Parents of two men killed in Benghazi attack sue Hillary Clinton
The lawsuit blames their deaths on Clinton’s “reckless” handling of classified information on her private email server.
View ArticleThe LÉ James Joyce has rescued another 617 migrants in the Mediterranean
In one case, it successfully located and rescued 165 migrants from wooden and rubber vessels off the coast of Libya.
View ArticleLÉ James Joyce helps to rescue almost 2,000 migrants off the coast of Libya
The rescue, which took place 40 nautical miles north-east of the Libyan capital Tripoli, (about 75 miles, or a third of the way to Malta) followed a request from the Italian Maritime Rescue...
View ArticleIrish navy rescues 220 people from the Mediterranean
They were taken aboard the LÉ Samuel Beckett, where they received food, water and medical treatment where required.
View ArticleAlmost 250 migrants, who were forced to sail at gunpoint, feared drowned in...
Many of those who sailed today from Libya are believed to have been forced to do so at gunpoint.
View ArticleAt least 20 killed in fierce fighting in Libya after incident 'sparked by...
Witnesses said several homes were hit by rockets and shells in the confrontation.
View ArticleTwo men used fake weapons to hijack Libyan plane
They had claimed to have a grenade when they took over the plane, which had over 100 people on board.
View ArticleNearly 100 people missing, eight dead, after latest migrant boat tragedy off...
More than 5,000 people died in the Mediterranean last year, the majority of them on the Libya-Italy migrant route.
View ArticleLandmark case: Libyan man allowed to sue British ex-minister over rendition
The ruling could pave the way for similar lawsuits.
View ArticleBodies of 74 people wash up on Libyan beach
Officials said there was no transport available to move the bodies and no cemetery to bury them in.
View Article'These kids had literally seen people murdered in the streets in front of them'
Rashid Kadura is making a documentary about the hardcore rugby community in Benghazi, Libya.
View ArticleAround 250 feared dead in new migrant boat sinkings
The bodies recovered were African men with estimated ages of between 16 and 25.
View ArticleMigrants trying to reach Europe being sold as slaves for as little as €200
The slaves are forced to call their families, and beaten while on the phone, to get money demanded for their freedom.
View Article'Such an unlikely person' - who was Manchester bomber Salman Abedi?
22-year-old Abedi, a business degree dropout, was the suicide bomber who killed at least 22 people at an Ariana Grande concert in Manchester on Monday night.
View ArticleManchester bomber 'asked his mother for forgiveness in final phone call'
Meanwhile, the investigation into the blast widened.
View Article'An industry built on human misery' - in an uncertain world people smugglers...
The waves of desperate people slipping across international borders every year has created a massive moneymaking opportunity for unscrupulous human traffickers.
View ArticleGadhafi's son and one-time heir released after five years
A statement by his captors, the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Battalion, said Seif al-Islam was released on Friday.
View ArticleIrish Navy rescues over 700 people off Libyan coast
A baby girl was born on the LE Eithne.
View ArticlePolice arrest teenager at Liverpool airport over Manchester bombing
Twenty-two people were killed on 22 May attack at an Ariana Grande concert.
View ArticleThe EU is to curb sales of rubber boats to Libya to stop them getting to...
Sales of outboard motors will also be cut back.
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