Italy's justice minister, on Wednesday, defended the decision to repatriate accused Libyan war criminal Osama Njeem, blaming the International Criminal Court (ICC)'s allegedly 'flawed' arrest ...

Italian Interior Minister Matteo Piantedosi, left, and Justice Minister Carlo Nordio attend a debate in the Italian lower ...

ROME (AP) — Human rights groups voiced outrage Wednesday after Italy released a Libyan warlord on a technicality, after he ...

Under a deal with the North African country dating from 2017 and renewed under Italy's current hard-right government, Rome was to provide funding and training to the Libyan coastguard. In exchange, ...

Osama Elmasry Njeem, who was wanted by the ICC for alleged war crimes, was recently freed by Rome. The move prompted outrage ...

ROME — Italy's prime minister on Saturday addressed growing criticism of the repatriation of a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court, as Giorgia Meloni cited an appeals court ...

He was released a few days later on procedural grounds by a Rome appeals court, and flown to Libya on an Italian government plane. Investigative magistrates suspect Meloni and Justice Minister ...

Italian opposition lawmakers and human rights groups are voicing outrage after Italy released a Libyan warlord wanted by the International Criminal Court ROME -- Italian opposition lawmakers and ...

“Al-Masri was released by an order of Rome’s Court of Appeal ... It was not a government choice,” Meloni told journalists during a trip to Saudi Arabia. Italy has close ties to Libya’s ...

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni was put under investigation on Tuesday for the release and repatriation of Lybian police chief Osama Almasri Njeem. Prosecutor Francesco Lo Voi opened ...

ROME — Italian police arrested a Libyan warlord on a warrant from the International Criminal Court, but an Italian tribunal refused to approve the arrest and he was instead sent back to Libya, Italy's ...