23/08/2011 | Argentina

Libyan Embassy in BA recognizes rebels as country authorities

The Libyan Embassy in Buenos Aires announced it recognizes the National Transitional Council as the legitimate authority of Libya, the head of press of the Embassy reported.

24/09/2012 | World

Libyan govt puts army in charge of Benghazi militias

Libya's government, seeking to assert its authority over private militias following the killing of US diplomats in Benghazi, placed two powerful freelance units in the city under the command of full-time army officers.

17/02/2012 | World

Flags and hope on Libya's uneasy anniversary

Flags flew on Martyrs Square in Tripoli and crowds across Libya gave voice to joy at being free of Muammar Gaddafi, as the anniversary of their revolt offered brief respite from fears that it has brought them only chaotic paralysis.

12/03/2012 | World

Sarkozy blasts accusation he took money from Gaddafi

France's Nicolas Sarkozy angrily denied receiving money from deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund his first presidential run in 2007, as one news website reported earlier in the day.

08/08/2012 | World

Libya's ruling council hands over power to new assembly

Libya's ruling council handed over power to a newly elected national assembly in the North African country's first peaceful transition of power in its modern history but which comes amid heightened violence.

12/12/2011 | World

Libyans protest in Benghazi against new leaders

Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi to show their frustration with leaders who came to power after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown.

16/12/2011 | World

US lifts sanctions on post-Gaddafi Libya

The United States lifted most of the economic sanctions it had in place against Libya before the fall of former ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

23/01/2012 | World

Gaddafi loyalists seize control of Libyan town

Fighters loyal to ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are in control of the town of Bani Walid, about 200 km (120 miles) south-east of the capital, after attacking a pro-government militia based there, one of the militia members said.

01/11/2011 | World

Libya elects little-known scientist new prime minister

Libya's ruling National Transitional Council has elected little-known academic Abdul Raheem al-Keeb as the new interim prime minister to guide the country as it emerges from a bitter civil war towards a new constitution and democratic elections.

20/11/2011 | World

After Gaddafi son, spy chief run to ground

A day after Muammar Gaddafi's son was captured by Liyan fighters, the ousted leader's intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi was said to be surrounded nearby at a remote desert homestead and negotiating his surrender.

22/11/2011 | World

'Gaddafi son could be tried in Libya,' ICC's Moreno Ocampo

The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor said Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the captured son of the former Libyan leader, does not necessarily have to be tried in The Hague if Libya's own justice system is up to the task.

27/10/2011 | World

UN ends mandate for NATO military operations in Libya

The UN Security Council today canceled its authorization for a seven-month-old NATO military operation in Libya that led to the ouster and death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

28/10/2011 | World

NATO to leave Libya on Monday

NATO confirmed it would end its Libyan mission next week, seven months after launching air and sea operations that helped bring the overthrow and death of Muammar Gaddafi.

28/10/2011 | World

Hague court says talks on Gaddafi son surrender

International war crimes prosecutors are in touch with Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, urging him to give himself up and warning him today he risks a mid-air interception if he tries to flee by plane to an African safe haven.

25/10/2011 | World

UN worried over revenge killings in Libya

United Nations human rights investigators called on Libyan authorities today to ensure that their forces refrain from revenge killings and humanely treat detainees who fought on behalf of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi.

26/10/2011 | World

Gaddafi son, intelligence chief want to surrender to Hague Court

Muammar Gaddafi's fugitive son Saif al-Islam and former intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi are proposing to hand themselves into the International Criminal Court in The Hague, a senior Libyan military official with the National Transitional Council said today.

27/10/2011 | World

Libyan National Transitional Council says Gaddafi son seeks aircraft to surrender

Muammar Gaddafi's fugitive son Saif al-Islam wants an aircraft to take him out of Libya's southern desert so he can turn himself in to The Hague war crimes court, a source with Libya's National Transitional Council said.

24/10/2011 | World

Gaddafi to be buried Tuesday, location secret

The body of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will be buried on Tuesday in a simple ceremony, attended by Muslim clerics, in a secret location in the Libyan desert, an official with the National Transitional Council said.

25/10/2011 | World

Libya gives Gaddafi inglorious secret burial

Muammar Gaddafi and his son Mo'tassim were buried in a secret desert location today, five days after the disposed Libyan leader was captured, killed and put on grisly public display.

25/10/2011 | World

Ahmadinejad: 'Show me one Western president who has not signed an agreement with Gaddafi'

Western countries supported Muammar Gaddafi when it suited them but bombed the Libyan leader when he no longer served their purpose in order to "plunder" the north African country's oil wealth, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said today.

23/10/2011 | World

Clues to Gaddafi's death concealed from public view

Libyan forces guarding Muammar Gaddafi's body in a cold storage room let in members of the public to view the deposed leader for a second day yesterday, but the wounds that may hold the clue to how he died were covered up.

