Two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged with participating in a conspiracy to sell Chinese-made drones and other military equipment in Libya, Canadian police said Tuesday. RCMP spokesman Sgt. Charles Poirier said the alleged offenses occurred between 2018 and
Survivors rescued from a deflating rubber dinghy in the central Mediterranean Sea have reported that some 60 people who departed Libya with them more than a week ago perished during the journey, the humanitarian rescue group SOS Mediterranee said Thursday. The European
British taxpayers are to cough up £1 million for a new deal helping Libya stop migrants from crossing the Mediterranean. The new pioneering deal is the latest scheme as the Government continues its hope of stopping small boat crossings into Britain. Immigration
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been hit with preliminary charges by investigative judges, accusing him of attempting to manipulate magistrates in order to clear himself in a case related to alleged illegal financing from Libya for his 2007 presidential campaign. The
Libya’s chief prosecutor said Monday he ordered the detention of eight current and former officials pending his investigation into the collapse of two dams earlier this month, a disaster that sent a wall of water several meters high through the center of
Last week, a couple of dams near Derna collapsed during a Mediterranean storm and sent destructive waves of water through the Libyan city. While government officials and aid agencies have released conflicting statistics, Libya’s Red Crescent cited that the death toll caused
Greece’s armed forces declared three days of national mourning after five members of a military rescue team were killed in a road accident in flood-hit Libya. The bodies of the five — three military officials and two civilians — were flown back
A massive flash flood in the coastal Libyan city of Derna, triggered by the collapse of two dams, has left over 5,100 people dead, with thousands still missing and tens of thousands homeless. The city has been struggling to receive help due
The leader of one of Libya’s opposing governments announced on Monday that approximately 2,000 individuals are feared dead due to flooding that swept through the eastern regions of the North African nation. The floods have resulted in the complete destruction of entire
Clashes between rival militias in Libya’s capital killed at least 27 people and left residents trapped in their homes Tuesday, unable to escape the violence, medical authorities said. The fighting appears to be the most intense to shake Tripoli this year. In