UN agency says dozens killed after a boat carrying mostly Sudanese refugees capsized near the Libyan town of Tobruk.

At least 50 people have died after a vessel carrying 75 Sudanese refugees caught fire near the Libyan coast on Sunday, ...

Before this attack, the Ocean Viking had rescued 87 people, including from war-torn Sudan, and was en route to Italy.

"UNHCR is deeply saddened by a second tragic boat incident off Tobruk on 13 September, where a vessel carrying 74 people, mostly Sudanese refugees, capsized. Only 13 people survived & dozens remain ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - The Qatar-based news channel Al Jazeera said on Friday its signal was being jammed on several frequencies and its website had been blocked in Libya. Al Jazeera, whose coverage of the ...

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CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Jazeera television said on Saturday that the Libyan authorities had detained one of its reporting teams several days ago when working in west Libya. The channel said, in a report ...

DUBAI (Reuters) - Qatar-based satellite channel Al Jazeera called on Wednesday for the release of two journalists still in detention in western Libya. The reporting team of two correspondents and two ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Al Jazeera television said on Wednesday Libyan authorities will release its reporting crew within 24 hours, after the crew was detained in west Libya last week. The channel had said ...