23/10/2011 | World

Libya declares 'liberation' amid fears of unrest

Libya declared itself liberated on Sunday after 42 years of rule by Muammar Gaddafi ended with his capture and death last week, setting the North African state on course for a transition toward democracy.

24/10/2011 | World

Castro accuses NATO for Gaddafi’s 'murder'

Castro denounced NATO for its role in the overthrow of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, saying the "brutal military alliance has become the most perfidious instrument of repression the history of humanity has known."

22/10/2011 | World

Obama touts foreign policy successes in Iraq, Libya

President Barack Obama sought on to cast himself as a strong leader on foreign policy, highlighting a US pullout from Iraq and the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi as success stories.

22/10/2011 | World

Gaddafi unburied, Libyans manoeuvre for new era

Muammar Gaddafi's body lay still unburied as Libya's new men of power wrangled over its fate and a formal announcement the war was over, a move the outgoing premier said should mean free elections in the middle of next year

22/10/2011 | World

Libyans urged to unite after death of Gaddafi

Libya's interim prime minister said he was resigning on Saturday and urged new leaders to seize a "very limited opportunity" and resolve rivalries now surfacing after Muammar Gaddafi's death.

20/10/2011 | World

Obama: Gaddafi death ends era of ‘iron fist’ rule

US President Barack Obama said today the United States would be a partner to Libya following the death of Muammar Gaddafi.

21/10/2011 | World

Gaddafi's wife asks the UN to investigate his death, Libyan TV station

A television station based in Syria that supported Muammar Gaddafi said today that the slain Libyan leader's wife has asked for a United Nations investigation into his death.

21/10/2011 | World

NATO plans to end Libya mission at end of October

NATO plans to end its seven-month air and sea campaign in Libya at the end of October, Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said, the day after the death of Muammar Gaddafi.

20/10/2011 | World

Libya: EU calls for broad-based reconciliation

The European Union urged Libya's interim rulers to push for a broad-based reconciliation in the country following the death of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi. Meanwhile, British Prime Minister David Cameron said that Gaddafi's death held out the promise of a better future for the people he ruled for four decades.

20/10/2011 | World

Amnesty International: Libya needs justice after Gaddafi

"The legacy of repression and abuse from Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's rule will not end until there is a full accounting for the past and human rights are embedded in Libya's new institutions," said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui, Amnesty's deputy director for North Africa and the Middle East.

20/10/2011 | World

IMF, World Bank to visit Libya again

The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank have visited Libya and will return there in "coming weeks" to assess economic and financial needs, an IMF spokesman said today.

20/10/2011 | World

Picture of wounded Gaddafi hits world media

The picture captured off a cellular phone camera shows Libya's strongman Muammar Gaddafi after an airstrike in Sirte today.

20/10/2011 | World

Gaddafi's downfall: A timeline

20/10/2011 | World

Colonel Gaddafi, military leader for over 40 years

Gaddafi was born in 1942, the son of a Bedouin herdsman, in a tent near Sirte on the Mediterranean coast. He abandoned a geography course at university for a military career that included a short spell at a British army signals school.

15/10/2011 | World

Libyan govt beefs up security after clashes in capital

Libya's new government beefed up security in Tripoli with extra roadblocks and house-to-house searches after fighting in the capital with supporters of Muammar Gaddafi raised fears of an insurgency.

18/10/2011 | World

Clinton brings unity message on visit to new Libya

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton visited Libya today to urge its disparate militias to unite around their new leaders, while loyalists of ousted Muammar Gaddafi launched a counter-attack in his hometown of Sirte.

20/10/2011 | World

Gaddafi, in meat locker, divides Libya

Muammar Gaddafi's body lay in an old meat store as arguments over a burial, and his killing after being captured, dogged efforts by Libya's new leaders to make a formal start on a new era of democracy.

11/10/2011 | World

Libya forces say closing in on Gaddafi's son

Libyan government forces said today they believed they had one of Muammar Gaddafi's sons cornered in the centre of the deposed leader's home town, but determined resistance was keeping them at bay.

12/10/2011 | World

Gaddafi son Mo'tassim caught in Sirte

Muammar Gaddafi's son Mo'tassim was captured in Sirte while trying to escape the town, the head of the Tripoli Revolutionary Council said.

14/10/2011 | World

Libya: Forces loyal to Gaddafi clash with gov’t in Tripoli

A gunbattle broke out in the Libyan capital Tripoli between 20 to 50 armed supporters of deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and forces of the National Transitional Council (NTC), residents said.

01/10/2011 | World

Red Cross inside Sirte, bombardment continues

Aid workers from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) brought medical supplies into Muammar Gaddafi's besieged hometown of Sirte as fears grew that a humanitarian disaster may unfold inside.

