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The UK government has apologised to a Libyan dissident and his wife after its actions contributed to their detention, transfer to Libya and his torture by Colonel Gaddafi's forces in 2004. Prime Minister Theresa May said Abdul Hakim…

The Libya interior ministry on Wednesday revealed a plan to restrain illegal immigration."The Ministry is implementing an integrated plan involving all security services to confront illegal migration through sea and land, in order…

The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Fatou Bensouda told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that her office is “steadily progressing” in its investigation of crimes committed in Libya and expects to issue new arrest…

Rendition victim Abdul Hakim Belhaj has reportedly reached an out-of-court settlement, ending an epic legal battle, after he and his wife were abducted in 2004. Details of a legal deal are expected to be announced on Thursday.The…

UNHCR has resumed evacuation of migrants from Libya with a flight of 132 mostly Eritrean refugees and asylum seekers to Niger for resettlement in third countries.The group left Tripoli’s Mitiga airport on Tuesday but the aircraft had a…

Maltese authorities are ignoring calls by their Italian counterparts to tackle Libyan oil smuggling inside Maltese contiguous waters, reported The Guardian.Ship-to-ship transfers of the stolen oil is taking place some 19km from…

President Trump declared on Tuesday that he was pulling out of the Iran nuclear deal, unraveling the signature foreign policy achievement of his predecessor, Barack Obama, and isolating the United States among its Western allies.“This…

Libya continues to be the main transit point for departure from North Africa towards Europe, UNHCR said in a monthly report.UNHCR's interventions at disembarkation points in Libya focus on the provision of life-saving…