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In Spain, toll rises to nine dead as Storm Gloria ebbs

The death toll from a violent storm which has wrought havoc on huge swathes of Spain's eastern and southern coastline rose to nine on Thursday as rescuers pressed the hunt for at least five missing people. The latest death was that of a man whose body was found in a flooded river near...

Libya: Haftar's militias bomb Tripoli's Mitiga Airport

Libyan government forces announced on Wednesday that the militias of warlord Khalifa Haftar bombed the Mitiga International Airport in the capital Tripoli, in a new breach of the Jan. 12 cease-fire.   Mohamed Qanounu, spokesman for the forces of the UN-recognized Government of...

At gates of Libya's war, a Tripoli hospital struggles to cope

"The pressure was unbearable," said doctor Mohamad al-Rajehi, recalling a night early this month when an air strike on a military school completely overwhelmed his public hospital in Libya's capital. Al-Khadra, one of the biggest hospitals in Tripoli, treated 33 wounded in one night after...

Libya: Haftar’s militia continues violating cease-fire

Forces loyal to Libya’s renegade commander Khalifa Haftar once again violated a fragile cease-fire with the UN-recognized government in Tripoli, firing mortar shells on southern areas of the capital, an official said. Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Abdulmalik al-Madani, a spokesman for the...