Libya

NASA warns of more climate extremes in 2024 and confirms that the Earth's average surface temperature was at its hottest last year.

A World Weather Attribution report declares that human-induced climate change caused Libya to be 50 times more likely to experience an extreme weather event.

The two dams in the port city could not withstand the devastation brought about by Storm Daniel, causing massive torrents of floods throughout residences.

The two countries suffered two destructive natural disasters over the weekend, leaving thousands dead and missing.

Chaos continues in Libya after two dams flooded the city of Derna, with more than 5,000 people killed by the tsunami-like wave that has displaced over 30,000 residents.

According to local authorities, whole neighbourhoods are believed to have been completely washed away by the catastrophic flooding.

The authorities in France, Canada, Greece and the US have been criticised for their lack of efforts toward the migrant fishing-boat rescue mission. The cost of the OceanGate rescue mission is expected to surpass $6.5 million.

The Libyan refugee was released from prison 16 days before the attack on Saturday.

The UN migration agency says that 90 people are feared drowned after a smuggler's boat carrying mostly Pakistani migrants capsized off Libya's coast.

38 migrants who landed in Italy have said they underwent degrading and unlawful treatment at the hands of Italian authorities after they refused to give their fingerprints.

An estimated 5,500 Nigerians are set to be flown back in the next three weeks after they spent months or years in cruel living conditions in Libyan detention centres.

This is for the first time when a law enforcement officer in the US has been convicted of a terror-related crime.

Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam to run in Libya's 2018 presidential elections, tribal chief Basem al-Hashimi al-Soul has said.

More than 400 Nigerians flown out of Libya to Lagos following outcry over migrant slave trade reports.

Ahmed Abu Khattala was convicted of terror charges but found not guilty of murder after the incident that resulted in the death of US ambassador Chris Stevens, and 3 others.

Libyan Navy claims a number of migrants killed during rescue attempt after two boats sink off the coast of Garabulli.

Rwanda's foreign minister said the government was considering taking in as many as 30,000 people stuck in Libya who left their countries in order to find passage to Europe.

Libya is one of the main transit routes for migrants trying to reach Europe, but thousands remain trapped in the violence-ridden country amid fears they are being tortured and sold off as slaves.

Four African countries are the riskiest places to travel in the world according to an updated travel risk map for 2018.

Many of the migrants are forced into indentured service after their attempts to reach Europe are delayed or they run out of funds to pay the smugglers.

Male Libyan prisoners are being routinely raped by rival militias as a method of torture and humiliation, an investigation has revealed.

The foreign secretary came under fire from his own colleagues for comments about war-torn Libya. Johnson said Sirte could be the next Dubai once it "clears the dead bodies away".

Local officials said at least eight migrants drowned as they attempted to cross the Mediterranean for Europe.

Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook rebuked by UN and International Organisation for Migration over migrants' torture.

Johnson visited the country to discuss solutions to conflict, terrorism and human trafficking.

The attack targeted a checkpoint in the Al-Jufra region controlled by Libyan military strongman Khalifa Haftar.

Report warns of abuses migrants face as they are trapped in Libya due to new anti-immigration policies.

The western route is becoming more popular – and Italy's new plans to curb migrant flow may make Spain even more attractive.

Italy plans to send warships to Libyan waters and has drawn up rules that must be followed by NGOs that rescue migrants.

The unverified video is said to occur around the time UN officials called for investigations into executions.