Libya News

A man, who said his name was Tom, sleeps in a flower bed as pedestrians walk along Tejon Street in downtown Colorado Springs Friday, May 3, 2013, at the corner of Tejon Street and Pikes Peak Avenue.

European Union governments approved a mission on Wednesday to help Libya improve its border security in response to concerns that Islamist militants and weapons move freely across the North African country's frontier.

Loose-knit ethnic militias form the backbone of border control in the southern regions of Libya that the government has declared under emergency law.

Libya 's prime minister has nominated a new interior minister to fill the first spot vacated in his Cabinet, a consequence of a new law that bars officials who had served under late dictator Moammar Gadhafi from holding public office.

Libya's leader Muammar Gaddafi talks to Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika during celebrations of the 40th anniversary of Gaddafi coming to power, at the Green Square in Tripoli September 1, 2009.

Protesters have turned off a valve on a pipeline carrying oil to the eastern Libyan terminal of Zueitina, industry sources said, as politicians called for tougher action against those who attack oil facilities following a spate of disruptions.

Each of the suspects identified by the FBI were seen on the grounds of the consulate during the deadly attack on September 11, 2012 Four Americans were killed in the attack, including U.S. Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, Sean Smith, Glenn Doherty and Tyrone Woods The U.S. has identified five men who might be responsible for the attack on ... (more)

France will invest about 20 million euros to increase security for diplomats and embassies in the Middle East and Africa after its mission in Libya was targeted by a car bomb in April, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.

The forced closure of several convents in eastern Libya preceded the recent bombing a parish there, according to Bishop Giovanni Martinelli, the apostolic vicar of Tripoli.

Lawyers defending UK government departments from charges of assisting in the rendition of a Libyan man say they will consider paying him damages.

Libyan security services defused several car bombs and other explosives in the past two days, Prime Minister Ali Zidan said on Sunday .

Libya's interior minister has submitted his resignation, two official sources said on Tuesday, after months of efforts to curb armed groups who helped topple Muammar Gaddafi but have since stalled the transition to democracy.

Apostolova's appointment was announced Tuesday by Catherine Ashton , High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy.

In this Jan.23, 2013, file photo U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham pounds her fist as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington at the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

The scandal is disappearing, they say, in the wake of admittedly troubling reports that Republican sources in Congress oversold tendentious paraphrases of administration e-mails as verbatim quotes, coloring with editorial prejudice the account of how the administration crafted its Benghazi talking points.

Secretary of State John Kerry is vowing that the Obama administration will spare no expense or effort to protect U.S. diplomats serving overseas.

Experts say the officer who killed a Long Island college student and a home invasion suspect on Friday was confronted with a split-second choice.

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Our Libyan Embassy and Consulate had experienced violence in the past. The ambassador had repeatedly requested that security be upgraded, but been denied by superiors in Washington, although not for lack of funds.

TRIPOLI, Libya -- Lawlessness in Libya is a result of lack of security for judges and lawyers and the detention of 8,000 people without charges, a legal aid group said.