04/10/2011 | World

Former Libyan Prime Minister: Gaddafi will fight to the end

Muammar Gaddafi's former prime minister said today he believed the deposed leader was still in Libya and would carry on fighting the country's new leaders until the end.

08/10/2011 | World

Snipers slow government attack on Gaddafi hometown

Transitional Libyan government forces swept into Sirte in one of the biggest assaults yet on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown, but had to seek cover when they drew fire from his diehard loyalists.

20/09/2011 | World

Obama urges Gaddafi forces to give up, vows Libya aid

President Barack Obama called for the last of Muammar Gaddafi's loyalist forces to lay down their arms as he announced the return of the US ambassador to Tripoli and pledged to help Libya rebuild.

21/09/2011 | World

Libya rulers claim capture of Gaddafi bastion

Libya's interim rulers said they had captured most of one of Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds, a boost to an administration struggling to assert full control over the fractured country.

22/09/2011 | World

NATO strikes, NTC kill 151 in Lybia, says Gaddafi spokesman

Ousted Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's spokesman told reporters that a NATO air strikes and shelling of Sirte by interim government forces yesterday and today killed 151 people.

17/09/2011 | World

Gaddafi loyalists resist, say NATO kills 354 Libyans

Libyan interim government forces licked their wounds after a failed assault on the town of Bani Walid, and a spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi accused NATO of killing 354 people in overnight air strikes on the city of Sirte.

18/09/2011 | World

Libyans fail to agree new government

Libya's interim leaders failed to agree a new cabinet today and the forces that forced Muammar Gaddafi from power remained bogged down in fighting with troops loyal to the former ruler.

19/09/2011 | World

Gaddafi spokesman says UK, French mercenaries caught

Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists said they had captured 17 mercenaries - some British and French - in what would amount to a severe blow to Libya's new rulers and their international backers.

10/09/2011 | World

Libya fighters battle for Gaddafi-held Bani Walid

Libyan fighters trying to capture one of Muammar Gaddafi's last strongholds battled into the desert town of Bani Walid against stiff resistance from Gaddafi loyalists.

12/09/2011 | World

Pro-Gaddafi forces kill 15 at Libya oil refinery

Muammar Gaddafi loyalists killed 15 guards in an attack on an oil refinery in an apparent attempt to disrupt a drive by Libya's new rulers to seize the ousted leader's last bastions and revive the oil-based economy.

15/09/2011 | World

Cameron, in Tripoli, says UK will help hunt Gaddafi

Nicolas Sarkozy and David Cameron flew in to Tripoli under heavy guard today, to be welcomed by the new leaders the French and British air forces helped install in Libya, three weeks after rebel forces overthrew Muammar Gaddafi.

06/09/2011 | World

Gaddafi on run, location unknown, says US Panetta

Libya's Muammar Gaddafi is on the run, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said today, adding however that he didn't know the ousted leader's location. "I wish I knew," Panetta said when asked about Gaddafi's whereabouts.

08/09/2011 | World

Fugitive Gaddafi vows to stay in Libya

Muammar Gaddafi vowed to remain on Libyan soil battling NATO and the country's new leaders, dismissing reports that he had secretly fled toward bordering African states as part of a military convoy.

09/09/2011 | World

Libya fighters move on last Gaddafi bastions

Libyan fighters launched assaults on the final bastions of Muammar Gaddafi loyalists, with battles reported inside the holdout town of Bani Walid and near the ousted ruler's home town of Sirte.

01/09/2011 | World

Gaddafi vows fight as world backs new leaders

Muammar Gaddafi urged his supporters from hiding to fight on as Libya's new interim rulers met world leaders to discuss reshaping a nation torn by 42 years of one-man rule and six months of civil war.

02/09/2011 | World

Libyans pledge democracy as they win Gaddafi billions

Libya's new leadership reaffirmed its commitment to democracy and good governance as it worked on how to spend billions of dollars released from the frozen assets of fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi.

04/09/2011 | World

Libyans eye Gaddafi bastions, stability

Libyan forces failed to convince Muammar Gaddafi loyalists to give up one of their last strongholds without a fight, raising the prospect of an assault on the town of Bani Walid.

29/08/2011 | World

Gaddafi's son Khamis killed in clash, rebel officer assures

Fallen Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi's son Khamis has been killed in a clash near the capital Tripoli, a senior rebel officer said.

31/08/2011 | World

Gaddafi foreign minister arrested by rebels, witness says

Muammar Gaddafi's foreign minister, Abdelati Obeidi, was arrested on Tuesday at his farm in Janzour, a suburb west of Tripoli, a reporter said.

01/09/2011 | World

World powers, new Libya leaders map out rebuilding

Leaders of the Libyan uprising that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi met with world powers in Paris to map out the country's rebuilding, 42 years to the day after the former strongman seized power in a coup.

