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CAIRO — As alibis go, this one would seem to be airtight: Your honor, my client was only a year old at the time of the crime. But it did not stop an Egyptian military court from convicting the accused, a boy now 3 ½, of killing three…

Two Americans who claim to have survived mock executions, electric shocks and beatings in a prison likened to a “haunted house” in the United Arab Emirates will go on trial next week on terrorism charges, despite the pleas of family…

Donald J. Trump was declared the winner of the Nevada caucuses on Tuesday night, according to The Associated Press, gaining a third consecutive victory in an early-voting state and strengthening his position in the Republican presidential…

The Foreign Minister in the National Salvation Government, Ali Abu Zakouk, denounced in a press statement Tuesday the unjustifiable military operations of the so-called national army and dignity Operation militias led by Khalifa Haftar…

Dignity Operation (Karama) forces loyal to Libya's eastern government said on Sunday they had pushed back Islamist fighters and Benghazi Shura Council fighters in several areas of Benghazi, seizing the strategic port of Marisa.The…

Libya risks becoming “a failed state” if the UN-brokered unity government flops, Secretary John Kerry has said. While Libya remains broke and insecure five years after NATO’s 2011 military intervention, Kerry believes “a wealthy nation”…

The U.S. and U.N. have welcomed a declaration by Libyan lawmakers in support of a proposed unity government, but expressed concern about reported intimidation of members of parliament by those who oppose the accord.A majority of…

All sides in the Libyan conflict are probably guilty of war crimes, including torturing, raping and executing prisoners, the UN has said, urging the world to do more to bring the perpetrators to justice.“A multitude of actors, both…

Jeremy Clarkson has apologised to the Top Gear producer he punched after settling a £100,000 racial discrimination and injury claim. Oisin Tymon launched the action against the presenter and the BBC after a "fracas" last March that left…

French special forces and intelligence commandos are engaged in covert operations against Islamic State militants in Libya in conjunction with the United States and Britain, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on Wednesday.It…