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Libya

Tragedy

More than 60 people feared dead after boat sinks off Libya

17 Dec 2023

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Arrests

Libyan prosecutor general orders arrest of eight officials after flooding disaster

25 Sep 2023

6.7k

buffer zones

Libyan authorities divide flood-hit city of Derna with buffer zones fearing disease outbreaks

19 Sep 2023

3.8k

Libya

Experts had warned for decades about dams that burst killing thousands

18 Sep 2023

17.4k

storm daniel

Aid arrives in flood-hit Libya, where at least 40,000 people are displaced

17 Sep 2023

5.1k

storm daniel

Libyan prosecutor opens probe into collapse of two dams after 11,000 killed

Updated 16 Sep 2023

26.4k

storm daniel

Death toll soars to 11,300 after flooding in Libyan coastal city of Derna

15 Sep 2023

14.2k

derna

UN says thousands of Libya flood deaths could have been avoided

Updated 14 Sep 2023

12.3k

storm daniel

Nearly 4,000 dead after Libya floods and thousands more missing

Updated 13 Sep 2023

16.5k

storm daniel

More than 5,300 people feared dead and 10,000 missing in flood-hit eastern Libya

12 Sep 2023

73.9k

Fraudulent Funds

Former French president Sarkozy faces 2025 trial over alleged Libyan corruption

25 Aug 2023

15.0k

Operation Irini

LÉ William Butler Yeats to be sent to Mediterranean as part of arms embargo on Libya

27 Apr 2023

8.7k

Crimes Against Humanity

UN investigation finds migrants stuck in Libya are being tortured and forced into sex slavery

27 Mar 2023

7.7k

third conspirator

Man accused of being Lockerbie bombmaker in US custody

11 Dec 2022

18.9k

Defence Forces

Inside Operation Irini: Smugglers, social media clues and the high seas search for illegal arms

31 Oct 2022

14.9k

Italy

Operation Irini: With Irish forces inside a mission to end arms smuggling to Libya

Updated 30 Sep 2022

18.3k

trade off

‘Empty bellies’: Unweaned calves left without milk for long periods on journey to Europe

2 Sep 2022

19.3k

trade off

‘A slow, terrible death’: The fate of Irish cattle exported outside of the EU

1 Sep 2022

24.6k

The Morning Lead

'Export loophole’: Irish cattle shipped from Spain on ‘substandard’ vessels

31 Aug 2022

26.2k

Tripoli

At least 32 dead, 159 wounded after violent clashes in Libya's capital

Updated 28 Aug 2022

16.7k

Migration

Bodies of 28 migrants found on Libyan coast

26 Dec 2021

14.5k

Tripoli

Court says Gaddafi's son can contest Libya's presidential election, overturning disqualification

3 Dec 2021

15.2k

Mediterranean

Pope urges governments to cease returning migrants to detention centres in Libya

24 Oct 2021

11.0k

Tripoli

Libya's interior minister survives attempted assassination

21 Feb 2021

16.1k

Weapons

United Nations report finds Trump ally violated Libya arms embargo

20 Feb 2021

24.2k

Arab Spring

Celebrations in Tripoli as Libyans mark 10th anniversary of uprising that led to overthrow of Gaddafi

17 Feb 2021

9.9k

Rescue

Rescuers pick up hundreds of migrants near Libyan coast

23 Jan 2021

18.2k

132

Report

UK government pressed over victims of IRA attacks linked to Libyan explosives

11 Jan 2021

16.2k

LE Aisling

Department twice failed to act on UN letter asking how former naval vessel ended up being used in Libyan Civil War

15 Feb 2020

38.4k

open arms

Migrants jump off rescue boat in bid to reach Italian island

18 Aug 2019

26.1k

Capsized

Over 80 people feared dead after migrant boat capsizes off Tunisia

5 Jul 2019

7.1k

Libya

UN Security Council fails to condemn fatal attack on Libya migrant centre

4 Jul 2019

5.6k

Tripoli

Nearly 40 people killed after airstrike hits migrant centre in Libya

3 Jul 2019

9.9k

trade partners

Ireland considered sanctions on Gaddafi's Libya over IRA support but was worried about beef

29 Dec 2018

22.9k

Tripoli

Three dead as gunfire and explosions rock Libya's foreign ministry building

25 Dec 2018

5.8k

Scotland

Questions remain over Lockerbie bombing as memorials are held to mark 30th anniversary

21 Dec 2018

8.4k

salman abedi

Suicide bomber who killed 22 in Manchester Arena was rescued by British navy in Libya

31 Jul 2018

97.3k

Miracle

Irish nurse helps deliver baby boy on board rescue ship

28 May 2018

13.7k

rapid response

'It's a job like no other': Irish experts who help respond to humanitarian crises

15 May 2018

12.0k

custody

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy in police custody over campaign financing

20 Mar 2018

11.3k

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