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Paul Hudson of Sarasota, Fla., holds up a photo of his daughter Melina who was killed at 16 years old, along with the photos of almost a hundred other victims of the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103
Conflict & Justice
‘Libya’s institutions are becoming weaker,’ analyst says after suspected Lockerbie bomber arrest
Head of the Presidential Council of Libya Mohamed al-Manfi, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and Libyan Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah attend a press conference on Libya in Paris
Conflict
Elections in Libya should be part of a larger process toward peace, analyst says
Migrants wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 sit at a pier as Italian police officers stand by.
Migration
Some migrants crossing the Mediterranean say they prefer death to being returned
Tunisian protesters demonstrate beneath a poster of Mohamed Bouazizi near the prime minister's office in Tunis, Tunisia, Jan. 28, 2011.
Global Politics
Fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi’s protest inspired the Arab uprisings. A decade later, his sister still mourns.
A crowd of people celebrate with flashes of red, black and green flags waving in the air.
Conflict
A poem penned during Libya’s 2011 uprising continues to inspire hope
Libyan boys check a damaged car after a shell fell on a residential area at Hadba al-Badri district, in Tripoli, Libya, Jan. 28, 2020.
COVID-19
Libyans are caught between coronavirus and conflict 
A man holds a poster of eastern Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar
Conflict & Justice
Libyan warlord took a twisted path to Tripoli
Arts, Culture & Media
A Literary Talent Gone Too Soon
Man on a boat lifting a young child to hand to rescuers
Economics
A year after the Italy-Libya migrant deal: Fewer deaths at sea but persistent abuse on land
Business, Economics and Jobs
Radio flourishing in post-Gadhafi Libya
Gadhafi’s son accused of war crimes, mass killing in Libya
VP Warren, Political Playlists, Rosie Perez on Muhammad Ali
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Rescuers try to revive an unconscious refugee who arrived on a dinghy on the Greek island of Lesbos. Two unconscious arrivals were taken to a hospital and were later pronounced dead.
Justice
Not all those refugees are boarding ships voluntarily. Some are victims of extortion.
Two men stand next to destroyed buildings after clashes between military forces loyal to Libya's eastern government and Islamist fighters, in Benghazi, Libya, February 28, 2016.
Conflict
John Kasich and Marco Rubio think US troops should be deployed in Libya. Really?
The Hunt for Qaddafi’s Golden Gun
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Libya Airstrikes: A New Era in America’s War Against ISIS?
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Libya Struggles in The Fight Against ISIS
Full Episode
For Clinton, Faded Hopes and Failures in Libya
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Ken Dornstein
Justice
The man who may have solved the Lockerbie bombing
File photo from December 22, 1988, shows rescue personnel carrying a body away from the site of the crash in Lockerbie. A total of 270 people were killed when a bomb ripped apart Pan Am flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie in 1988.
Global Politics
New suspects in the Lockerbie bombing might actually want extradition
Tunisian fishermen try on life jackets offered by MSF at the end of the training. The fishermen say in general they lack the equipment to cope with boatloads of migrants and refugees in distress.
Global Politics
Tunisian fishermen are trained to be ‘safety nets’ for migrants making a deadly sea crossing
Franklin asked, "Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a Colony of Aliens?"
Conflict
‘Droves’ of German migrants arrived in Pennsylvania in the 1750s and Benjamin Franklin went berserk
Syrian migrants shout slogans at a refugee camp in Roszke, Hungary, August 28, 2015.
Global Politics
While migrants die and Europe drags its feet, smugglers continue to make a buck
An antiquated warplane belonging to Libyan pro-government forces prepares to attack ISIS-linked rebels in Benghazi. Italy and Egypt are pushing for the US-led anti-ISIS coalition to join the fight in Libya.
Conflict
Why the US doesn’t want to call ISIS’ offshoots parts of ISIS at all
A migrant boat from North Africa off the coast of Sicily. More than 1,700 people have drowned this year attempting to make the crossing into Europe.
Global Politics
Kids go free: How to advertise a Libyan people trafficking business
Fatima Elahmer and her three children, Mohamed, Anoud, and Ali. They've been living in Tunis since last summer.
Conflict
Looking to escape turmoil back home, a Libyan family waits it out in Tunis
A view of damage after a bomb exploded at the gate of the Moroccan embassy in Tripoli on April 13, 2015.
Conflict
Violence in Tripoli is a reminder of the 2012 attack in Benghazi
A Libyan student stands with newly received textbooks in Benghazi on January 18, 2012.
