More than 2,500 dead, missing as 186,000 cross Mediterranean in 2023 | Refugees News
UN refugee agency says ‘no end in sight’ to the lives lost in Mediterranean and on land routes to sea departure points. More than 2,500…
I’m searching for my missing family after Libya’s floods | Close Up | Digital Series
“At 3am I heard a sound, it was like the sound of an engine … I went outside and there was someone coming towards me,…
East Libya commander Haftar in Moscow for talks with Putin | News
Kremlin spokesperson confirms meeting, saying the two men discussed the situation in Libya and wider region. Renegade general Khalifa Haftar, whose forces dominate eastern Libya,…
Middle East Roundup: Tragedy strikes Iraqi couple’s ‘happiest day’ | Politics News
A mass fire in Iraq, Saudi’s foreign policy moves, surviving Libya’s floods post-ISIL–here’s the Middle East this week. A fire engulfs a wedding hall in…
The judgement of Derna | Floods News
“The only thing I could see was water, a huge sea sweeping away everything in the neighbourhood. "Our street, our neighbours, our house, my mother…
Libya’s top prosecutor orders eight officials arrested after flood disaster | News
Top prosecutor says the mayor of Derna and officials from the Water Resources Authority and Dams Management Authority are ordered arrested. Libya’s chief prosecutor has…
Libya: Media clampdown amidst a disaster | Floods
Misinformation and media restrictions add to the chaos in the flood-stricken city of Derna. Plus, preserving Nigeria’s past in print. As the residents of the…
Analysis: Libya and Morocco’s twin tragedies highlight differences | Earthquakes News
The count of the dead and missing from the twin catastrophes that struck Libya and Morocco almost two weeks ago already stands at more than…
Qatar sends medical aid, rescue team to flood-stricken Libya | Floods News
Two aid flights arrive in Benghazi from Doha along with a team from the Qatar Red Crescent. Qatar has sent 23 tonnes of aid and…
‘In Derna, death is everywhere’: Palestinian Civil Defence mission to Libya | Floods News
When Raed Qazmouz and his team of Palestinian first responders finally reached Derna last week, he was stunned by the sheer scale of disaster in…
After Libya flood, unexploded weapons pose new risk | Weapons News
Last week, Storm Daniel pounded Libya, wreaking havoc on the eastern city of Derna, where two neglected, ageing dams gave way upstream, unleashing an estimated…
Confusion as some journalists asked to leave Libya’s flood-hit Derna | Floods News
Derna authorities say there are so many journalists in the city that they pose an obstacle to the work of rescue teams. Different accounts are…
The other culprit in Libya’s floods | Climate Crisis
In early September, Storm Daniel hit the Mediterranean, causing catastrophic flooding. Heavy rains poured over parts of Turkey, Bulgaria and Greece. The Greek province of…
Photos: UN warns of disease outbreak in flood-ravaged Libya | Floods News
Officials have warned that a disease outbreak in Libya’s northeast, where floods have killed thousands, could create “a second devastating crisis” as adults and children…
Italy’s Meloni plans a geopolitical Queen’s Gambit – POLITICO
Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and adviser at…
Libyan survivors protest against authorities after flood disaster in Derna | Protests News
Hundreds of people have protested in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, venting anger against authorities and demanding accountability one week after a flood killed…
Moroccan girls face threat of sexual assault, forced marriage after quake | Earthquakes News
A torrent of messages posted online by men promoting the marriage of underage girls and other forms of exploitation following the powerful earthquake in Morrocco has…
The Libyan journalists providing information in chaos | Floods News
As Storm Daniel pounded Libya, the people of Derna were primed for a flood. But then two neglected, ageing dams gave way upriver and more…
Libya floods: Conflicting death tolls, Greek aid workers die in crash | Floods News
Confusion has emerged over the death toll from the September 10 disaster after the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) at…
A week after deadly Libya floods, aid effort gathers pace | Floods News
A week after a tsunami-sized flash flood devastated the Libyan coastal city of Derna, sweeping thousands to their deaths, international aid efforts gathered pace as…