Tag: Libya
Deadly clashes continue in Lebanon’s Tripoli
Three people have been killed and about 40 wounded in two days of fighting in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, security sources say, as sectarian violence spills...
US and UK withdraw Libya diplomatic staff
The US and Britain have both announced that they are withdrawing some diplomatic staff from Libya, amid security concerns over a recent flare-up in...
President seeks report on rape of Pakistani origin women in Libya
President Asif Ali Zardari has sought a report on the reported molestation of women of Pakistani origin in Libya.
Three British female activists of Pakistani...
ICC orders Libya to hand over ex-spy chief
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ordered Libyan authorities to immediately surrender deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi.
The written...
Libya: Benghazi security chief assassinated
The security chief in the east Libyan city of Benghazi was assassinated late Tuesday, a security official told AFP. Unknown persons opened fire from...
International community must continue assistance to Libya: Khan
Pakistan’s Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Masood Khan, while speaking in the Security Council on the situation in Libya underlined the need for...
New Libya PM presents 30-member cabinet
Libya's new prime minister, Ali Zeidan, on Tuesday presented his 30-member cabinet to the national assembly for approval in the hope of forming a...
‘Libya fighters seize ex-Gaddafi bastion’
Libyan pro-government forces on Wednesday seized control of Bani Walid, one of the last bastions of Moamer Kadhafi's ousted regime, an AFP correspondent in...
11 killed as Libyan forces clash with Kadhafi diehards
Ex-rebels allied to Libya's army attacked a bastion of diehards linked to slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi in clashes that left at least 11 dead,...
Gaddafi’s son ‘would be hanged in Libya’, defence tells ICC
Moamer Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam without a doubt would get a death sentence if tried in Libya, his lawyer told the Hague-based International Criminal...
Libya says it has enough evidence to try Gaddafi’s son
Libya has enough evidence to charge Moamer Gaddafi’s son Seif al-Islam with crimes against humanity, lawyers told the International Criminal Court on Tuesday amid...
Clinton appears to link al Qaeda to Libya attack
Confusion reigned Wednesday as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton appeared to suggest for the first time that militants close to Al-Qaeda were linked...
Libya leader says attack unrelated to anti-Islam film
Libyan leader Mohamed al-Megaryef said Wednesday that the deadly September 11 attack on the US consulate was a pre-planned assault that had "nothing to...
Libya protesters oust Benghazi militias
Libyan protesters ousted a jihadist militia from its headquarters and seized a raft of other paramilitary bases in second city Benghazi early Saturday in...
Libya arrests 50 after US envoy’s killing: parliament chief
Libyan authorities have arrested about 50 people after last week’s killing of US ambassador Chris Stevens in a mob attack in the city of...
US consulate attack was planned: Libya assembly head
The deadly attack on the US consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi was planned and “meticulously executed,” the country’s assembly chief told AFP...
Libya makes ‘arrests’ in deadly US consulate attack
Libya has made several arrests over an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi that killed the ambassador and three other US nationals, the...
