Photos show elite Allied soldiers storming Italian airbase in Libya during 1942 Operation Caravan

It was a mission in which 47 highly-trained men launched a daring raid on an Italian stronghold in North Africa. Operation Caravan – carried out in September 1942 – saw members of the elite Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) attack the town of Barce and its accompanying airbase, in northern Libya, during the Second World … Read more

At least 74 migrants including children drown after their boat capsizes off the coast of Libya 

At least 74 migrants drowned after their Europe-bound ship capsized off the coast of Libya in the latest spate of migrant vessel sinkings in the central Mediterranean.  The UN’s migration agency revealed the coastguard and fishermen were searching for survivors of the latest tragedy which took place on Thursday near the port city of al-Khums.  … Read more