Education
Kids in Libya have been out of school for months, so this woman is bringing the classroom to them
An armed motorcade belonging to members of Derna's Islamic Youth Council, consisting of former members of militias from the town of Derna, drive along a road in Derna, eastern Libya October 3, 2014.
Conflict
This man got a glimpse of life under ISIS control — in Libya
Fireworks mark the third anniversary of the killing of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.
Conflict
Violence still rules in Libya on the third anniversary of Gaddafi’s death
George makes about a hundred frappuccinos a day for the guests on board a Greek ferry docked in Tobruk, Libya.
Lifestyle
A Greek ferry is home to members of Libya’s parliament and, more importantly, the best frappuccinos in town
Members of armed revolutionaries stage a protest in front of the Libyan Justice Ministry in Tripoli on April 30, 2013.
Conflict
Toyota’s most loyal customers may be Libyan militias
A terminal at Tripoli's airport is in shambles after a series of clashes between rival Libyan militias.
Conflict
Tripoli’s airport has become ground zero for military clashes in Libya
Displaced persons in Tawergha, Libya.
Health
Can smartphone videos help heal post-revolutionary Libyans suffering from PTSD?
The passenger terminal at Tripoli's international airport after recent attacks.
Conflict
Three years after its civil war, Libya is on the brink of another
Libyans are conducting their owns raids against Islamist militants and many aren't pleased with a recent US commando raid to apprehend a prominent jihadi.
Conflict & Justice
Here’s why this week’s US commando raid in Benghazi has angered so many Libyans
Protests in Derna
Arts, Culture & Media
Game of Thrones is an amazing way to understand what’s happening in Libya
Global Scan
Has Christopher Columbus’ flagship been found off the coast of Haiti?
Libyan congress
Conflict & Justice
This Libyan businessman paints a bleak picture of life in Libya now
Libyan congress
Conflict & Justice
This Libyan businessman paints a bleak picture of life in Libya now
Bokha
Lifestyle & Belief
Libyans risk poisoning for a sip of illegal hooch in their dry nation
The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) at sea last month. US Navy SEALs operating off the Roosevelt seized the oil tanker, Morning Glory, late Sunday in international waters near Cyprus.
Conflict & Justice
The US Navy has seized control of a stateless tanker carrying Libyan oil
IDP camp near Tripoli
Conflict & Justice
Gaddafi supporters face a tough future in the new Libya
Three years after the start of the revolution, Osam Dabea goes back to the cave where his mother, sister and young brother found refuge during heavy shelling.
Conflict & Justice
Three years after the start of their revolution, Libyans are still waiting for a constitution and a stable government
Libya chemical weapons
Conflict & Justice
The chemical weapons have been destroyed, not in Syria, but in Libya
Libyans protest against the armed militias
Conflict & Justice
Libyans have yet to find peace, two years after Gaddafi
Sports
It was his dream to go pro, but playing hoops in revolutionary Libya can be dangerous
Libya's Prime Minister, Ali Zeidan, during a news conference after he was released by kidnappers, Thursday. Many Libyans are frustrated with the militias who compete for power in Libya, says Abigail Hauslohner of the Washington Post, and Zeidan's inabilit
Conflict & Justice
Libya’s prime minister was kidnapped, released, and no one is sure why
Libya's Prime Minister Ali Zeidan was abducted by milita gunmen and was released after few hours on Thursday.
Global Politics
Who’s in charge in the new Middle East and North Africa?
Senior al Qaeda figure Abu Anas al-Libi
Global Politics
Should the US be able to pursue terrorists wherever they are found?
Protesters burn a replica of the US flag during a demonstration against the capture of Nazih al-Ragye, in Benghazi October 7, 2013.
Conflict & Justice
Two unconnected raids in Africa with one mission – capturing terror suspects
Rescued migrants on board a coastguard vessel arrive at the harbor of Lampedusa.
Conflict & Justice
Tragedy strikes African migrants headed to Italy seeking asylum
The hottest temperature ever recorded in the world was at Furnace Creek, in California's Death Valley. (Photo: Wiki Commons)
Environment
Where in the World has the Hottest Temperature Been Recorded?
Why is France So Ready to Intervene & Support The U.S. in Syria?
Libyans wage battle over last holdout of Muammar Gaddafi supporters
Top suspect in Libya consulate attack still hasn’t been questioned
Libya’s road to democracy fraught with disagreement, pitfalls
Egyptian protests present major challenge to American foreign policy
U.S. officials indicate al-Qaeda-linked group responsible for deadly Libya consulate attack
U.S. ambassador to Libya killed in violent attack on American consulate