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Libya

Libya’s Haftar acquires combat drones despite UN embargo

A satellite image shows a combat drone, which experts identified as most likely a Chinese-made Feilong-1, on the runway at Al Khadim airbase, east of Benghazi, Libya, May 3, 2025. Vantor/Handout via REUTERS
A satellite image shows a combat drone, which experts identified as most likely a Chinese-made Feilong-1, on the runway at Al Khadim airbase, east of Benghazi, Libya, May 3, 2025. Vantor/Handout via REUTERS

Italy recovers 19 bodies from migrant boat, survivors taken to Lampedusa

Libya's coast guard tows damaged Russian LNG tanker away from its shores

FILE PHOTO: A Russian LNG tanker, Arctic Metagaz, damaged earlier this month and currently adrift without crew, floats in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and the Italian islands of Lampedusa and Linosa, in this handout picture released on March 13, 2026. Marina Militare/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A Russian LNG tanker, Arctic Metagaz, damaged earlier this month and currently adrift without crew, floats in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and the Italian islands of Lampedusa and Linosa, in this handout picture released on March 13, 2026. Marina Militare/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo

Libya hires firm to tackle stricken Russian LNG tanker drifting towards coast

A March 15 photo shows the Arctic Metagaz LNG tanker adrift in the Mediterranean sea, between Malta and Lampedusa.
A March 15 photo shows the Arctic Metagaz LNG tanker adrift in the Mediterranean sea, between Malta and Lampedusa.

Former French President Sarkozy's appeal against conspiracy conviction opens

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for the opening of the appeal in the case over Libyan campaign financing, for which he was briefly jailed last year, at Paris appeal court, France, March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy arrives for the opening of the appeal in the case over Libyan campaign financing, for which he was briefly jailed last year, at Paris appeal court, France, March 16, 2026. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes

Russian LNG tanker sinks in Mediterranean, Moscow blames Ukrainian drones

A photo circulating online that is said to show the Arctic Metagaz after it was attacked in the Mediterranean.
A photo circulating online that is said to show the Arctic Metagaz after it was attacked in the Mediterranean.

Russian gas tanker sinks near Libya after explosions, maritime authority says

Russian-flagged sanctioned LNG tanker on fire in the Mediterranean, sources say

5 bodies of migrants washed ashore in east of Libya's capital Tripoli, police officer says

Migrants in Libya, including young girls, face rape and torture, UN office says

FILE PHOTO: Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat are approached by the crew of the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, during a rescue operation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya, August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Migrants aboard an overcrowded boat are approached by the crew of the migrant search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 5, operated by the German NGO Sea-Watch, during a rescue operation in the Search and Rescue (SAR) zone in the central Mediterranean, off Libya, August 11, 2025. REUTERS/Louisa Gouliamaki/File Photo

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.