France stuck to its position pushing for elections in Libya by the end of the year on Thursday, a day after Italy and the UN-backed government in Tripoli sowed doubts on...

United Nations human rights experts warned Israel against proceeding with the planned demolition of Palestinian village Khan Al-Ahmar, in a strongly-worded statement issued yesterday. The renewed criticism came as...

Tunisians gathered outside the Italian embassy in Tunis to protest the arrest of six local fishermen by the Italian authorities

The Egyptian army announced joint military training exercises with the United States on Thursday, to combat terrorism and reducing the threat of improvised explosive devices (IED), two days before the launch...

Syrian authorities have banned actor Samer Ismail from leaving the country to attend the Venice Film Festival in Italy where his film “The Day I Lost My Shadow” is...

The International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the World Bank’s arbitration body, has fined Egypt $2 billion for failing to fulfil an agreement of supplying natural gas to...

Spain will not tolerate violent attempts to enter the country, the government said on Wednesday, in response to criticism of its swift return of 116 illegal migrants to Morocco after they...

African migrants rejected by Italy in a standoff with the European Union last week said they had been held by smugglers for up to two years in Libya and many had...

Italy on Sunday disembarked all 150 migrants from a rescue ship that had been docked for five days in a Sicilian port, ending the migrants’ ordeal and a bitter...

The UN refugee agency said on Friday it was gravely concerned about a deterioration in conditions for migrants held in Libyan detention centres that had led to riots and hunger...

Turkey’s presidential spokesman has blasted Washington for disregarding the legal process in the case of an American pastor facing terrorism-related charges. In a written statement to Reuters late Wednesday,...

Italian far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Wednesday resisted increasing pressure to allow 177 migrants who have been held on a coast guard ship in a Sicilian port for...

During a press conference at the White House with Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte on 30 July, President Donald Trump said, “e recognise Italy’s leadership role in the stabilisation...

The navy of the UN-recognised Libyan Government of National Accord announced that it had rescued 60 migrants northwest of the city of Sorman yesterday. A patrol rescued the migrants,...

Italy yesterday renewed its call to solve the humanitarian crisis in the besieged Gaza Strip. In a statement, the foreign ministry said: “The latest escalation raises again the urgent...

Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte stressed on Wednesday that his country has no ambitions for domination and expansion in Libya. He called for the need to secure a stable...

Germany on Wednesday reached an agreement with Spain to send back migrants caught at the German border. In a news conference in Berlin, German Interior Ministry’s spokeswoman Eleonore Petermann...

On 28 June, European Union leaders gathered in Malta for a summit specifically to come up with some policy or agreeable solution to stem the flow of migrants and...

Italy praised Egypt on Sunday for its “excellent cooperation” in an investigation into the 2016 death of an Italian student whose killing threatened to severely damage relations with Europe....

Former Egyptian minister of legal and parliamentary affairs under President Mohamed Morsi, Mohamed Mahsoob, was released today after spending one day detained in Italy at the request of the...

The city council of Glasgow, Scotland, has vowed not to sponsor any future military exhibitions in response to months of widespread protests against its decision to sponsor the Conference...

A boat carrying 40 African migrants arrived in Tunisia, Wednesday, after spending more than 20 days in the sea aboard a ship which belongs to an international oil company. It...

An Italian boat returning 108 migrants from the Mediterranean to Tripoli could be in breach of international law, according to the United Nations. On Monday, oil vessel Asso 28...

In previous years, the festival welcomed a variety of proposals with different content but one focus; the promotion of non-violence.

The Italian authorities announced on Friday the confiscation of €2 million in the possession of a person who acted as a real estate broker to sell properties belonging to...

For the fifth straight year, at least 1,500 migrants have perished in the Mediterranean, with the route between Libya and Italy being the deadliest, claiming the lives of one...

Iraqi football officials are confident that former England manager Sven-Goran Eriksson will sign up to lead the country at next year’s Asian Cup finals, sources have told Reuters. Eriksson...

More than 600 African migrants forced their way through the heavily fortified border fence separating the Spanish North African enclave of Ceuta from Morocco on Thursday, using circular saws, shears and...

The Freedom Flotilla has set sail from its last stop in Italy and is now heading to the besieged Gaza Strip. A statement issued by the Turkish humanitarian relief...

Tunisia and Italy have agreed to conduct 60 joint defence activities in 2019, the Tunisian defence minister said on Monday. Following a two hour meeting with his Italian counterpart, ...

The European Union (EU) is willing to splash out over $7,000 per migrant taken in by member states, but the proposal is being received with mixed feelings, the Financial...

Tunisian authorities have been refusing to receive a rescue boat with 40 migrants on board unless aid is provided for them, the Tunisian Red Crescent said yesterday. Monji Slim,...