The UN mission in Libya called for "immediate deescalation", citing reports of armed forces being mobilized in the capital ...

Greece will suspend all asylum hearings for migrants arriving on boats from North Africa for three months, the prime minister ...

Libyan authorities on Monday said they had intercepted 113 migrants off the country's coast and recovered three bodies in ...

One dead, ten injured after restaurant roof collapse, 'hero' sniffer dog killed with nail-filled sausages, and more news from ...

Greek authorities have rescued more than 500 migrants off the country's southern islands of Crete and Gavdos in five separate ...

The authorities in eastern Libya told an EU commissioner and ministers from three member states to leave immediately on ...

By Dominique Soguel TRIPOLI, Sep 01, 2011 (AFP) - World leaders were to meet in Paris on Thursday to plot Libya's post-Kadhafi future as one of the fugitive dictator's sons pledged that loyalists ...

A French court on Tuesday sentenced paparazzi queen Mimi Marchand to an 18-month suspended prison sentence for blackmailing a ...

By Marc Burleigh BENGHAZI, Mar 27, 2011 (AFP) - Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi were retreating Saturday after rebels recaptured the key eastern towns of Ajdabiya and Brega, their first ...

Dozens of migrants were seen in shocking footage leaping off a boat and running onto a beach in front of tourists on a Greek holiday island. Greek authorities have rescued more than 500 migrants ...

Greece's coastguard on Monday said it had rescued around 230 asylum seekers near the island of Crete, after hundreds more landed over the weekend.

A French court on Tuesday sentenced paparazzi queen Mimi Marchand to an 18-month suspended prison sentence for blackmailing a TV host, saying she had "contempt" for her victim.