Tag: Libya
US envoy, three others killed in Libya anti-Islam film attack
Washington’s envoy to Libya and three other Americans were killed when a mob outraged over a movie mocking Islam stormed the US consulate in...
Libya’s national assembly to elect new PM
Libya's national congress is on Wednesday electing a new prime minister who will take the helm of the nation for an 18-month transition period...
Mohamed al-Megaryef elected to head Libya assembly
Libya's newly empowered top legislative body elected as its president late on Thursday a veteran opponent of Moamer Kadhafi's ousted regime who is seen...
Libya council hands power to new assembly
Libya's National Transitional Council on Wednesday handed power to a new assembly, in a symbolic move marking a peaceful transition following the overthrow of...
Libya’s interim rulers to hand over power
Libya’s interim authorities said they will hand over power to a newly elected congress on Wednesday, less than a year after its fighters overthrew...
Libya’s poor mark Ramadan in rubble of Kadhafi base
ozens of Libya's poor are celebrating the country's first free Ramadan since the ouster of Moamer Kadhafi in the shattered remains of the late...
Libya militias hold thousands as deadline passes: HRW
The Libyan authorities should take immediate steps to assume custody of thousands of detainees still held by militias, a rights watchdog said on Saturday,...
Jibril urges unity as Libya wraps up vote count
Electoral authorities were finalising the vote count on Monday from Libya’s first free polls in decades as an architect of the revolt that toppled...
Liberals claim early lead in Libya vote count
Liberals claimed an early lead on Sunday in vote counting across the country after Libya held its first free elections following Moamer Kadhafi’s ouster,...
Ecuador, Libya express concern over OPEC oversupply
OPEC members Ecuador and Libya expressed concern Wednesday that the cartel was pumping too much oil, but shied away from calling for lower output...
Libya extends voter registration by a week
Libya on Sunday extended the deadline for voter registration by a week in a bid to broaden participation in the first national poll since...
Libya, France, ICC want to try Gaddafi spy chief
France and the International Criminal Court have filed formal requests with Mauritania to extradite Libya’s ex-spy chief Abdullah Senussi, a security source said Sunday...
The world according to the US
A superpower is as a superpower does
It was not just semantics last week when I said America ‘rules’ rather than ‘runs’ Pakistan. The pun...
Libya marks revolution day
Libyans celebrated on Friday the first anniversary of the uprising against Moamer Gaddafi with fireworks and slogans, even as their new leader vowed to...
15 dead, 40 lost from boat off Libya
At least 15 Somali migrants were killed and 40 left missing after their boat capsized off the coast of Libya this week, the Somali...
ICC denies deal for Gaddafi son to be tried in Libya
The International Criminal Court denied Monday that it had agreed that Seif al-Islam, slain Libyan dictator Moamer Gaddafi’s most prominent son, can be tried...
Libya number two flees protest in uprising cradle
The deputy head of Libya’s National Transitional Council was manhandled by protesters on Thursday in the cradle of the uprising that ousted Moamer Kadhafi...
