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Crews work to save Babylon (2015)

A migrant picks up clothes from among rubble at a detention centre for mainly African migrants that was hit by an airstrike in the Tajoura suburb of the Libyan capital of Tripoli, Libya July 3, 2019. REUTERS/Ismail Zitouny

Dozens killed after airstrike on migrant center in Libya

People chant slogans as a young man recites a poem, illuminated by mobile phones, before the opposition's direct dialog with people in Khartoum on June 19, 2019. - People chanted slogans including "revolution" and "civil" as the young man recited a poem about revolution. (Photo by Yasuyoshi CHIBA / AFP) (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

Activists were killed and women were raped. But some defiant Sudanese say their revolution isn't over yet

Protests growing in Sudan against the military council

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks to the media at the State Department in Washington, DC on June 13, 2019. - US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused Iran of being behind attacks on two tanks in the Gulf of Oman Thursday, and said it was taking the case to the UN Security Council."It is the assessment of the United States that the Islamic Republic of Iran is responsible for the attacks," Pompeo told reporters. (Photo by Eric BARADAT / AFP) (Photo credit should read ERIC BARADAT/AFP/Getty Images)

US policy toward Iran is all stick and no carrot

Refugees Libya

Sub-Saharan African refugees stuck in Libya

Battle for Tripoli has ground to a stalemate