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Yemen's Houthi rebels say they attacked Abu Dhabi's international airport in the United Arab Emirates with a drone. According to the Houthi-run Al-Masirah television channel, the Sammad-3 drone launched three attacks on the airport on…

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) calls for an end to the arbitrary detention of refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants in Libya after a dramatic increase in the number of people intercepted by the EU-supported Libyan coastguard in the…

An unknown warplane on Wednesday targeted the southern Libyan city of Ubari, some 1,100 km south of the capital Tripoli, killing at least one person, according to a security source."At 20:30 local time (18:30 GMT), an airstrike…

The European Union’s obstruction of nongovernmental rescues and handover of responsibility to Libyan coast guard forces is a recipe for even greater loss of life in the Mediterranean and a continuing cycle of abuse for people trapped in…

Unknown gunmen on Tuesday released four hostages -- including two police officers -- after having abducted them two days earlier in Libya’s central Jufra city. Speaking on Facebook, Ismail al-Sharif, a member of Libya’s Tobruk-based…

ISIS terrorists have killed two policemen at a checkpoint east Libyan city of Ajdabiya - Aqilah town.Sources from the city's Megaryf Hospital confirmed that two were killed and others were injured in the attack."The attack took…

Italian Defense Minister Elisabetta Trenta on Tuesday told her Libyan counterpart Najim Owida shortly after her arrival in Tripoli that it is necessary to ''stop human trafficking and irregular immigration''. The minister stressed that…

France’s foreign minister visited Libya on Monday to encourage holding elections in the north African country later this year as part of a reconciliation agreement reached by the country’s main political rivals in Paris in May. Jean-Yves…

Britain could send troops to Libya to train anti-terror forces to fight Islamic State after a request from the country's military, Daily Mail reported on Monday. The commander of the UN-backed government's counter-terrorism force said he…