24/08/2011 | World

France, partners working on new Libya UN resolution

France and its partners at the United Nations are working on a draft resolution that would enable Libyan assets to be unfrozen and sanctions to be unlocked, a French diplomatic source said.

25/08/2011 | World

Thirty Gaddafi fighters found dead at Tripoli camp

More than 30 men believed to be fighters loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have been killed at a military encampment in central Tripoli and at least two were bound with plastic handcuffs, indicating they had been executed.

27/08/2011 | World

Tripoli buries dead as battle toll emerges

A week after the fall of Muammar Gaddafi, residents of Tripoli ventured out to begin the grim work of burying the dead in mass graves today, as evidence emerged of widespread summary killings during the battle for the Libyan capital.

23/08/2011 | World

NATO: can't confirm air strike on Gaddafi compound

NATO has aircraft operating over Tripoli today but an official could not confirm it had launched an air strike against the compound of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

23/08/2011 | World

Libya rebels enter Gaddafi house

Libyan rebels have entered Muammar Gaddafi's house after breaking into his vast Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli today, al-Jazeera television reported, citing sources.

24/08/2011 | World

Rebels hunt Gaddafi relatives, loyalist in Tripoli

Rebels fought gun battles in Tripoli with loyalists of Muammar Gaddafi as they hunted for his relatives and supporters, witnesses and an Arab television station said.

15/08/2011 | World

Rebels say Tripoli encircled; Gaddafi defiant

Libyan rebels said they had seized a second strategic town near Tripoli within 24 hours, completing the encirclement of the capital in the boldest advances of their six-month uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.

19/08/2011 | World

Libya: foreigners’ evacuation planned from Tripoli

Thousands of foreigners trapped in Tripoli by rebel advances that have cut off the capital will be evacuated in a massive international rescue, probably by sea, an international body said today. After months of stalemate, rebels have transformed the battlefield this week by seizing Zawiyah west of the capital and cutting Tripoli off from the outside world, putting unprecedented pressure on the leader's 41-year rule.

22/08/2011 | World

Gaddafi on the run as rebels fight in Tripoli

Remnants of forces still loyal to Muammar Gaddafi staged a desperate stand in Tripoli as rebels fought their way into the capital, but the whereabouts of the veteran leader was a mystery.

25/07/2011 | World

UN envoy to meet Libya rebels over peace plan

The UN envoy to Libya will discuss with rebel leaders informal plans for a negotiated end to the war as Western powers ramp up diplomatic and military pressure on Muammar Gaddafi to step down.

30/07/2011 | World

Libyan rebel commander killed by allied militia

Libyan rebels say the gunmen who shot dead their military chief were fighters allied in their struggle to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, raising questions over divisions and lawlessness within rebel ranks.

06/08/2011 | World

Libya rebels say they are advancing on Brega

Libyan rebels today said they had launched a push to capture the coastal oil town of Brega, but were advancing slowly because Muammar Gaddafi's forces had sown minefields across its approaches.

15/07/2011 | World

Military action against Gaddafi to intensify, Hague says

Military action against Muammar Gaddafi's regime will be intensifed while a UN envoy presses for negotiations to end the civil war in Libya, Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said.

21/07/2011 | World

Gaddafi rules out talks, rally emphasises divisions

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi ruled out talks with the rebels trying to end his 41-year-rule, raising questions about whether a flurry of Western efforts to negotiate an end to the deepening conflict can succeed.

23/07/2011 | World

Gaddafi criticises Egyptian, Tunisian revolutions

Muammar Gaddafi criticised the popular uprising in neighbouring Egypt that forced Hosni Mubarak from power this year as the Libyan leader battles rebels who have claimed swathes of the country.

27/06/2011 | World

Hague court issues arrest warrant for Gaddafi

The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and rebels trying to oust him said their forces had advanced to within 80 km (50 miles) of the capital.

28/06/2011 | World

Hague prosecutor sees Gaddafi endgame

The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court said today it could be "game over" within months for Muammar Gaddafi, but China reacted cautiously to the issuing of an arrest warrant for the Libyan leader on charges of crimes against humanity.

02/07/2011 | World

Gaddafi vows to attack Europe

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi vowed to attack "homes, offices and families" in Europe in revenge for NATO airstrikes but US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said he should quit instead of issuing threats.

08/06/2011 | World

NATO calls for greater support in Libya as bombings intensify

NATO, its air power stretched by the heaviest strikes to date on Tripoli, sought broader support for its bombing campaign in Libya today but won no immediate new public commitments from allies.

17/06/2011 | World

Heavy exchanges near key Libyan western town

Libyan rebels and pro-Gaddafi forces exchanged heavy artillery fire near the western city of Zlitan today as the rebels tried to push deeper into government-held territory east of the capital.

