Under a controversial 2017 deal Italy funds and trains the Libyan coastguard - Copyright AFP - Under a controversial 2017 deal Italy funds and trains the Libyan ...

ROME (Reuters) - Italy wants to host an international meeting in Rome this month to promote a political deal between rival governments in Libya and open the way to fight Islamic State militants there, ...

The European Union’s (EU) ambassador to Libya, Nicola Orlando, has unveiled a new nationwide program to fund and support ...

Migrants and rights activists protested in Rome Saturday against Italy's migrant deal with Libya, a day after some 20 people were feared dead in the latest boat wreck in the Mediterranean. Under a ...

Nearly 150 migrants from East Africa, including 65 minors and 13 babies under one, were rescued from conflict-torn Libya and airlifted to Rome on Thursday by the UN refugee agency. The UNHCR airlifted ...

Passengers board the first Libyan-operated flight from Tripoli to Rome in nearly a decade at Mitiga airport — Mahmud Turkia A Rome-bound aircraft departed on Saturday from Libya's capital, restarting ...

ROME (Reuters) - Libya's top oil official Shokri Ghanem appeared in Rome on Wednesday, saying he had defected because of relentless bloodshed under Muammar Gaddafi's rule. A tired looking Ghanem, ...