The Irish Times

Libyan election postponed as UN-backed peace process stalls

Authority of interim government in doubt as old divisions and factions re-emerge

Wed Dec 22 2021 - 17:40

Gadafy’s son taps into nostalgia for stability of father’s rule in Libya

Analysts warn against writing him off as candidacy papers for presidency submitted

Sun Nov 21 2021 - 15:09

US blaming of Middle-Eastern ‘bad actors’ challenged by think tank

Quincy Institute points to US’s weapon exports and own role in region’s interventions

Thu Jul 22 2021 - 16:20

Nicolas Sarkozy goes on trial on campaign finance charges

Former French president accused of spending almost twice legal limit on 2012 re-election campaign

Thu May 20 2021 - 17:37

Victims of Libyan sponsored IRA attacks compile report for compensation

British government refuses to publish its own report into attacks in 1980s and 1990s

Wed Apr 14 2021 - 12:24

Coastguard returns over 4,000 intercepted in Mediterranean Sea to Libya

Desperate refugees face uncertain future in poorly-run, unsafe detention centres

Fri Mar 26 2021 - 17:52

Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption

Former French president found guilty of attempted bribery and influence peddling

Mon Mar 01 2021 - 14:17

US charges new suspect over 1988 Lockerbie bombing

Masud admitted he built the bomb to Libyan investigators, according to the charges

Mon Dec 21 2020 - 20:57

A decade after the Arab Spring, dreams of a better future lie crushed

Across the Arab world, poverty, injustice, conflict and authoritarian rule are still rife

Thu Dec 17 2020 - 20:07

Sarkozy corruption trial to include evidence obtained from secret phones

Trial could be a humiliating postscript to a political career tainted by a litany of legal investigations

Sun Nov 22 2020 - 17:59

UN-backed Libyan forces halt renegade general’s advance on Tripoli

Surprise fall of town in western Libya the final blow to Khalifa Haftar’s assault on capital

Fri Jun 05 2020 - 20:09

Turkey’s intervention threatens to become game-changer in Libya

Victories by Erdogan-backed forces deal blow to Haftar and change dynamic of proxy war

Fri May 22 2020 - 22:14

‘You feel like you’re dead but you’re alive’: Libyan war reaches first anniversary

No end in sight to conflict which has seen some 150,000 civilians displaced

Sat Apr 04 2020 - 05:01

‘It’s a Game of Thrones’: foreign rivals fight for seat of power in Libya

Regional rivalries are fuelling 10-month-old civil war in oil-rich north African nation

Wed Feb 26 2020 - 11:36

The Irish Times view on Libya’s civil war: the EU’s lost leverage

A summit hosted by Angela Merkel made only modest progress towards a durable ceasefire

Tue Jan 21 2020 - 00:02

Libya’s Haftar committed to ceasefire, Germany says

Army general waging offensive to capture Tripoli left talks in Moscow this week without signing deal

Thu Jan 16 2020 - 18:36

Almost 1,000 refugees and migrants returned to Libya as war continues

Gen Khalifa Haftar leaves peace talks in Moscow without signing ceasefire deal

Tue Jan 14 2020 - 19:20

The Irish Times view on Libya’s conflicts: A test for the EU as peace-broker

It is to be hoped more active EU role to consolidate this ceasefire will bear fruit

Mon Jan 13 2020 - 00:05

Activists in fresh attempt to sue Libya for supplying Semtex to IRA

Two men seek compensation through Belfast court for bombings in 1993 and 1988

Thu Jan 09 2020 - 17:30

Belfast society seeks to get museum status for Troubles collection

Artefacts include shoes reputedly owned by Libyan dictator Colonel Muammar Gadafy

Wed Jan 01 2020 - 11:35

Priest used international network to raise money for IRA

BBC documentary reveals Patrick Ryan helped secure weapons from Libya

Tue Sept 24 2019 - 08:32

Vladimir Putin: ‘He who doesn’t take risks, never drinks champagne’

Russian leader talks about China, the Skripal poisoning and ‘Donald’ in wide-ranging interview

Fri Jun 28 2019 - 12:07

IRA was ‘right’ to fight British rule, Adams says at graveside of former chief of staff

Kevin McKenna was a ‘decent, honest republican’, mourners told at his funeral

Thu Jun 27 2019 - 17:43

UN warns western powers against backing Libyan rebel commander

‘He’s no Abraham Lincoln,’ UN envoy says of eastern strongman Khalifa Haftar

Mon Apr 29 2019 - 16:04

Shelling kills seven in Tripoli as Haftar’s offensive continues

Civilians in Abu Salim district hit as commander’s forces try to take Libya’s capital

Wed Apr 17 2019 - 19:54

Saudi and Emirates intervention to be fuelled by Trump’s veto

US decision will aid Khalifa Haftar’s attack on UN-recognised government in Tripoli

Wed Apr 17 2019 - 16:24

Trump cuts US a bad deal in leaving UN Human Rights Council

While rights body is scarred by hypocrisy, US involvement has always been for the better

Sat Jun 30 2018 - 05:00

US pulls out of ‘hypocritical’ UN Human Rights Council

Ambassador to UN Nikki Haley criticises members for not joining ‘fight’ to reform group

Tue Jun 19 2018 - 22:24

UK apologises to Libyan ex-rebel and wife over role in 2004 rendition

Couple were detained and tortured in Libya after their abduction by the CIA in 2004

Thu May 10 2018 - 19:51

Nicolas Sarkozy to face trial for corruption, influence-peddling

Phone taps of French ex-president allegedly reveal plan to bribe prosecutor and influence inquiry

Thu Mar 29 2018 - 20:00

Nicholas Sarkozy in police custody over campaign funding

Former French president questioned about allegations Libya funded 2007 campaign

Tue Mar 20 2018 - 09:00

Double car bombing in Libya’s Benghazi kills at least 22 – officials

Attack on city’s Al Salmani district comes as worshippers leave mosque after prayers

Tue Jan 23 2018 - 22:10

Tributes paid to Glenn Barr, former UDA leader who worked for reconciliation

Loyalist, with other UDA leaders, met leading politicians in Washington in 1979 for talks about independence for Northern Ireland

Tue Oct 24 2017 - 14:09

Gadafy’s son ‘freed’ in Libya after being held for six years

Whereabouts of man who was sentenced to death for war crimes in 2015 unknown

Sun Jun 11 2017 - 15:12