A Libyan militant group appeared to deny reports that a U.S. strike had killed veteran Algerian Islamist Mokhtar Belmokhtar, in a statement published on Twitter. Libya's government said on Sunday that Mokhtar, blamed for a deadly assault on an Algerian gas field and a major...

Libya's recognized government said on Sunday that Algerian veteran militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a major figure in North African and Sahel Islamist insurgencies, has been killed in a U.S. air strike inside Libya. Earlier, the U.S. Department of Defense said the U.S. military conducted a counter...

An armed group stormed the Tunisian consulate in the Libyan capital Tripoli and kidnapped 10 staff on Friday, the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said. The ministry did not identify the armed group, but called the assault a "blatant attack on Tunisian national sovereignty and a flagrant violation of...

At least nine fighters were killed in clashes Friday between Islamic State and another Islamist force in the eastern Libyan city of Derna, a source in one group said. Fighting had first erupted in Derna - a long-time gathering point for jihadis - on Tuesday after a leader in the Islamist...