“We would stay up at night talking,” Yambio recalled, “recalling our home and the country ... Italy contributes undisclosed sums to support Libya’s Coast Guard, which is routinely accused ...

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Judges at the International Criminal Court have officially asked Italy on Monday to explain why the country released ... sent him back to Libya aboard an Italian ...

were running human smuggling operations from Italy. The victims were reportedly detained in safe houses in Libya, where they were subjected to torture before being forced onto the ill-fated boat ...

ROME (AP) — Italy’s justice ... fire from the ICC, human rights groups and opposition lawmakers ever since it freed al-Masri from prison on Jan. 21 and sent him back to Libya aboard an Italian ...

But Tarik Lamloum, a Libyan activist working with the Belaady Organization for Human Rights which focuses on migrants in Libya, said Italy’s release of al-Masri was expected. He said his release ...

TRIPOLI, Feb. 11 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said that 135 refugees of different nationalities were evacuated from Libya to Italy on Tuesday through a ...

Like many other militias in western Libya ... for Italy, because it has close ties to the internationally recognized government in Tripoli as well as energy interests in the country.