18/06/2011 | World

Libyan rebels out of money, West to blame-oil chief

Rebels waging a drawn-out war to oust Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have run out of money, their oil chief said today, and he accused the West of not meeting promises to deliver urgent financial aid.

25/05/2011 | World

Obama warns Gaddafi of 'no let up'

President Barack Obama warned Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi there would be 'no let-up' in pressure on him to go, following a second successive night of heavy NATO bombing in Tripoli.

27/05/2011 | World

Russia's Medvedev says 'Gaddafi should go'

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev called on Muammar Gaddafi to give up power and said that Russia would not give shelter to the Libyan leader.
Medvedev said he had sent an envoy to the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi as part of efforts to resolve the conflict.

28/05/2011 | World

NATO destroys Gaddafi compound guard towers

NATO aircraft destroyed the guard towers at Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli, a NATO official said and then staged a rare daytime air strike on the Libyan capital, heightening pressure on him to quit.

12/05/2011 | World

Libyan TV shows first film of Gaddafi in two weeks

Libyan rebels will meet senior White House officials in Washington, seeking both cash and diplomatic legitimacy in their war to topple Muammar Gaddafi.

13/05/2011 | World

Gaddafi says at a place where NATO cannot kill him

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said in an audio recording broadcast on state television that he was in a place where NATO cannot reach and kill him.

21/05/2011 | World

Libya rebels say goverment shells port city

Libyan government forces shelled residential areas on outside Misrata, a port city held by rebels fighting to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi, a rebel website said.

30/04/2011 | World

Libya's Gaddafi survives air strikes, son killed

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi survived a NATO airstrike that killed his youngest son Saif al-Arab and three of his grandchildren, a Libyan government spokesman said.

07/05/2011 | World

Gaddafi forces, rebels clash near Tunisia border

Artillery rounds fired by forces loyal to Libya's Muammar Gaddafi fell in Tunisia as fighting broke out near the border between Libyan soldiers and anti-Gaddafi rebels.

11/05/2011 | World

Libyan rebels say airport seized

Libyan rebels said they took control of Misrata airport in heavy fighting with forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi and rejected a United Nations call for a ceasefire.The rebels are fighting to end Gaddafi's 41 years in power.

24/04/2011 | World

NATO jets strike inside Gaddafi compound

A NATO airstrike flattened a building inside Muammar Gaddafi's Bab al-Aziziyah compound  in what a press official from Gaddafi's government said was an attempt on the Libyan leader's life.

25/04/2011 | World

Heavy fighting in Misrata and Libyan mountains

Libya's rebel-held city of Misrata won no respite from two months of bitter siege as Muammar Gaddafi's forces bombarded the city and battled rebel fighters, despite pulling out of the city centre.

29/04/2011 | World

Libya's Gaddafi calls for negotiation with NATO

Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi called for negotiations with NATO powers to end the air strikes on Libya. "We did not attack them or cross the sea ... why are they attacking us?" Gaddafi said in a live television address in early hours.

20/04/2011 | World

France promises Libyan rebels it will intensify air strikes

In Paris, President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged stronger military action at his first meeting with the leader of the opposition Libyan National Council, Mustafa Abdel Jalil, the Elysee presidential office said in a statement.

22/04/2011 | World

NATO hits near Gaddafi compound, Libya says 3 dead

NATO jets hit a target near Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's compound in central Tripoli, which the government described as a car park but which reporters said looked like a bunker.

23/04/2011 | World

Government forces retreat in Libya's Misrata

Government forces retreated in Libya's coastal city of Misrata after two months of siege, but seized a rebel town in the remote Western Mountains, with no sign yet of Muammar Gaddafi being dislodged from power.

16/04/2011 | World

Rebels say Gaddafi forces target Misrata dairy plant

Rebels said Muammar Gaddafi's forces targeted food industry plants in renewed bombardment of Misrata, a day after a Western rights group accused his loyalists of using cluster bombs in the besieged city.

17/04/2011 | World

Gaddafi presses Libyan rebels, West says no troops

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi kept up an offensive on the rebels' eastern frontline outpost of Ajdabiyah, while the West again ruled out sending ground troops to help the rebel cause.

18/04/2011 | World

Libya: Rebels say 17 dead as Misrata hit by rockets

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi bombarded Misrata with rockets and artillery and 17 people were killed in the previous day's shelling of the besieged Libyan city, a rebel spokesman said.

09/04/2011 | World

Libyan rebels suffer losses in Misrata attack

Troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi launched a heavy assault on the coastal city of Misrata, killing at least 30 rebel fighters, a rebel spokesman said citing comrades and medics.

10/04/2011 | World

Gaddafi 'accepts peace roadmap,' South Africa's Zuma assures

Muammar Gaddafi has accepted a roadmap for ending the civil war in Libya, South African President Jacob Zuma said after leading a delegation of African leaders at talks in Tripoli.

15/04/2011 | World

New attacks on Libya, allies announce 'medieval siege'

A fresh hail of government rockets crashed into Misrata after Western allies denounced a "medieval siege" of the city and vowed to keep bombing Muammar Gaddafi's forces until he stepped down.

05/04/2011 | World

Libyan rebels condemn NATO over Gaddafi advance

The head of Libya's rebel army has condemned NATO for its slow chain of command in ordering air strikes to protect civilians, saying the alliance was "letting the people of Misrata die every day".

06/04/2011 | World

US rebuffs Gaddafi plea to Obama on air campaign

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton rebuffed a personal appeal from Muammar Gaddafi to President Barack Obama to stop an "unjust war" and demanded the Libyan leader withdraw his forces and go into exile.

07/04/2011 | World

Libyan rebels blame deadly strike on NATO mistake

Rebels fighting to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi said five of their fighters were killed when NATO planes mistakenly bombed a rebel tank column near the contested port of Brega in eastern Libya.

03/04/2011 | World

Gaddafi envoy in Greece as Turkey rescues wounded

The Libyan government sent an envoy to Greece to discuss an end to fighting, but gave no sign of any major climbdown in a war that has ground to a stalemate between rebels and forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.

04/04/2011 | World

Libya says ready for change, Gaddafi must stay

Libya is ready to hold elections and reform its political system but only its own people can decide whether leader Muammar Gaddafi can stay at the helm, a government spokesman said.

05/04/2011 | World

Libya air strikes aid rebels while diplomacy stalls

A Western air strike destroyed two of Muammar Gaddafi's military vehicles in the east Libyan oil town of Brega allowing rebels to edge forward, but diplomatic efforts to end the war remained stalled.

30/03/2011 | World

Libya rebels flee oil town under Gaddafi bombardment

Libyan rebels pulled out of the oil town of Ras Lanuf under heavy bombardment from Muammar Gaddafi's forces, showing up their weakness without Western air strikes to tip the scales in their favor.

01/04/2011 | World

Gaddafi bombards Misrata as rebels begin to lose hold

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are mounting an intense artillery bombardment of rebel-held Misrata and pro-Gaddafi troops are attacking shops and homes in the city centre, a rebel spokesman said.

02/04/2011 | World

Libya rebels say hit by coalition air strike

A NATO-led air strike killed 13 Libyan rebels in a "regrettable incident," a rebel spokesman said, in an increasingly chaotic battle with Muammar Gaddafi's forces over the oil town of Brega.

28/03/2011 | World

Libya rebels advance towards Gaddafi's birthplace

Rebels advanced towards the birthplace of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, streaming west along the the main coastal road in pick-up trucks mounted with machineguns.

28/03/2011 | World

France, UK: 'Gaddafi must go immediately'

France and Britain called for supporters of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to drop him before it was "too late" and asked Libyans opposing him to join a political process to pave the way for his departure.

29/03/2011 | World

Obama hopes Gaddafi will ultimately step down

President Barack Obama said the objective of a US and allied campaign is to apply steady pressure on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi so he will "ultimately step down" from power.

24/03/2011 | World

NATO to run Libya no-fly zone but not all action

NATO countries agreed to enforce a no-fly zone in Libya to protect civilians against Muammar Gaddafi's forces, but fell short of taking full command of all military operations in the North African state.

26/03/2011 | World

Libyan rebels rout Gaddafi forces in strategic town

Libyan rebels backed by allied air strikes recaptured the strategic eastern town of Ajdabiyah, pushing out Muammar Gaddafi's forces.

27/03/2011 | World

NATO to take full command of Libya operations

21/03/2011 | World

Gunfire and explosions rock Tripoli for 3rd night

Anti-aircraft fire and explosions reverberated across Tripoli for a third night and state television said several sites had come under attack in the capital.

21/03/2011 | World

US to transfer control of Libya force in days

The United States will transfer control of the air assault on Libyan forces within days, President Barack Obama said, even as European divisions fuelled speculation that US leadership would continue.

23/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi tanks move in again on besieged Libyan city

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces resumed their attack on the rebel-held town of Misrata, moving back onto the offensive just hours after Western strikes silenced their guns.

19/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi says will arm civilians to defend Libya

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi said he will arm civilians to defend Libya from what he called "colonial, crusader" aggression by Western forces that have launched air strikes against him.

19/03/2011 | World

World leaders take action in Libya

French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced that French airplanes have been sent out to Benghazi, inducing the no-fly zone to prevent an attack by Gaddafi, while British Prime Minister David Cameron announced "the time is now" to take action.

