France’s Sarkozy faces second day of questioning in Gaddafi case
France’s Nicolas Sarkozy faced a second day of questioning on Wednesday by investigators looking into allegations that his 2007 election campaign had received funds from...
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Gaddafi’s son Saif still in prison in western Libya, military source says
Saif al-Islam, a son of the late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, remains in the prison in western Libya where he has been held since the...
Tripoli confirms new Lockerbie suspects include Gaddafi spy chief
By Ahmed Elumami Tripoli’s government on Friday named the two new Libyan suspects in the Lockerbie bombing investigation as Abdullah al-Senussi, the former spy chief...
Libyan court sentences Gaddafi son Saif, 8 other ex-officials to death (Update 2)
By Ulf Laessing A Libyan court on Tuesday sentenced Muammar Gaddafi’s most prominent son, Saif al-Islam, and eight others to death for war crimes including...
Warplanes hit Tripoli airport before UN talks start
By Patrick Markey Warplanes from Libya’s internationally recognised government carried out air strikes on a Tripoli airport on Thursday just hours before United Nations-backed peace...
Italy warns of Libya threat as pressure for action grows
By James Mackenzie Italy called on Wednesday for urgent international action to halt Libya’s slide into chaos and said it was ready to help monitor...
Libyan warplane bombs Greek-operated oil tanker at port, two dead
By Aymen al Warfalli and Angeliki Koutantou A Libyan warplane from forces loyal to the internationally recognised government bombed a Greek-operated oil tanker anchored offshore,...
Car bombs wound at least 20 in east Libya as chaos mounts
By Ulf Laessing Car bombs exploded in eastern Libyan towns under the control of the internationally-recognized government on Wednesday, wounding at least 20 people, officials...
Heavy shelling, clashes spread in Libya’s Tripoli
By Patrick Markey Clashes with artillery and rockets spread on Thursday into two Tripoli districts, where rival militia brigades were battling over the airport in...
Rocket ignites blaze near Tripoli airport, Libya in chaos
By Patrick Markey A rocket hit a fuel storage tank in a chaotic battle for Tripoli airport that has all but closed off international flights...
Militants kill 14 Tunisian soldiers in mountain ambush (updated)
By Tarek Amara At least 14 Tunisian soldiers were killed when dozens of gunmen with rocket-propelled grenades attacked two checkpoints in the remote Chaambi mountains,...
Militia shells Tripoli airport, UN pulls staff out of Libya
By Feras Bosalum and Ulf Laessing A militia shelled Tripoli airport, destroying 90 per cent of planes parked there, a Libyan government spokesman said, as...
Gunmen storm Libyan parliament
By Ahmed Elumami Gunmen stormed Libya’s parliament on Tuesday and opened fire, forcing lawmakers to abandon a vote on the next prime minister, witnesses said. Parliament...
Jordanian envoy kidnapped in Libya
By Feras Bosalum The driver survived the attack and was in hospital, spokesman Said Laswad said. A Jordanian foreign ministry source said they believed that the incident...
Libya starts trial of ex-Gaddafi officials, sons absent
By Julia Payne Libyan prosecutors opened the trial of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s sons and more than two dozen of his ex-officials on Monday in a major...
Car bombs kills at least eight at Libya army academy in Benghazi
By Ayman al-Warfalli Several car bombs exploded at a Libyan army academy in the eastern city of Benghazi on Monday, killing at least eight people and wounding more than...
Ousted Libyan PM flees country after tanker escapes rebel-held port
Former Libyan prime minister Ali Zeidan has fled to Europe after parliament voted him out of office on Tuesday over his failure to stop rebels exporting oil...
Libyan PM Zeidan freed by former rebels – sources
By Ghaith Shennib and Ulf Laessing Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been freed by former rebels who seized him from a hotel earlier on...
Billionaire Saudi prince loses UK court battle over Gaddafi jet
By Estelle Shirbon A billionaire Saudi prince was ordered by a British court on Wednesday to pay a $10-million commission on the sale of his...