Libya

Libya

• 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 ... 

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  Red line: Obama cautious on Syria chemical weapons

  Proceeding cautiously, President Barack Obama insisted on Friday that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would change his "calculus" about U.S. 

• US has a range of military options in Syria

  U.S. commanders have laid out a range of possible options for military involvement in Syria, but they have made it clear that any action would likely ... 

• Italy's Eni 1Q earns down 57 percent

  Italy's largest energy company, Eni SpA, says that its first-quarter profits dropped 57 percent, partly because conflicts in Nigeria and Libya led to ... 

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  Qatar faces backlash among rebel groups in Syria

  In a war-battered suburb of Damascus, a commander for one of the smaller nationalist brigades fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad ... 

• GOP report faults State Dept. on Libya security

  An interim report released Tuesday by House Republicans faults the State Department and former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton for security ... 

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  Car bomb at French Embassy in Libya wounds 3

  A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside the French Embassy in Tripoli, wounding three people and partially setting the building on fire in the worst ... 

• Libyan officers demand dismissal of military chief

  Libyan military officers are demanding the dismissal of the army chief of staff, pledging to go on strike if he is not replaced. Hundreds of officers ... 

• Top Gadhafi aide to face trial in Egypt

  A cousin and onetime top aid of former Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi will face trial in Egypt on charges of attempted murder. Prosecutor Hamdi ... 

• Probe opens of alleged Libyan funding for Sarkozy

  Paris prosecutors on Friday began investigating whether the winning presidential campaign of former President Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 may have ... 

• FIFA: Libya safe to host WCup soccer qualifiers

  FIFA authorized Libya to host World Cup qualifying matches, saying the country is safe enough for its first international home games since the ... 

• FIFA declares Libya safe to host WCup qualifiers

  Libya has been declared safe to host World Cup qualifying matches, the first national team games on home ground since the uprising that ousted Moammar ... 

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  Months after Benghazi, Kerry says US chasing leads

  Seven months after the attack on a U.S. diplomatic mission in Libya, the Obama administration on Wednesday insisted that it was making progress in ... 

• Kerry: US making progress on Benghazi attackers

  Secretary of State John Kerry says the Obama administration is making progress in its effort to hold people accountable for the Sept. 11 assault on ... 

• Libya urged to give ex-spy chief access to lawyer

  An international rights group is urging Libyan authorities to give an ex-spy chief indicted for alleged crimes against humanity access to a lawyer. 

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  Obama visible but cautious in Boston response

  In the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, President Barack Obama has aimed to be both visible and cautious in his response, declaring the ... 

• Libya militants deny Benghazi-linked leader shot

  Members of a disbanded Islamic extremist militia are denying claims that the commander of the group has been shot. The group is suspected of ... 

• Head of Libyan Islamic extremist militia shot

  A security official says the leader of an Islamic extremist militia in Libya suspected of involvement in an attack in Benghazi that killed the U.S. 

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  Taliban attack kills 13 Afghan soldiers

  Taliban militants stormed an Afghan army outpost on Friday, killing more than a dozen soldiers in an area that is a major infiltration route for ... 

• An agency-by-agency guide to Obama's 2014 budget

  President Barack Obama has proposed a $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal 2014 that aims to slash the deficit by a net $600 billion over 10 years, raise ... 

• Libyan prime minister's abducted aide is freed

  A senior Libyan official says that the prime minister's chief of staff has been freed after eight days in captivity by a militia. Deputy Prime ... 

• Libya PM says security weak as aide still missing

  Libya's prime minister says his country is "weak" as militias continue to run prisons and abduct people, including his chief of staff now missing for ... 

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  Kerry mourns 'selfless, idealistic' US diplomat

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday railed against the "cowardly" terrorists responsible for the attack that killed five Americans in ... 

• Seasoned combat leader takes over Africa Command

  One of the American military's most seasoned combat leaders took charge Friday of U.S. Africa Command, whose No. 1 mission is to work with allies to ...