The European charity’s ship Ocean Viking spotted the dinghy with 25 people on board Wednesday

The German charity SOS Humanity, which operates the rescue ship Humanity 1, said the Libyan coast guard used violence and fired live bullets into the water during its “life-threatening intervention”

The UN agency said in the post: ”The central Mediterranean continues to be one of the world’s most dangerous migration routes

It appeared to be the latest reckless sea interception of migrants by the Libyan coast guard, which is trained and financed by the European Union to stem the influx of migrants to Europe

A return flight was scheduled to land in Tripoli on Saturday afternoon, according to Mitiga International Airport

The outage was caused by fiber-optic cables being severed Tuesday, Libya’s state-owned telecommunications company said

Death toll from massive flooding rises to 11,300

Mayor of worst-hit city says death toll likely to triple

The Libyan Red Crescent said on Thursday that the death toll from floods in Libya's eastern Libyan city of Derna has soared to 11,300, as search efforts continue

Thousands of people in the Libyan city of Derna have been laid to rest in mass graves as search teams continue their efforts following devastating floods that have claimed the lives of at least 5,100 people

Libya

60 migrants die on trip from Libya in dinghy

‘Libyan coast guard hindered migrant rescue’

Sixty one migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya coast

Libya’s coast guard rams into dingy carrying migrants

Now boarding: Tripoli to Rome

Communication outage in Libya

Libya seals city borders as rescuers look for over 10K

Thousands in Libya laid in mass graves

Death toll soars to 11,300 in flooding in Libya's coastal city of Derna

Thousands buried in mass graves in Libyan city of Derna after devastating floods

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