Direct flights between Rome and Tripoli resumed on Sunday after a 10-year hiatus, with Italy’s foreign ministry citing a “concerted effort” to strengthen ties with its former colony Libya.

Judges at the International Criminal Court are investigating whether Italy's release of a Libyan military officer wanted for ...

Italy’s actions are indicative of a systemic issue where legal technicalities are exploited to shield individuals who serve ...

Italian police arrested Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, last month but rather than extraditing him to the ...

But Rome’s court of appeals ordered al-Masri ... Italy has close ties to the internationally recognized government in Tripoli, on whom it relies to patrol its coasts and prevent waves of ...

Italy's centre-left opposition parties on Tuesday filed a no-confidence motion against Justice Minisyer Carlo Nordio over his ...

The justice minister said the court had noted discrepancies concerning dates within the arrest warrant, with the same crimes listed as occurring in February 2011 and in other parts in February 2015.

Najim was arrested in the Italian city of Turin last weekend but returned to Tripoli on Tuesday on an Italian air force plane after the court of appeals in Rome ruled his detention "irregular" because ...

Ossama Anjiem, also known as Ossama al-Masri, heads the Tripoli branch of the Reform and ... ICC request to the chief prosecutor's office in Rome,” a statement said. Ali Omar, head of Libya ...

Najim's repatriation has caused a major political row in Italy, and a special court is considering an investigation into ...

An Ita Airways airplane at Rome's Fiumicino airport. Photo: Andreas SOLARO/AFP. Italy's flag carrier ITA Airways on Sunday announced it had launched its first commercial flight between Tripoli's ...