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A baby at the centre of an asylum row in Australia has been released from hospital into community detention.But the government says baby Asha will be sent to an offshore camp in Nauru once she is well.Doctors refused to…

The Islamic State is growing in Libya. But to fight it, the Libyan state has to be resurrected. Critical moves are expected in the next few days and weeks.Almost every day brings a different European leader calling for military…

Violent clashes erupted late Sunday in Teeka and Al-Marisa areas between Benghazi Shura Council and 302 brigade amid news saying that Al-Tawheed brigade controlled Al-Wadi road near Al-Hiwari hospital.Sources from Karama told Press…

Fresh clashes broke out in Derna city between the city’s Shura Council fighters and IS militants, who lost one fighter, Hamid Abdelsalam, in Al-Wadi street area, sources reported.The source added that Derna city’s Shura fighters…

The EU will only intervene against the terrorist group Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) in Libya if it receives an official invitation from the legitimate government of the country, the union’s top diplomat said."Defeating…

At least 46 people have been killed in a double car bombing in the Syrian city of Homs, a monitoring group has said.Most of the dead appear to be civilians, according to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights.It is not…

More than 14 were killed and 23 injured Saturday in Benghazi as Dignity Operation (Karama) led by Khalifa Haftar launched a new operation to try to set the city free from "terrorism" as it called it.The Krama forces are…

The Libyan aviation companies are operating new flights to Tunisia saying Monastir International Airport in the capital from Tripoli-based Mitiga airport, from Lebreg and Tobruk airports in the east.The companies will fly to…

At least seven people have been killed in a series of apparently random shootings in the Michigan city of Kalamazoo, police said.Five people were killed at a restaurant and two at a car dealership. A 14-year-old girl was among those…

Donald Trump has won the South Carolina primary in the Republican race for president, cementing his status as the man to beat for his party's nomination.In the Democratic contest, Hillary Clinton beat Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders…