The UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) expressed alarm on Tuesday regarding disturbing footage that demonstrates Libya's serious human rights violations in the Garnada detention facility. These ...

People celebrate, after Syrian rebels announced that they have ousted President Bashar al-Assad, at Majdal Anjar in Bekaa, ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy appeared in court on Monday over allegations of receiving illegal funding from former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for his 2007 presidential campaign. New ...

Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial in Paris, accused of taking millions of euros of illicit funds from ...

Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has gone on trial over the alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential ...

Nicolas Sarkozy is standing trial on charges of sealing a “pact of corruption” with Muammar Gaddafi in which the French ...

The case also involves Gaddafi’s former chief of staff and treasurer, Bashir Saleh, who sought refuge in France during the ...

The release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi – who was convicted of the Lockerbie bombing – was not discussed by the Scottish cabinet ahead of a final decision being made, newly released papers show.

The release of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi – who was convicted of ... of an application received by the Libyan government of Muammar Gaddafi for Megrahi’s release. “Mr MacAskill said that on ...

The civil war in Libya was gaining momentum, but on 20 October 2011, rebels seized the city of Sirte where Muammar Gaddafi stayed. Libya under Muammar Gaddafi was a unique state in many respects.

In power in Libya for 42 years, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi used the country’s oil billions to sponsor ... some of whom headed south in alliance with Islamist groups such as Al-Qaeda to destabilise ...

During the course of Syria’s brutal civil war, Assad used chemical weapons more than 300 times against his own citizens, causing thousands of casualties. The worst such attack was a barrage of ...