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- Oct 2
Rome judge orders Ustica disaster investigation reopened after France offers archives
Preliminary investigations judge Livio Sabatini returned case files to Rome prosecutors on October 2, 2026, revoking a previous archiving request after France agreed to share military records from 1981 to 1994.
- Sep 28
France offers 1980 Ustica disaster files, prompting Rome prosecutors to resume inquiry
Rome prosecutors will withdraw their request to close the Ustica air disaster inquiry after France offered to transfer defense records spanning from 1980 to the 1990s.
- Aug 11
Car bomb kills eastern Libya intelligence chief Fawzi al-Mansouri in Benghazi
Fawzi al-Mansouri, head of military intelligence for Khalifa Haftar's Libyan National Army, was killed when an explosive attached to his car detonated as he left a Benghazi mosque on Monday evening, striking at the Haftar clan's security credentials and US-led reunification efforts.
- Jun 10
Swiss sociologist and anti-capitalist firebrand Jean Ziegler dies at 92
The sociologist, author, and former UN special rapporteur on the right to food died on Wednesday from complications of Parkinson's disease, his family confirmed.
- May 27
Sarkozy's defence brands Libyan funding case a 'grotesque novel' as Paris appeal trial concludes
Lawyers for Nicolas Sarkozy launched a blistering attack on the prosecution's case as the appeal trial over alleged Libyan financing of his 2007 presidential campaign drew to a close in Paris on Wednesday.
