Sep 14 Flooding death toll climbs to staggering 11,300 in Libya’s coastal city of Derna, aid group says By Samy Magdy, Yousef Murad, Associated Press The Libyan Red Crescent says that the death toll from floods in the eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300. The Secretary General of the aid group says a further 10,100 people are reported missing in the coastal… Continue reading
Sep 13 Death toll from devastating floods in Libyan city surpasses 5,100 dead By Samy Magdy, Yousef Murad, Associated Press The U.N. migration agency says that more than 30,000 people have been left homeless by the destruction. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch 5:26 Thousands dead after earthquake and flooding in North Africa By Alex Cadier, Alexis Cox, Teresa Cebrián Aranda Relief workers are responding to dual disasters in North Africa. The death toll in the Morocco earthquake has topped 2,900 while Libya counts at least 5,300 killed in catastrophic flooding. Special correspondent Alex Cadier reports. Continue watching
Sep 12 Floods devastate eastern Libya, thousands missing and feared dead By Samy Magdy, Associated Press The destruction came to Derna and other parts of eastern Libya on Sunday night, when Mediterranean storm Daniel pounded the coast. Continue reading
Sep 11 Thousands feared dead after flooding in eastern Libya, prime minister says By Samy Magdy, Associated Press In a phone interview with al-Masar television station Monday, Prime Minister Ossama Hamad said that 2,000 were feared dead in the eastern city of Derna, and thousands of others are believed missing. Continue reading
Aug 16 Militia clashes in Libyan capital have killed 45, in city’s most intense bout of violence this year By Jack Jeffery, Associated Press Some 24 hours of clashes between the 444 brigade and the Special Deterrence Force that began Monday appear to be the largest bout of violence to rock Tripoli this year. Continue reading
Jun 14 At least 78 migrants dead and dozens feared missing after fishing boat sinks off Greece By Derek Gatopoulos, Associated Press Authorities said 104 people have been rescued so far following the nighttime incident some 75 kilometers southwest of Greece's southern Peloponnese region. Continue reading
Mar 27 Evidence of crimes against humanity in Libya, experts say By Jamey Keaten, Samy Magdy, Associated Press The investigators commissioned by the U.N.-backed Human Rights Council also faulted the European Union for sending support to Libyan forces that they say contributed to crimes against migrants and Libyans. Continue reading
Mar 16 UN nuclear watchdog says 2.5 tons of uranium has gone missing in Libya By Jon Gambrell, Jack Jeffrey, Associated Press The International Atomic Energy Agency said its inspectors "found that 10 drums containing approximately 2.5 tons of natural uranium" had gone missing from an unnamed site in Libya. Continue reading
Feb 15 Watch 5:39 News Wrap: Congressional Budget Office offers bleak reassessment of U.S. economy In our news wrap Wednesday, the Congressional Budget Office offered a bleak reassessment of the U.S. economy, a white supremacist was sentenced to life without parole for killing 10 black people in Buffalo last May, the Justice Department closed a… Continue watching