Syrian baby, 5-year-old dead in migrant boat capsize
Two Syrian girls, one of them an eight-month-old baby, are among up to six people who died when a boat carrying would-be migrants to Europe capsized off Libya Thursday, rescuers said.
Aug 19, 2016, 18:42 PM IST
23 Egyptians kidnapped in Libya freed
State television reported they were freed by "Libyan special forces in coordination with the Egyptian general intelligence service".
Aug 12, 2016, 17:49 PM IST
Battle for Islamic State bastion in Libya in `final phase`
Pro-government forces battled Thursday to clear the Islamic State group from its main Libyan stronghold of Sirte, after dealing a major blow to the jihadists by seizing their headquarters.
Aug 11, 2016, 17:32 PM IST
Libyan forces capture Sirte convention centre, hospital from Islamic State
Libyan forces battling to oust Islamic State (IS) from Sirte said they had made major advances on Wednesday, capturing a convention centre previously used as a base by the jihadist group, as well as the city`s university and hospital.
Aug 10, 2016, 20:26 PM IST
Parents of Benghazi victims file lawsuit against Hillary Clinton
Relatives of two men killed in the 2012 attack on a US consulate in Libya have filed a lawsuit blaming the deaths on Hillary Clinton's "reckless" handling of classified information in her private email server.
Aug 09, 2016, 23:00 PM IST
US releases redacted drone strike `playbook`
The 18-page Presidential Policy Guidance (PPG), published Saturday by the American Civil Liberties Union, provides more details than the government had previously revealed on how drone strikes are approved.
Aug 07, 2016, 07:16 AM IST
ISIS loyalists behead two men in Afghanistan: Reports
ISIS loyalists have reportedly beheaded two men in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province for supporting the pro-government forces in their fight against the terror group.
Aug 06, 2016, 13:17 PM IST
Libyan forces advance in Islamic State bastion as US keeps up air strikes
Libyan forces said Tuesday they were advancing inside the jihadist bastion of Sirte, as Washington conducted a second straight day of air strikes on Islamic State group positions in the city.
Aug 03, 2016, 10:54 AM IST
Official says car bombing in eastern Libya kills 23 people
A suicide car bomb attack in the eastern city of Benghazi targeting Libyan troops killed 23 people and wounded dozens of others today, a hospital official said.
Aug 03, 2016, 02:12 AM IST
Shiromani Akali Dal MP seeks Centre's help for Punjabis held hostage in Libya
A Member of Parliament from Punjab on Tuesday sought the Centre`s intervention to secure the release of three Punjabis allegedly held hostage by their employers in Libya.
Aug 02, 2016, 18:02 PM IST
US conducts anti-IS strikes in Libya after official request: Pentagon
At the request of the Libyan government, the United States military conducted precision air strikes against ISIL targets in Sirte, Libya, the Pentagon said.
Aug 01, 2016, 21:03 PM IST
Italy says 6,000 migrants saved, 2 drowned since Thursday
The Italian navy on Sunday said it had recovered the bodies of two people in an operation that, along aid agencies, had helped pick up 6,000 people since Thursday.
Jul 31, 2016, 18:56 PM IST
Libya forces `retake` Benghazi district from jihadists
General Khalifa Haftar`s troops took the al-Gwarcha district of Benghazi.
Jul 29, 2016, 08:33 AM IST
Over 3,000 migrants dead in Mediterranean so far in 2016
Over 3,000 migrants and refugees have died in the Mediterranean trying to reach Europe in 2016, a far higher toll than during the same period of 2015, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) said.
Jul 26, 2016, 22:45 PM IST
Donald Trump asked to stop talking about Benghazi victims
The mother of US Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens, who died during the 2012 Benghazi attacks, in a letter to the New York Times asked Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to stop talking about her son`s death.
Jul 24, 2016, 14:39 PM IST
Bodies of 14 executed in Libya's Benghazi found: Medical Centre
A hospital in Libya's second city Benghazi said today it had received the bodies of 14 people killed execution-style, in what the UN envoy said was a war crime.
Jul 22, 2016, 19:54 PM IST
Nearly 3,000 dead already in Mediterranean this year- International Organization for Migration
Nearly 3,000 migrants and refugees have already perished in the Mediterranean this year while almost 250,000 have reached Europe, the International Organization for Migration said on Friday.
Jul 22, 2016, 15:36 PM IST
Hillary Clinton's legacy is death, destruction, weakness: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Friday accused Hillary Clinton of leaving behind a legacy of "death, destruction, terrorism and weakness" as former US secretary of state and blamed her "bad judgement" for the rise of IS and chaos in Iraq, Libya, Syria and Egypt.
Jul 22, 2016, 13:39 PM IST
Three French soldiers killed in Libya: French defence ministry
Three French soldiers have been killed in Libya, the French defence ministry said on Wednesday.
Jul 20, 2016, 16:09 PM IST
Three French soldiers killed in Libya: Defence Ministry
Three French soldiers have been killed in Libya, the defence ministry confirmed Wednesday, in the first official confirmation that France has troops in the country.
Jul 20, 2016, 14:44 PM IST
