Italy's government Wednesday blamed its much-criticised release of a Libyan war crimes suspect on the International Criminal ...

Italy's justice minister said on Wednesday Rome had no choice but to free a Libyan military officer wanted for war crimes by ...

Italy’s justice minister has strongly defended the government’s decision to free and repatriate a Libyan warlord wanted by ...

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

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni says that Rome prosecutors have opened an investigation against her and two government ...

Migrants expressed their dismay and sense of betrayal on Wednesday over Italy's decision last week to release a Libyan ...

The repatriation of Ossama Anjiem to Libya, a key partner in Europe’s efforts to keep migrants from crossing the ...

The government attributed the release to procedural reasons. But critics say it is because Italy depends on Libya to stem the flow of migrants from Africa. By Emma Bubola and Elisabetta Povoledo ...

Osama Elmasry Njeem is suspected of crimes against humanity including murder, torture, rape and sexual violence as a prison ...

But Rome’s court of appeals ordered al-Masri freed Tuesday, and he was sent back to Libya aboard an aircraft of the Italian secret services, because of what the appeals court said was a ...

Italy has close ties to Libya's internationally recognized government in Tripoli and relies on it to patrol its coasts and prevent migrants from leaving. Any trial of al-Masri in The Hague could ...