20/03/2011 | World

Libyan army says immediate ceasefire ordered

16/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi forces bombard city, threaten rebel strongholds

The battle for control of rebel capital Benghazi looked just hours away after the Libyan army told people to leave opposition-held locations and arms storage areas, but residents said the city was quiet.

18/03/2011 | World

UK to deploy planes for operation as Libya shuts airspace to all traffic

Britain will imminently start moving fighter jets to bases from where they can help enforce a no fly zone over Libya, Prime Minister David Cameron said.

18/03/2011 | World

Military intervention looms in Libya

The United States accused Muammar Gaddafi of defying international demands for an immediate ceasefire, and France's UN envoy predicted military action within hours of an international meeting on Libya.

13/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi troops take oil town, France pushes no-fly zone

Muammar Gaddafi's troops battled rebel fighters for control of the strategic Libyan oil town of Brega, as France promised to push harder for a UN-backed no-fly zone over the country.

14/03/2011 | World

Libyan jets bomb rebels as no-fly diplomacy crawls

Muammar Gaddafi's jets bombed Libyan rebels in a counter-offensive that has pushed them back 100 miles in a week, far outpacing diplomatic efforts to impose a no-fly zone to help the rebels

15/03/2011 | World

G8 draft warns Gaddafi but ignores no-fly zone

G8 foreign ministers will warn Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi of the "dire consequences" of failing to respect the basic rights of his people but will stop short of recommending a no-fly zone, according to a draft communique.

10/03/2011 | World

US spy chief says Gaddafi forces to prevail

Libyan rebels have lost momentum and are not likely to dislodge Muammar Gaddafi from power, top US intelligence officials said as Washington backed further away from any military action.

11/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi troops launch assault on Libya oil port

Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi battled to retake the oil port of Ras Lanuf  intensifying their counter-offensive against the out-gunned insurgents.

12/03/2011 | World

Arab states back Libya no-fly zone against Gaddafi

Arab countries appealed to the United Nations to impose a no-fly zone on Libya as government troops backed by warplanes fought to drive rebels from remaining strongholds in western Libya.

10/03/2011 | World

More sanctions imposed against Libya

The German government ordered a freeze on bank accounts in the country held by the Libyan central bank and the Libyan Investment Authority while Russia will ban all weapons sales to Libya, the Kremlin said in a statement.

10/03/2011 | World

Libya plans full offensive against rebels, Gaddafi's son warns

Libya is preparing full-scale military action to crush its rebellion and will not surrender even if Western powers intervene in the conflict, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's most prominent son said.

10/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi threatens offensive, ignores diplomatic moves

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son told rebels they faced a full-scale assault to crush their three-week-old uprising as troops, tanks and warplanes punched into the rebel-held east of the country.

10/03/2011 | World

US cable: Gaddafi's son took oil from Libyan field

The United States believed in 2009 that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam was taking part of the output of an oil field run by France's Total , according to a diplomatic cable seen by the Norwegian newspaper Aftenposten.

10/03/2011 | World

EU: Europe at no risk of Gaddafi oil 'blackmail'

The European Union is in no danger of an oil shortage caused by the fighting in Libya and cannot be blackmailed by leader Muammar Gaddafi, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said.

10/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi forces hit oil town, France recognises rebel council

Muammar Gaddafi's forces launched a fresh bombardment of the eastern Libyan oil town of Ras Lanuf, rebels and witnesses said, while an official at President Nicolas Sarkozy's office said France would send an ambassador to Benghazi and receive a Libyan envoy in Paris.

07/03/2011 | World

Civil war looms in Libya, Gaddafi's son says

One of Muammar Gaddafi's sons, Saadi, said his father had not yet thrown his army into full battle against rebels, saving it to shield Libya against foreign attack, and civil war could erupt if he did.

07/03/2011 | World

Arab media says Gaddafi looking for exit deal

Two Arab newspapers and al Jazeera television said Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was looking for an agreement allowing him to step down, but there was no official confirmation of the reports.

09/03/2011 | World

Brazilian reporter goes missing, believed arrested by Gaddafi

Brazilian newspaper Estado de Sao Paulo has reported the disappearance of its foreign correspondent in Libya and believes he has been arrested by forces loyal to Gaddafi.

28/02/2011 | World

White House: Exile an option for Gaddafi

Going into exile would be one option for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi in meeting international demands that he leave power, White House spokesman Jay Carney said.

05/03/2011 | World

Libyan rebels win battle in west, push on from east

Libyan rebels said they had repelled a fierce attack by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on the western town of Zawiyah and were pushing toward his home town Sirte from the east.

05/03/2011 | World

Gaddafi forces step up attack on western rebel town

Libyan government forces launched fierce attacks on the western rebel stronghold of Zawiyah, while in the east, rebels advanced on Muammar Gaddafi's home town of Sirte.

