Oct 11 Former GOP staffer says Benghazi probe improperly targeted Clinton By News Desk A former staff member for the Republican-led House of Representatives committee investigating the 2012 attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, is claiming the panel improperly targeted Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. Continue reading
Sep 04 Benghazi panel to interview more of Clinton’s inner circle By Matthew Daly, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The chairman of a congressional panel investigating the deadly Benghazi attacks said Friday that a member of Hillary Rodham Clinton's inner circle could provide key insight into how the State Department maintained its presence in Libya prior to… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 4:32 Death toll rises for desperate refugees and migrants in Europe By PBS News Hour It was another deadly day amid the growing refugee crisis in Europe. Hundreds are feared dead just off the coast of Libya, and the number of victims found in the back of a truck in Austria has risen to more… Continue watching
Aug 15 Dozens of migrants die crossing the Mediterranean in escalating crisis By Kenzi Abou-Sabe More than 40 migrants died in the hold of a fishing boat off the Italian coast Saturday after suffocating in the cramped and water-filled space, Italy's Navy reported. Continue reading
Jul 28 Moammar Gadhafi’s son sentenced to death by firing squad By News Desk A court in Libya has sentenced Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, son of slain Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi, to death by firing squad for murder and inciting genocide during the 2011 civil war. Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 8:24 Fishermen stepping in to save migrants stranded in the Mediterranean By PBS News Hour As the civil war worsens, more migrants are being smuggled off the shores of Libya and end up stranded in neighboring Tunisian waters, leaving it up to those working at sea to rescue them. The fishermen here say that over… Continue watching
Jul 25 Hillary Clinton to testify before House Benghazi committee By Ken Thomas, Associated Press Hillary Rodham Clinton will testify Oct. 22 before the House committee investigating the deaths of four Americans in the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya… Continue reading
Jun 14 U.S. military launches airstrike in Libya targeting al-Qaida operative By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The U.S. military says it launched an airstrike Saturday targeting a mid-level al-Qaida operative in Libya. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 5:27 Inside a migrant detainment center in Libya By PBS News Hour More than 100,000 migrants have arrived in Europe this year after making the treacherous voyage across the Mediterranean. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News goes to a detention center in Libya, where refugees who were trying to flee North Africa… Continue watching
May 21 Watch 2:52 Islamic State expands territory in Syria, Iraq and Libya By PBS News Hour The Islamic State made significant gains this week. The group seized Palmyra in central Syria, prompting a plea from UNESCO to spare world-renowned Roman ruins. In Iraq, militants followed up their capture of Ramadi by overrunning Iraqi military positions to… Continue watching