JOSEPH WILSON / The Associated PressDec 22, 2018
Spanish aid group, which made the rescue in waters near Libya, sets off for port at Algeciras after calls to other nations go unanswered. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
FRANCES D'EMILIO / The Associated PressAug 12, 2018
Migrants in distress at sea tell their rescuers that several ships passed them by without offering assistance. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
FRANCES D'EMILIO / The Associated PressJul 6, 2018
Roughly one in six migrants who set out in traffickers' unseaworthy boats from Libya died in June, a period that corresponds to crackdowns by Italy and Malta against private rescue boats operating in the area. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
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LORNE COOK and NICOLE WINFIELD / The Associated PressJun 23, 2018
European Union leaders will try to find common ground for tackling a growing political drama that is threatening to undermine the entire alliance. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
RENATA BRITO and IAIN SULLIVAN and JOSEPH WILSON / The Associated PressJun 17, 2018
Ships dock in Spain, ending a week-long ordeal for hundreds of people rescued from the Mediterranean Sea only to become pawns in the fight over immigration. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
FRANCES D'EMILIO / The Associated PressJun 11, 2018
The Spanish prime minister offers safe harbor to a private rescue ship after Italy and Malta refuse to allow its 629 migrant passengers to disembark in their ports. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
FRANCES D'EMILIO / The Associated PressJun 10, 2018
A ship and its passengers are caught in a crackdown by the right-wing partner in Italy's new populist government, which has vowed to stop the country from becoming the "refugee camp of Europe." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Stephen Calleja / APOct 22, 2017
The event to honor Daphne Caruana Galizia, killed last week by a car bomb, is uniting many of the nation's politicians—with some notable exceptions. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 25, 2011
This week we recognize those who would lay down their arms and refuse to assist Moammar Gadhafi's crimes against his people. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 25, 2011
The Maltese foreign minister says that Libya has demanded the return of two Mirage jets that landed in Malta after their pilots refused to bomb protesters and chose instead to defect. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 22, 2011
Two Libyan air force colonels landed their Mirage F-1 fighter jets in Malta on Monday, explaining that they were ordered to bomb protesters in Benghazi, Libya's second-largest city, and chose instead to flee. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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