Gaddafi Regime

A Libyan court will rule on July 28 on a son of Muammar Gaddafi and 36 other former regime officials accused of war crimes and suppressing peaceful protests during the 2011 revolution, a state prosecutor said on Monday.

Britain, the United States and France have proposed that Islamist extremist group Ansar al-Sharia in Libya be blacklisted under the United Nations al Qaeda sanctions regime, diplomats said on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Libya's General National Congress, under pressure from militiamen, on Sunday voted through a controversial law to exclude former regime officials from government posts, a move that could see the premier removed from office.

Mansour al-Kikhia, a staunch Libyan opponent of the ousted Gaddafi regime whose body was found in a morgue 19 years after his disappearance, will be buried on Monday, his brother said.

Libya on Tuesday celebrates the first anniversary of its "liberation" from the regime of Moammer Gaddafi, even as fighting flared in a former bastion of the slain dictator.

Moamer Gaddafi's regime funded Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 poll campaign, lawyers for former Libyan premier Baghdadi al-Mahmudi said, as the French President dismissed it as a ploy to derail his bid for re-election.

Libyan authorities granted immunity to former rebels who fought to oust Moammar Gaddafi's regime and has criminalised any glorification of the former leader, in laws passed on Thursday.

The body of Libya's former oil minister Shukri Ghanem, who had defected from Muammar Gaddafi's regime, was found today in the Danube, Austrian police said in a statement.

Muammer Gaddafi's regime agreed to fund French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign to the tune of 50 million euros, a news website reported on Saturday, publishing what it said was documentary evidence.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) again rejected on Wednesday attempts by Libya to delay handing over one of former Dictator Moammar Gaddafi's sons, who is wanted for trial. Judges unanimously dismissed Libya's latest appeal against the court's order to surrender Seif al-Islam Gaddafi for trial on charges of murdering and persecuting civilian...

Libya put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Moamer Gaddafi on trial on Sunday, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict.

British spies escaped immediate criminal charges over torture complicity Thursday, but the country's top prosecutor ordered a new investigation into claims that intelligence shared with Moammar Gaddafi's regime led to the torture or rendition of Libyans.

Athletes and sports programs in Libya were woefully neglected during Moammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule. With Gaddafi's regime toppled last month, Libya's athletes and sports officials are hoping for a better future.

The head of the Libyan military council said that Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi was killed Thursday as fighters battling the vestiges of his fallen regime wrested control of his hometown of Sirte after a prolonged struggle. Al-Jazeera television showed what it said was Colonel Gaddafi's corpse as Libyans rejoiced.

Anti-Gaddafi forces overran Sirte's port on Tuesday, but in the other stronghold of supporters of the ousted Libyan leader, the new regime's fighters were beaten back by fierce resistance.

A Libyan court will rule on July 28 on a son of Muammar Gaddafi and 36 other former regime officials accused of war crimes and suppressing peaceful protests during the 2011 revolution, a state prosecutor said on Monday.

Britain, the United States and France have proposed that Islamist extremist group Ansar al-Sharia in Libya be blacklisted under the United Nations al Qaeda sanctions regime, diplomats said on Tuesday, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Libya's General National Congress, under pressure from militiamen, on Sunday voted through a controversial law to exclude former regime officials from government posts, a move that could see the premier removed from office.

Mansour al-Kikhia, a staunch Libyan opponent of the ousted Gaddafi regime whose body was found in a morgue 19 years after his disappearance, will be buried on Monday, his brother said.

Libya on Tuesday celebrates the first anniversary of its "liberation" from the regime of Moammer Gaddafi, even as fighting flared in a former bastion of the slain dictator.

Moamer Gaddafi's regime funded Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 poll campaign, lawyers for former Libyan premier Baghdadi al-Mahmudi said, as the French President dismissed it as a ploy to derail his bid for re-election.

Libyan authorities granted immunity to former rebels who fought to oust Moammar Gaddafi's regime and has criminalised any glorification of the former leader, in laws passed on Thursday.

The body of Libya's former oil minister Shukri Ghanem, who had defected from Muammar Gaddafi's regime, was found today in the Danube, Austrian police said in a statement.

Muammer Gaddafi's regime agreed to fund French President Nicolas Sarkozy's 2007 election campaign to the tune of 50 million euros, a news website reported on Saturday, publishing what it said was documentary evidence.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) again rejected on Wednesday attempts by Libya to delay handing over one of former Dictator Moammar Gaddafi's sons, who is wanted for trial. Judges unanimously dismissed Libya's latest appeal against the court's order to surrender Seif al-Islam Gaddafi for trial on charges of murdering and persecuting civilian...

Libya put 41 loyalists of dead dictator Moamer Gaddafi on trial on Sunday, in the first legal proceedings launched against members of the former regime which was ousted after a bloody conflict.

British spies escaped immediate criminal charges over torture complicity Thursday, but the country's top prosecutor ordered a new investigation into claims that intelligence shared with Moammar Gaddafi's regime led to the torture or rendition of Libyans.

Athletes and sports programs in Libya were woefully neglected during Moammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule. With Gaddafi's regime toppled last month, Libya's athletes and sports officials are hoping for a better future.

The head of the Libyan military council said that Col. Moammar el-Gaddafi was killed Thursday as fighters battling the vestiges of his fallen regime wrested control of his hometown of Sirte after a prolonged struggle. Al-Jazeera television showed what it said was Colonel Gaddafi's corpse as Libyans rejoiced.

Anti-Gaddafi forces overran Sirte's port on Tuesday, but in the other stronghold of supporters of the ousted Libyan leader, the new regime's fighters were beaten back by fierce resistance.