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Scores of migrants missing in Mediterranean: Libyan Navy
90-100 people missing after boat capsized in the Mediterranean Sea
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Libyan coast guard rescues more than 250 migrants trying to reach Italy
Libya's western shores are the main departure point for migrants fleeing poverty and conflict trying to reach Europe
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Rescued from Libya, jobless Senegalese migrants likely to return
The trafficking and enslavement of African migrants has been in the spotlight
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UN pushing sharp increase in migrant returns from Libya
On Tuesday nearly 400 migrants were flown back to Nigeria on two flight from Tripoli
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Sharks attack migrants headed to Europe
Migrants from Pakistan, Somalia, Ghana, Ethiopia and Nigeria were among those rescued
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Fake coastguards and taxi cabs fuel Libya's migrant trade
Libya is the main jumping off point for migrants trying to reach Europe by boat
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Libya says to probe 'slave auction' footage
Around 1,000 people took to the streets of Paris on Saturday to protest against slavery in Libya
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IS corpses in Libya await fate in containers
Inside the containers, white body bags smudged with blood and mud lay on metal shelves
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Egypt hits suspected militants smuggling arms from Libya
Air strikes on the western border part of operations to track down terrorists
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East Libyan government issues retaliatory entry ban against US citizens
It was not clear when or how the Libyan ban would be enforced
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US strikes Islamic State camp in Libya, killing 17: official
Strike carried out in coordination with Libya's Government of National Accord
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More than 100 migrants missing after shipwreck off Libya: navy
Rescuers found at least seven survivors on Wednesday
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Libya's militant kill 5 in attack on strongman's forces
Haftar's forces are also trying to capture the eastern city from the "Revolutionary Shura Council of Derna"
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France to conduct asylum seeker checks in Libya: Macron
Libya is the main launchpad for African migrants to reach Europe
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Katrina Kaif's throwback photo with Muammar Gaddafi going viral
Model Shamita Singha shared a throwback picture of a young Katrina seated along with the Libyan dictator
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Militants battle Libya forces in 'liberated' Benghazi
Code-named 'Operation Dignity', the offensive targeted several militants groups
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Gunmen attack UN convoy in Libya, briefly hold staff
The assailants had abducted them in order to negotiate the release of relatives detained in Tripoli
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War crimes prosecutor calls for arrest of Saif Qaddafi
Dictator's son is wanted on war crimes charges for allegedly suppressing opposition to the rule of his father
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100 migrants rescued from desert in Niger
The refugees were hoping to travel on to Europe and discovered by a military patrol
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Qaddafi's son Saif freed in Libya, whereabouts unclear
Was released in Zintan under an amnesty law passed by a parliament based in eastern Libya
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Gulf states announce humanitarian hotline for mixed Qatari families
UAE said it drew a distinction between Qatar's government and its people
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Qaddafi’s son Seif al Islam ‘freed’ after over 5-year of detention
A Libyan armed group claims on its Facebook page that it has freed Seif al Islam Friday evening
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UAE bans expressions of sympathy towards Qatar
On top of a possible jail term, offenders would also be hit with a fine of at least 500,000 dirhams
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Warplanes hit Libya's Derna again
The witness said one attack hit the western entrance to Derna and the other two hit Dahr al-Hamar in the South.
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At least 28 dead as militias clash in Libya capital
Tripoli has been gripped by a power struggle between militias since Moamer Gaddafi was toppled in 2011
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Libya says working closely with Britain over concert attack
The suspected suicide bomber, Salman Abedi, who killed 22 people in Manchester was born in Britain of Libyan origin
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World turns blind eye to Libya slave trade
Migrants are caught in a complex trafficking web largely being ignored by the outside world
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Rescuers find empty dinghy on migrant route off Libya
Dinghy did not appear to have been in the water for long and lacked standard rescue markings
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Libya seizes oil tankers and crew after shootout at sea
Two foreign-flagged oil tankers seized after an hours-long gunbattle
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ICC unveils arrest warrant for ex-Gaddafi security chief
Announcement comes as the court is in a legal tug-of-war with Libyan authorities to transfer Gaddafi's jailed son
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Libya govt urges 'intervention' over southern clashes
Rival forces are trying to seize control of an airbase in southern Libya
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Arab leaders meet to address conflicts and 'terror'
Arab League chief called on Arab leaders to play 'a more active role' in finding a solution to the war
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Eight dead in ethnic clashes in central Mali
Increased availability of arms from Libya has also contributed to intercommunal violence
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Women and child migrants raped, beaten and detained in Libyan 'hellholes': UNICEF
Children said they were beaten by adults along the way, with girls suffering more abuse than boys
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Bodies of 74 migrants found on west Libyan beach
The Red Crescent published pictures of the bodies laid out in white and black body bags along the beach
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Qaddafi son’s trial unfair, should be sent to ICC: UN
Saif al Islam has been held in mountainous western Zintan region by one faction contending for power in Libya
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Libya PM convoy comes under fire in Tripoli
All the cars were armoured-plated, and there were no injuries, says spokesperson
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‘I have failed’: Libya deputy PM quits
Moussa al Kouni told said in the capital of the chaos-ridden country that he could no longer stay in the post
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11 dead migrants found on Libya beaches
The Libyan Red Crescent said on its Facebook page that the bodies were recovered at the Hay Al Andalus beach
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Real-life Libya skyjack stalls Malta airport film shooting on hijack
Film premised on four-decade old Uganda hostage crisis
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No sign of struggle: Malta hijack ends peacefully as Gaddafi loyalists surrender
Maltese PM says hijackers’ weapons probably replicas
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Libyan plane hijack drama ends at Malta airport, hijackers surrender
All passengers have been released from the hijacked plane
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Ten bodies found in dinghy off Libyan coast
2,100 other migrants have been rescued during the day, says official
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At least 110 feared dead in migrant shipwreck off Libya
Only 29 people have survived, says UNHCR spokesperson
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Car blast leaves at least four dead in Libya's Benghazi
While also wounding at least 14, security and medical officials says
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Rebuilt once, Kadhafi's home town lies in ruins again
IS took over Sirte in June 2015, flying their black flags above public buildings and imprisoning dozens of people
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War-weary Libyans miss life under Kadhafi
Turmoil after Kadhafi's 2011 fall has allowed the Islamic State group to gain a foothold on Europe's doorstep
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14 dead as pro-govt fighters squeeze IS in Libya's Sirte
At least three US air strikes hit the extremsit group positions on Friday
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At least 22 dead on migrant boat off Libya
Astral was left alone to deal with overloaded boat for several hrs aided only by lifeboats dropped by Spanish military
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Britain's Libya intervention flawed, Cameron to blame: lawmakers
The former British PM relied on flawed intelligence and hastened Libya's political and economic collapse, says report