26/02/2011 | World

US says Libya has spoken, Gaddafi must leave now

President Barack Obama called for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to step down from power, sharpening US rhetoric after days of deadly violence and criticism that Washington was slow to respond.

27/02/2011 | World

Libyan rebels create National Council aimed at toppling Gaddafi

In the Libyan city of Bengasi, anti-Gaddafi rebels announced the creation of a “National Council” composed of the cities that are currently under control of the opposition. The move is seen as a symbolic step –yet still imprecise - towards the end of Colonel Gaddafi’s rule.

28/02/2011 | World

EU approves Libya arms embargo, travel bans

European Union governments approved a package of sanctions against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his government, including an arms embargo and bans on travel to the bloc.

24/02/2011 | World

Gun battles rage in Libya as Gaddafi fights on

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi hit back at rebels holding towns near the Libyan capital but there was no sign they had broken the momentum of opposition gains that have been closing in around Tripoli.

25/02/2011 | World

Rebel control grows in Libya, UN Security Council to meet

The Libyan coastal town of Zawiyah was under the control of anti-government protesters, a witness said, bringing a popular uprising against Muammar Gaddafi within 50 km of the capital Tripoli. The UN Security Council was to meet today to discuss a proposal for sanctions against Libyan leaders.

26/02/2011 | World

Parts of Tripoli defy Gaddafi's rule

23/02/2011 | World

EU evacuates thousands from Libya

"There are around 10,000 EU citizens in Libya. The operation of evacuation has started with EU member states," the spokesman said during a regular news briefing of the European Commission.

24/02/2011 | World

Rebels tighten grip on Libya as western cities fall

Muammar Gaddafi was struggling to hold on to power in Libya as rebels extended their territory by seizing important towns close to the capital. Meanwhile, security forces loyal to Gaddafi attacked anti-government militias controlling the town of Misrata and killed several people.

24/02/2011 | World

Libya's Gaddafi blames bin Laden for turmoil, says protesters are on hallucinogenic drugs

Muammar Gaddafi blamed a revolt against his rule on al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and said the protesters were fuelled by milk and Nescafe spiked with hallucinogenic drugs, in a rambling appeal for calm.

21/02/2011 | World

Gaddafi under threat as revolt hits Tripoli

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fought an increasingly bloody battle to hang on to power on Monday when protests against his 41-year rule struck the capital Tripoli after days of violence in the east.

21/02/2011 | World

Gaddafi signals defiance in TV appearance

22/02/2011 | World

US urges international community to repudiate violence in Libya

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Libya must end violence against protesters seeking to end Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's 41-year rule and the United States would take "appropriate steps" in time.

01/10/2011 | Latin America

Hugo Chávez sends solidarity to Gaddafi, Syria

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said he was praying for Libya's deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi and also sent a message of solidarity to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against "Yankee" aggression. 

20/10/2011 | Latin America

Chávez says ‘martyr’ Gaddafi was killed

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez qualified the ex leader of Libya, Muammar Gaddafi, as “a martyr,” and assured he “was outrageously killed.”

07/12/2011 | Latin America

Mexico says prevented entry of Gaddafi son

Mexico prevented the entry of late Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Saadi to the country, authorities said today.

21/02/2011 | Latin America

Venezuela denies reports Gaddafi on his way there

Both Libya and Venezuela on Monday denied reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was seeking asylum as a violent revolt gripped his country and would join his friend President Hugo Chavez in the South American oil producing nation.

26/04/2011 | Latin America

Chávez says Gaddafi officials in Venezuela

A delegation of Libyan officials is in Venezuela to discuss possible peaceful solutions to the war in the North African country, Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez said.

23/08/2011 | Latin America

Venezuela's Chávez says Gaddafi still Libya's leader

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez said he will only recognize a Libyan government led by his friend and ally Muammar Gaddafi and accused the United States of inciting the country's civil war.

28/02/2011 | Entertainment

Nelly Furtado to give away US$1 million Gaddafi fee

Singer Nelly Furtado said on Monday that she will give away US$1 million she received to perform in Italy for the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

03/03/2011 | Entertainment

Beyonce says she donated Gaddafi performance fee

Grammy award winner Beyonce has said she donated the money she earned at a private party in 2009 to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti after learning the promoter had links to the family of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

10/03/2011 | Entertainment

50 Cent joins 'Gaddafi performance regret club'

US rapper 50 Cent has joined what one entertainment website called the "Gaddafi performance regret club", making a donation to charity after news emerged that he performed for the clan of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.

20/10/2011 | Multimedia

Celebrations erupt in Libya

NTC fighters hoisted the red, black and green national flag above a large utilities building in the center of a newly-captured Sirte neighborhood and celebratory gunfire broke out among their ecstatic and relieved comrades.