Moammar Gadhafi

UN report: IS expanding control in war-torn Libya

UN experts say the political and security vacuum in Libya has been exacerbated by the Islamic State group which has significantly expanded its control over territory in the conflict-torn country.

UN envoy to Libya says time running out, Islamic State expanding

The UN envoy to Libya is urging its parliament to endorse a unity government that can help combat a mushrooming Islamic State affiliate, he told today, the fifth anniversary of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi and plunged the country into chaos.

Libya after Gadhafi:The war-torn nation may soon get an 18-member unity government

Delegates from rival Libyan factions proposed a new unity government Sunday for the chaotic country, after months of UN mediation and the rejection of a previous Cabinet proposal.

Pan Am 103 bombing: Libya to allow investigators to question two new suspects

British news reports say Libyan authorities will permit questioning of two suspects in the 1988 bombing of Pan Am flight 103.

Rebel Libyan general Khalifa Hifter declares parliament suspended

Forces apparently loyal to a renegade Libyan general said they suspended parliament on Sunday after earlier leading a military assault against lawmakers, directly challenging the legitimacy of the country's weak central government three years after the overthrow of dictator Moammar Gadhafi. Libya's leadership condemned the attack and vowed to carry on.

Libya spends foreign reserves to offset oil losses

Libya's prime minister said on Wednesday that his government is spending billions of dollars to offset the loss of revenue caused by militias who have shut down oil terminals in the country's restive east, one of many challenges to state authority in the North African country after its 2011 uprising and civil war.

Clashes in Libyan city of Benghazi kill 9

It was the latest confrontation between residents of Libya's larger cities and the militias based in their midst. The country's interim prime minister rushed to the city in an apparent effort to defuse the crisis.

International Criminal Court tells Libya to give up Gadhafi's son

International Criminal Court judges on Friday rejected Libya's request to annul the international arrest warrant for the son of the late Moammar Gadhafi.

Doctors suspend work in Libya jails, protest repetitive torture

Doctors without borders say torture was so rampant in Libya's jails that some detainees were brought for care only to make them fit for further interrogation.