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Libya ( '), Berber: ⵍⵉⴱⵢⴰ) is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.
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International Criminal Court judges said Friday that Libya doesn't have to hand over Muammar Qaddafi's son, pending a ruling on Tripoli's challenge to the court's right to try him.
The ruling ends months of pressure on Libyan authorities to surrender Seif al-Islam Qaddafi, who is wanted by the court on charges of crimes against humanity allegedly committed early in his father's crackdown on dissent last year.He was arrested in November in Libya's remote south, and is being held by a militia which refuses to surrender him to Libya's new rulers.Libyan authorities say they want to put Seif al-Islam on trial in Libya. The ICC is a tribunal of last resort, intended to try suspects from countries that cannot or will not prosecute them.The U.N. Security Council ordered the court to launch an investigation in Libya in February 2011.Luis Moreno-Ocampo indicted Seif al-Islam along with his father and Qaddafi's intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senoussi, who was arrested in March in Mauritainia and i...The Libyan government on Tuesday formally challenged the International Criminal Court's right to try Moammar Gadhafi's son for war crimes, arguing that he should fac...
The man who ran Libya's extensive spy network and was considered one of the closest confidants of ex-leader Moammar Gadhafi was indicted in Mauritania on Monday and ...
The ripples of the Arab Spring are being felt in summery Cannes, where films from Egypt and Syria, as well as a passionate documentary about the overthrow of Libya's...
The scope of Muammar al-Qaddafi's control was whittled away Wednesday as major Libyan cities and towns closer to the capital fell to the rebellion against his rule. ...
Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi vowed to triumph over his enemies on Friday, and told supporters in Tripoli's Green Square that he would open arsenals "when necessa...
A Libyan rebel spokesman insisted Friday that Muammar al-Qaddafi stand trial at the international war crimes tribunal, despite growing Western consensus that the lon...
BENGHAZI, Libya -- Army units and militiamen loyal to Muammar al-Qaddafi struck back against rebellious Libyans who have risen up in cities close to the capital Thur...
Abdel Baset al-Megrahi, a Libyan intelligence officer who was the only person ever convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, died at home in Tripoli Sunday, nearly th...
The International Criminal Court's prosecutor says he will submit "reservations" next month on the Libyan government's demand that Moammar Qaddafi's son be tried for...
Gunbattles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in northern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded 22 on Saturday, security officials said, as activists rep...
Gunbattles between pro- and anti-Syrian groups in northern Lebanon killed at least seven people and wounded 22 on Saturday, security officials said, as activists rep...
The U.S. fired four additional Tomahawk missiles at Libya air defense systems Sunday, bringing the grand total to 124, a senior U.S. Defense official tells Fox News....
Libya's prime minister on Friday placed a wreath at the spot where a London policewoman was killed by gunfire from the Libyan Embassy in 1984.Abdurrahim el-Keib, who...
Egypt's longtime leader Hosni Mubarak was sentenced to life in prison Saturday for failing to stop the killing of protesters during the uprising that pushed him from...
The U.N.'s top human rights official said Saturday that there should be no amnesty for serious crimes committed in Syria, even if the threat of prosecution might mot...
Foreign mercenaries and Libyan militiamen loyal to Muammar al-Qaddafi tried to roll back the uprising against his rule that has advanced closer to his stronghold in ...
Residents of the eastern Libyan city that served as the cradle of the uprising that toppled Moammar Gadhafi voted for a local council Saturday in the city's first el...
The embattled regime of Muammar al-Qaddafi is arming civilian supporters to set up checkpoints and roving patrols around the Libyan capital to control movement and q...
Libya's new rulers believe Moammar al-Qaddafi may be hiding in the southern desert, possibly in a vast area near the Algerian border, under the protection of ethnic ...
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