military-style camp

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African prosecutors withdrew immigration-related charges against 95 Libyan nationals who were arrested last month at what police called an illegal military training camp in the northern Mpumalanga province, officials said Thursday. Police had said that the...

Militia infighting kills at least 9 in Libya’s capital, officials say

CAIRO (AP) — Clashes between two heavily armed militia groups in Libya's capital terrorized residents and killed about a dozen people, the latest bout of violence in the largely lawless North African nation, officials said Saturday. The hours-long clashes, which involved heavy...

A Libyan court gives 12 officials prison sentences over last year’s deadly flooding

CAIRO (AP) — A court in Libya on Sunday sentenced 12 current and former officials to terms of up to 27 years in prison over their involvement in the collapse of two dams last year that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of a coastal city. Thousands of people died. ...

Libyan authorities discover two dozen unidentified bodies in a former stronghold of the IS group

CAIRO (AP) — A mass grave containing two dozen unidentified bodies was discovered in the coastal city of Sirte, once controlled by the Islamic State group, a Libyan government agency said Monday. The National Authority for Searching and Identifying Missing People said its team...