Libya

Libya

• Top Libyan official: Benghazi explosion accident

  Libya's deputy prime minister says an investigation has indicated that a deadly explosion in Benghazi last week was an accident and not an attack. 

• Blasts rock Libya's capital and eastern city

  Libyan officials say explosions went off in the capital Tripoli and the restive eastern city of Benghazi, but no casualties were reported. A security ... 

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  Obama acts on scandals; Republicans unsatisfied

  President Barack Obama, seeking to regain his footing amid controversies hammering the White House, named a temporary chief for the scandal-marred ... 

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  Deadly bomb strikes civilian area in east Libya

  A deadly car bomb exploded Monday near a hospital in a busy area packed with civilians in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, destroying part of the ... 

• Libyan officials back at work after militia siege

  Officials at two Libyan government ministries returned to work Sunday after nearly two weeks of protests by militia fighters, who blocked the ... 

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  Review chairman: Clinton didn't make Benghazi call

  The seasoned diplomat who penned a highly critical report on security at a U.S. outpost in Benghazi, Libya, defended his scathing assessment but ... 

• BP withdrawing some staff from Tripoli

  Oil company BP says it is temporarily withdrawing some nonessential and non-Libyan staff from its office in Libya's capital following similar action ... 

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  Anti-militias protesters attacked in Libya

  Scores of Libyan militiamen descended on rally in the nation's capital, Tripoli, kicking and beating protesters who had taken to the streets Friday ... 

• Officials: US forces on alert in response to Libya

  Marines and other U.S. forces in Europe are on a heightened state of alert in response to a deteriorating security situation in the Libyan capital of ... 

• UK withdrawing some staff from embassy in Libya

  Britain's Foreign Office says it is temporarily withdrawing some staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital in light of recent political unrest. 

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  Kerry says he'll answer questions on Benghazi

  Secretary of State John Kerry said Thursday he's determined to answer any questions related to the deadly assault on the U.S. diplomatic mission in ... 

• American stabbed outside US Embassy in Cairo

  An assailant stabbed an American man on Thursday while they were standing outside the U.S. Embassy in Cairo, security officials said. The area around ... 

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  Jihadi peril makes its way to Tunisia

  The hunt for al-Qaida-linked militants in a mountainous region near Tunisia's borders with Algeria in recent days has raised alarm that the birthplace ... 

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  Libya's new charter can shoot down contentious law

  A new law that excludes former officials of the Moammar Gadhafi era from public office is dividing Libya and deepening the turmoil plaguing the ... 

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  Libyan PM vows Cabinet reshuffle, praises militias

  Libya's prime minister has promised a Cabinet reshuffle and praised militias by saying they are "revolutionaries" in an apparent bid to defuse tension ... 

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  Weapons of war spill blood in Nigeria's insurgency

  At first, the Islamic extremists in Nigeria's dusty northeast rode on the backs of motorcycles, firing on government officials and other perceived ... 

• Libya's defense minister rescinds resignation

  Libya's defense minister on Tuesday rescinded his decision to resign in protest over the continuous show of force by militias that stormed government ... 

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  Libya militias not backing down from protest

  A number of Libyan militias refused to back down on Monday from their protests outside government buildings, despite passage of a sweeping law that ... 

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  Readying new Syria push, US feels out Russia again

  The Obama administration is trying to leverage new evidence that Syrian President Bashar Assad's government used chemical weapons, and make a fresh ... 

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  Anti-militia protest attacked in Libya

  Hundreds of Libyan pro-democracy advocates marched in Tripoli on Friday, denouncing militias' recent blockade of government buildings and coming under ... 

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  Gadhafi's son appears in Libya court; case delayed

  Wearing a sky-blue safari suit and a pair of sandals, the imprisoned son of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi made his second court appearance this year ... 

• Gunmen surround Libya Foreign Ministry

  Libya's prime minister warned of a perilous security situation Sunday after armed men stormed the Interior Ministry and a state-owned television ... 

• Bomb hits Libya police station in Benghazi

  An explosion hit a police station in Libya's eastern city of Benghazi on Saturday, a day after militants killed a pro-government militiaman in an ...