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EU launches new naval mission to police Libya arms embargo

by Associated Press
| April 1, 2020 12:03 AM

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union announced Tuesday the launch of a new naval mission in the Mediterranean Sea aimed at enforcing the U.N. arms embargo on Libya, after Italy blocked a previous operation claiming that the warships attracted migrants to Europe's shores.

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