The number of Muslims deemed to be a security risk and refused entry through Cork Airport has almost doubled in the past two months.

The minister for defence has said he will not send the Naval Service back to the Mediterranean Sea if the threat to their humanitarian mission from Islamic State’s (IS) occupation of northern Libya proves too great.

Islamic State fighters tightened their grip on the historic city of Palmyra in Syria, days after capturing a provincial capital in neighbouring Iraq, hinting at the momentum of the group, which a monitor says holds half of Syrian territory.

Islamic State is exploiting the Mediterranean refugee crisis to smuggle fighters into Europe, an investigation has found.

Egypt has launched air strikes against Islamic State (IS) targets in Libya after the extremist group released a grisly video showing a mass beheading of Coptic Christians held hostage for weeks.

A video showing the mass beheading of Egyptian Coptic Christian hostages by Islamic State (IS) linked terrorists in Libya has sparked worldwide revulsion.

It is unlawful to supply a weapon to another person. Someone can even be complicit in murder if they supply the murder weapon. Why then should these laws not apply to governments supplying arms to terrorists?

It is unlawful to supply a weapon to another person. The supplier can even be complicit in murder if the gun kills. Why, then, should these laws not apply to governments supplying arms to terrorists?

The son of Libya’s former dictator Muammar Gaddafi has appeared in court on charges of harming state security, but the judge adjourned his hearing until September 19 to allow his defence lawyers more time.

Libyan government forces have captured Muammar Gaddafi’s ex-spokesman outside a besieged town, the prime minister’s office said today as Libyans marked the anniversary of the ousted dictator’s death.

A human rights organisation has called on Nato to compensate survivors of airstrikes in Libya which it says killed dozens of civilians.

Tribal leaders and militia commanders have declared a semiautonomous region in oil-rich eastern Libya, it has emerged.

Fighters and residents in battle-scarred Misrata celebrated victory over Muammar Gaddafi’s regime with a parade of tanks and anti-aircraft guns.

MUAMMAR Gaddafi’s fugitive son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi wish to hand themselves in to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior Libyan military official with the National Transitional Council (NTC) said last night.

MUAMMAR GADDAFI and his son Mo’tassim were buried in a secret desert location yesterday, five days after the deposed Libyan leader was captured, killed and put on grisly public display.

Libya’s all-powerful leader for four decades spent his final weeks hiding in his home town of Sirte, alternating between rage and melancholy as his regime crumbled, his chief bodyguard has revealed.

Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, his son Muatassim and a top aide have been buried at a secret location with a few relatives and officials in attendance, a Misrata military council official said today.

The head of Libya’s transitional government tried to reassure Western powers which helped topple Muammar Gaddafi that the country’s new leaders were moderate Muslims, after a speech that emphasised the Islamisation of Libya.

THE body of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will be buried today in a simple ceremony, attended by Muslim clerics, in a secret location in the Libyan desert, an official with the National Transitional Council said yesterday.

Libya's interim leader has ordered an investigation into Muammar Gaddafi's death after strong international pressure.

Dozens of bodies, apparently of Gaddafi loyalists, some of whom may have been executed by revolutionary forces, have been discovered in the Libyan town of Sirte.

LIBYA declared itself liberated yesterday after 42 years of rule by Muammar Gaddafi ended with his capture and death last week, getting the North African state ready for a transition towards democracy.

Libya’s chief forensic pathologist said today an autopsy has confirmed that Muammar Gaddafi was killed by a shot to the head.

Libya’s new leaders will declare liberation today, officials said, a move that will start the clock for elections after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of long-time dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

MUAMMAR GADDAFI’S body lay in an old meat store in a shopping centre as arguments over a burial, and his killing after being captured, dogged efforts by Libya’s new leaders to make a formal start on a new era of democracy.

NATO plans to end its seven-month air and sea mission in Libya on October 31, but will issue a formal decision next week after consulting the United Nations and Libya’s interim authorities, Nato chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen said yesterday.

DISTURBING images of a bloodstained and shaken Muammar Gaddafi being dragged around by angry fighters quickly circulated around the world after the Libyan dictator’s death near his hometown of Sirte.

Nato’s top commander says he will recommend the end of the alliance’s Libya mission.

Muammar Gaddafi’s blood-streaked body has been stashed in a commercial freezer at a shopping centre as Libyans try to keep it away from crowds as they figure out where and when to bury the hated ex-leader.

The burial of Muammar Gaddafi has been delayed until his death can be examined by the International Criminal Court, Libyan officials said.

Dragged from hiding in a drainage pipe, a wounded Muammar Gaddafi raised his hands and begged revolutionary fighters: “Don’t kill me, my sons.”

LIBYA is celebrating today after the death of ousted dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

During nearly 42 years in power in Libya, Muammar Gaddafi was one of the world’s most eccentric dictators.

JOCKEYING for power among Libya’s well-armed and fractious new leadership may intensify after the death of deposed autocrat Muammar Gaddafi, an anxious and, for many, joyous moment in a country hungry for stability and impatient to swap the bullet for the ballot box.

US President Barack Obama has said the death of Colonel Gaddafi ends a "painful chapter" in Libya's history.

One of Muammar Gaddafi’s sons has been killed and another injured, Libyan officials confirmed tonight.

Muammar Gaddafi, who ruled Libya with an iron fist for 42 years, was killed today as rebel troops overran the last pockets of loyalist resistance in his home-town Sirte.

The death of toppled Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi was today hailed by the UK's Prime Minister David Cameron as a step towards a “strong and democratic future” for the north African country.

Muammar Gaddafi has been killed, Libyan Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril said today.

Muammar Gaddafi was captured and possibly killed when revolutionary forces overwhelmed his home town, Sirte, transitional government officials said today.

A picture has been released which purports to show deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi after he was killed today.

A spokesman for Libya's National Transitional Council has told Sky News that deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has been killed, and that his body is currently being transported from Sirte.

Toppled Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi has been captured by rebel troops, according to reports on the country’s state television. It is still not clear whether he is alive.

There are unconfirmed reports coming out of Libya that Colonel Gaddafi has died.