Abdelkarim Mgeg’s bid for Libyan leadership raises slim hopes for a brighter future in a war-torn country. Libya has long slipped down Washington’s list of priorities. Since the fall of Muammar ...

Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Arab Emirates and Oman — all nations in the thick of the unrest that has pervaded the Middle East — confronted the crisis in the region at the annual U.N. gathering of ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to five years in jail on Thursday for criminal conspiracy over attempts to raise campaign funds from Libya, a spectacular downfall for the ...

For decades, the term Françafrique has described a shadow system that bound Paris to African strongmen through oil, arms, cash and quiet favours. Is this set to change?

Libya, which shares borders with six countries and has a long coastline along the Mediterranean, has been a main transit point for migrants trying to reach Europe.

A court in France on Thursday sentenced former French president Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in his trial over accusations the late Libyan ...

Opposite sat representatives of the Libyan state, a civil party in the case, joined by anti-corruption NGOs and families of the victims of UTA Flight 772, brought down over the Ténéré desert, a ...

The International Criminal Court has renewed its call on member states and relevant authorities to cooperate in arresting and surrendering nine Libyans accused of committing war crimes and crimes ...

Spain and Italy have said they are sending navy ships to where a flotilla of dozens of boats carrying activists seeking to break Israel's blockade of Gaza is sailing.

A new poll finds Americans are more likely to watch recently released movies from the comfort of their own homes instead of heading out to a theater.