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Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of Libya’s former leader Col Muammar Gaddafi, has reportedly been shot dead. The death of the 53-year-old, who was once widely seen as his…
Read more Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of ex-Libyan leader, reportedly shot deadFormer French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been found guilty of criminal conspiracy in a case related to taking millions of euros of illicit funds from the late Libyan…
Read more Nicolas Sarkozy found guilty of criminal conspiracy in Libya caseCAIRO — Around midnight in mid-November, Libyan militiamen in two Toyota pickup trucks arrived at a residential building in a neighborhood of the capital of Tripoli. They stormed…
Read more Libya militia held Lockerbie suspect before handover to USUNITED NATIONS — The U.N. special envoy for Libya warned Friday that signs of partition are already evident in the troubled North African nation and urged influential nations…
Read more UN envoy: Signs of Libya’s partition grow, election neededThe announcement Sunday that a Libyan man suspected in the 1988 bombing of a passenger jet has been taken into U.S. custody put the spotlight back on the…
Read more With suspect in custody, spotlight returns to 1988 bombingMOSCOW — Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, swapped Thursday for WNBA star Brittney Griner, is widely known abroad as the “Merchant of Death” who fueled some of the…
Read more ‘Merchant of Death’ Viktor Bout now part of a deal himselfUNITED NATIONS — The new U.N. special envoy for Libya warned Tuesday that the first anniversary of Libya’s postponed elections is quickly approaching and that further delaying a…
Read more UN envoy: Delaying elections could risk partition of LibyaUNITED NATIONS — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court announced Wednesday that he has submitted new applications for arrest warrants stemming from his investigations of alleged war…
Read more ICC prosecutor seeks new arrest warrants for crimes in LibyaUNITED NATIONS — The Security Council voted unanimously Friday to extend the U.N. political mission in Libya for a year and urged key institutions and parties in the…
Read more UN urges Libya rivals to agree in road map to elections soon
