A prominent human rights organization Thursday accused Libyan armed groups linked to the Tripoli-based government of using heavy weapons to disperse anti-corruption rallies last month in the capital and of detaining, torturing and forcibly disappearing protesters. Between Aug. 23-29, Libyan...

The warring parties in Libya and their international backers - the United Arab Emirates, Russia and Jordan vs Turkey and Qatar - violated a UN arms embargo on the oil-rich north African country that remains "totally ineffective," UN experts said in a new report. The panel of experts...

A fire that broke out on a fully loaded supertanker off the east coast of Sri Lanka has been brought under control, spokesmen for the navy of the Indian Ocean nation said on Thursday, adding that one of its 23 crew was missing and another injured. The New Diamond, a very large crude carrier...

Presumed Israeli air strikes on eastern Syria killed 16 Iran-backed fighters Thursday, a war monitor said, hours after Damascus said it intercepted Israeli missiles fired at a central air base. Those killed were "Iraqi paramilitary fighters loyal to Iran, seven of whom were killed outside...