Two babies among 53 people dead or missing after boat capsizes off Libya
Incident brings number of people reported dead or missing on the central Mediterranean route this year to at least 484.
![Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi appears in front of supporters and journalists in the Libyan capital Tripoli in the early hours of August 23, 2011. Seif al-Islam, then-wanted by the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity and who ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo earlier said had been arrested by the rebels, claimed the insurgents had suffered "heavy casualties" when they stormed Gaddafi’s Bab al-Azizya compound in Tripoli. [Dario Lopez-Mills/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-1770238685.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
![Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, attends a hearing behind bars in a courtroom in Zintan, Libya on May 25, 2014. [File: Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/image-1770151889.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of former leader, killed in Libya
Gaddafi’s political team says masked men killed him at his home in Zintan in a ‘cowardly and treacherous assassination’.
Epstein email reveals plan to access Libya’s frozen state assets
Email sent to Jeffrey Epstein in 2011 outlines what the sender described as financial and legal opportunities in Libya.
Saudi to Sudan: Can Pakistan expand military footprint across Arab world?
Multiple countries have shown interest in Pakistani weapons and jets. But Pakistan won’t find it easy to deliver.
Libya lays army chief of staff to rest in Misrata
Five officers, including chief of staff General al-Haddad, were flying from Turkiye to Libya when their plane crashed.
Investigation after jet carrying Libyan officers crashes in Turkiye
Authorities are examining a wide range of data, including flight recordings and airpot CCTV footage, officials say.
Libya holds military ceremony for army officials killed in Turkiye crash
Military honours paid to senior military officers, including army chief Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, who died in crash.
Turkiye, Libya intensify probe into deadly plane crash near Ankara
Search teams find site of crash that killed Libyan army chief and seven other people, including three crew members.
![Libyan military delegation members arrive at the wreckage site following the crash of a Libya-bound business jet carrying Libyan Chief of Staff General Muhammad Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad, in Ankara on December 24, 2025. [Adem Altan/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/000_88YD8WG-1766685211.jpg?resize=770%2C513&quality=80)
Libyan army chief killed in plane crash: What next?
Libya mourns military chief Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad, who was seen as a unifying figure amid political divisions.
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Video captures Libyan military chief’s fatal plane crash near Ankara
Video has emerged of the moment a plane, carrying Libya’s military chief, crashed outside Ankara.
Published On 24 Dec 2025
Libya mourns after army chief dies in plane crash near Turkiye’s capital
Private jet carrying Mohammed Ali Ahmed al-Haddad and four top officials crashes near Ankara, killing everyone on board.
