The Latest Breaking News from Tobruk

Eighty years ago this week, Japan surrendered after nearly four years of war in the Asia-Pacific. For Australia, this meant the end of not only the war in the Pacific, but also the second world war that had begun six years earlier, in September 1939.

Tom Pritchard, the last Australian survivor of a key World War II battle, has died aged 102. The prime minister paid tribute to his service.

The last remaining of the NSW Rats of Tobruk has died, leaving behind only a few survivors of the infamous World War II campaign in the North African

A small previously unacknowledged contingent of Australian servicemen have been found to have taken part in WWII's famed Siege of Tobruk in 1941.

World War II veteran Dennis Davis has died aged 102, just days after attending the 77th anniversary of Victory in the Pacific Day at Sydney's Martin Place.

Tripoli sees biggest rallies in years on weekend of demonstrations over political deadlock and living conditions

A senior UN official for Libya on Saturday condemned the storming of the parliament’s headquarters by angry demonstrators as part of protests in several cities against the political class and deteriorating economic conditions. Hundreds of protesters marched in the streets of the capital, Tripoli, and other Libyan cities on Friday,…

Protesters stormed parliament to demonstrate over deteriorating living conditions and political deadlock.

Fury at Libya's feuding leaders boiled over on Friday as protesters stormed the parliament building in the eastern city of Tobruk and staged the biggest demonstration for years in the capital Tripoli, in the west. The Tobruk protesters, accusing the parliament of treason and stealing public money, some eight years…