
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 ...

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 ...

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Libya's defense minister on Tuesday rescinded his decision to resign in protest over the continuous show of force by militias that stormed government ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Syrian air defenses pose formidable challenge
International military action against Syria's government over its alleged use of chemical weapons would run up against one of the Middle East's most ...
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 ...

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 ...
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 ...
Egypt court stops extradition of top Gadhafi aide
An Egyptian court ruled Wednesday against the extradition to Libya of a former close aide of ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Ahmed Qaddaf al-Dam, a ...
Egypt extradites 2 Gadhafi-era officials to Libya
Egyptian authorities extradited two Libyan officials from the regime of deposed dictator Moammar Gadhafi back to their home country on Tuesday, an ...
Libya FM: Gadhafi family granted Oman asylum
Libya's foreign minister says the widow of the late ruler Moammar Gadhafi and other family members have been granted asylum in Oman. Mohamed Abdelaziz ...
Protesters end siege of Libyan PM's office
About 200 militiamen and protesters demanding the resignation of Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zidan have ended their day-long siege of his office, a ...
Egypt: Libya demands handover of ex-regime members
An Egyptian security official says a Libyan intelligence delegation has arrived in Egypt to negotiate the handover of wanted members of the former ...
Rights group to Libya: Stop destroying town
An international rights group on Wednesday urged the Libyan government to halt the "systematic destruction" of a town whose residents backed ousted ...

Top aide of Libya's Gadhafi arrested in Egypt
Egyptian security forces arrested a close aide of ousted Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi on Tuesday following a siege at his Cairo home, a security ...

Christians say they were tortured in Libya
Dozens of Coptic Christians were tortured inside a detention center run by a powerful militia in eastern Libya, two of the recently released detainees ...

6 months post-Benghazi, Obama taps new Libya envoy
President Barack Obama nominated a new ambassador to Libya on Wednesday, filling a post that has been vacant since Chris Stevens was killed in the ...