US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has urged Libya's interim leaders to seek reconciliation not retribution after their victory over Muammar Gaddafi and pledged support for the transition to democracy.
A disfigured Ethiopian nanny has recounted being beaten and severely burnt while working for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's son Hannibal and his wife.
Libya's Muammar Gaddafi called on his supporters to set Libya alight, vowed that his backers would not give up and said those against him were divided.
Libya’s ruling NTC has extended by one week its deadline for the surrender of Sirte, Muammar Gaddafi's last bastion of support on the Mediterranean coast, an NTC spokesperson says.
Syrian forces have raided houses in Hama for the second day, residents say, and the city's attorney general had resigned in protest.
Muammar Gaddafi is in a desert town outside Tripoli planning a fight-back, a Libyan military chief says as Libya’s interim rulers conferred with world powers on reshaping the country.
President Jacob Zuma says South Africa disagrees with Nato's military intervention in Libya and will take no part in a conference dedicated to rebuilding the war-torn country.
The Libyan capital Tripoli has enough fuel for the short term and food supplies are starting to get through, but there is no end in sight to a water shortage there, the EU says.
Libyan rebels have captured Muammar Gaddafi’s foreign minister, a rebel official says, without identifying him by name.
Leaders of the Libyan uprisings that overthrew Muammar Gaddafi are set to sit down with world powers to map out the country’s rebuilding.
The Libyan brother leader's sons are making conflicting statements, one defiant, the other offering talks.
A British plane flew $212m worth of Libyan banknotes to Libya after an assets freeze aimed at the then leader Muammar Gaddafi's regime was lifted.
A total of 473 people have been killed during protests in the just-ending Muslim fasting month of Ramadan in Syria, a rights group says.
About 500 Tuaregs hunted by Libyan rebels have entered Algeria in the last 24 hours.
The Rebel chief in the Libyan capital says Gaddafi's son al-Saadi is negotiating his own surrender.
As Libyan rebels claim to be closing in on Muammar Gaddafi, human rights activists and lawyers are urging them to turn him over to the ICC for trial and not attempt to mete out justice themselves.
Libya’s ambassador to Zimbabwe is set to leave the country, following his expulsion for denouncing Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and siding with the rebels, a report says.
Loyal followers of Muammar Gaddafi are refusing to surrender to those who have forced him into hiding, raising the prospect of new fighting in Libya when an ultimatum expires after this week’s Eid holiday.
Libyans find it hard to believe that the green farm on the edge of the desert belonged to Muammar Gaddafi, who portrayed himself as a Bedouin who lived in tents.
Muammar Gaddafi is almost certainly in Libya, senior officers of the National Transitional Council say, with one of them adding rebels have the right to kill him if he doesn’t surrender.
Libyan rebels are scouring the country for a fugitive Muammar Gaddafi.
An estimated 50 000 people have been killed since the beginning of Libya's uprising, says a military commander.
Algeria is to close the southern part of its border with Libya, the day after Algeria angered Libya's new rulers by giving safe haven to members of Muammar Gaddafi's family.
Deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is reported to have been in the capital Tripoli as late as last Friday and to have gone from there to the southern desert town of Sabha.
Libyan troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter Nato attacks, human rights investigators have said.
The chairperson of the African Union says rebels may be indiscriminately killing blacks in Libya because they have confused innocent migrant workers with mercenaries.
Algerian Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci has held talks with a top Libyan rebel official.
Libya's de facto government has urged people not to abuse prisoners, as reports circulate of cruelty on both sides of the conflict.
Libyan rebels have closed in on Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte from both east and west, a senior military commander said.
Libyan rebels backed by Nato are on the outskirts of Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte as they closed in for the final big battle for full control of Libya.
The convicted Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi has been found in Tripoli in a comatose state and near death, according to CNN.
Tripoli's sole psychiatric hospital, already unable to cope under Gaddafi, is struggling with a flood of new cases brought on by the revolution's battles.
Libya will not extradite Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the man convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie airline bombing, a minister in Libya's National Transitional Council says.
The head of the Libyan rebel council, Mustafa Abdul Jalil, has promised to hold fair trials for those who worked with Muammar Gaddafi’s regime.
Algeria has formally denied that a convoy of armoured cars that could be carrying top Libyan regime officials, including Muammar Gaddafi, had crossed its borders.
The bodies of about 53 people have been found in a warehouse in the Libyan capital Tripoli after apparently being executed, Sky News reports.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddaf to be tried by the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Syrian forces have killed at least three protesters as tens of thousands of people marched again to demand the removal of President Bashar al-Assad on a major religious occasion.
Fuel is scarce in Libya's capital after days of fighting that sent Muammar Gaddafi underground, but that didn't stop residents from using gas to set fire to a giant portrait of the toppled leader.
Former president Thabo Mbeki says Western powers are determined to bring about regime change in Libya regardless of the cost to that country.
Zimbabwe has threatened to depot Libya’s ambassador to Harare after he recognised the rebel National Transitional Council fighting Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, a report says.
The EU has urged caution in the release of Libyan funds frozen by the international community, saying authorities must ensure the money does not end up in the hands of Muammar Gaddafi loyalists.
The AU should support efforts for an inclusive transition in Libya, after months-long rebel onslaught brought down Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, an AU official says.
Forces loyal to fugitive Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi have bombarded the capital’s airport, damaging a plane, a report says.
Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad have fired at protesters after Friday prayers in the Damascus suburb of Douma, as demonstrations flared anew across Syria, say activists.
The International Organisation for Migration says a second charter ship is en route to Tripoli to rescue up to 1 000 foreigners trying to escape from the Libyan capital.
Syrians are preparing to hold anti-government protests amid continued crackdowns by security and army forces, say activists as police hunt for the culprits in a cartoonist's attack.
The Gaddafi government carried out a lobbying operation to try to stop Nato’s bombardment of Libya, a report says, citing secret documents.
Libyan rebels who took control of Muammar Gaddafi’s sprawling compound have made a surprising discovery in one of the buildings: a photo album with pictures of Condoleezza Rice.
Fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi has taunted his Libyan enemies and their Western backers from his hiding place, as rebels announced a move to govern the country from Tripoli.
The Dutch government is ready to unlock $2bn in frozen Libyan assets to help the new interim government in Tripoli put its economy afloat.
President Jacob Zuma says Western nations undermined the African Union's efforts to broker peace talks in Libya.
Libyan rebels are rounding up black Africans and holding them in makeshift jails, raising fear of abuses.
A previously unknown team of British diplomats and military officials aided Libya’s rebels by helping to cut the supply of oil to Muammar Gaddafi’s military, an official says.
Thousands of migrants stranded in Tripoli are unable to be evacuated because they cannot safely reach the port or register with their embassies, the International Organisation for Migration says.
African workers in Libya say they are living in fear after the Muammar Gaddafi overthrow, saying they have become targets for fighters who accuse them of being mercenaries for Gaddafi.
Libya’s rebels promised France 35% of the country’s crude oil in exchange for supporting the National Transitional Council in its fight against Muammar Gaddafi, a report says.
Algeria will recognise Libya’s new leaders when they establish a representative government, Algeria’s foreign minister says.
Australia has pledged $1.6m to help some 650 Libyan students left destitute by the turmoil in their home country to continue studying there.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has called on the remaining loyal government troops to "attack the enemy wherever they are", claiming that "victory is near".
The United States should withhold aid to Libya's rebel National Transitional Council until it has imprisoned the convicted Lockerbie bomber, a top US senator says
Nato is exploring options for a role after the war in Libya ends, including the possibility of continuing to patrol the country's skies and enforce an arms embargo.
Amnesty International is urging Libya’s rebels to end attacks against blacks, saying fighters engaging in such abuses should be immediately detained and investigated.
Libya's new military commanders are using informants from among Muammar Gaddafi's entourage to track down the fugitive former leader, while tightening the noose around his last strongholds.
The EU is expected to lift sanctions against Libya’s ports and 22 economic entities including some oil companies by Friday, diplomats say.
Lebanon has backed Syria in rejecting an Arab League statement demanding an end to the bloodshed in the country.
Tens of thousands of Libyans have gathered to mark the Muslim Eid al-Fitr feast, kneeling in prayer at the landmark Martyrs' Square as they rejoiced in the collapse of Muammar Gaddafi’s rule.
Abandoned Gaddafi homes reveal champagne lifestyle.
People suspected of having fought for Muammar Gaddafi, in particular black Libyans and sub-Saharan Africans, are at risk of abuse by anti-Gaddafi forces, Amnesty International says.
Libyan rebels have given forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi until Saturday to surrender or face the "final battles" of a more than six-month uprising against the fugitive dictator's crumbling regime.
The UN Sanctions Committee has agreed to Britain's request to release $1.55bn of Libyan bank notes blocked in Britain as part of a freeze of assets held by the former government.
Muammar Gaddafi is still able to command and control his remaining troops even though the Libyan leader is on the run.
Syrian forces have killed seven people when they opened fire to disperse protesters who emerged from mosques on the first day of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr feast.
Libya's rebels have accused Algeria of an act of aggression for admitting the fleeing wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children.
The White House says it has no knowledge of Muammar Gaddafi's whereabouts after members of the ousted strongman's family surfaced in Algeria.
Libyan strongman Muammar Gaddafi's wife, two sons and a daughter have crossed into Algeria, the foreign ministry in Algiers has announced.
Nato should maintain pressure on the remnants of Muammar Gaddafi's regime and protect crews trying to restore critical services, top Libyan officials have urged.
Syrian security forces pursuing anti-government protesters have surrounded a central town that has become a hotbed of dissent against President Bashar al-Assad's regime, sending residents fleeing.
Muammar Gaddafi, who has not been seen since rebels took over the Libyan capital of Tripoli, is still a threat to the world, says the chairperson of the transitional council.
Mercenaries who fought alongside troops loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are beginning to return home to Niger, a source has said.
Charred bodies have been discovered in a warehouse outside Tripoli as thousands of prisoners of Muammar Gaddafi's regime are missing.
Libya's rebel-controlled AGOCO oil firm says it will restart production at its Sarir and Mesla fields in mid-September and load the first crude at its Tobruk terminal by the end of the same month.
More than 10 000 prisoners have been freed from Muammar Gaddafi's jails since the fall of Tripoli but almost 50 000 others are still missing.
Libyan rebels have captured the last military base held by forces loyal to strongman Muammar Gaddafi in the Tripoli area.
A convoy of six armoured cars that could be carrying high Libyan officials, even fugitive leader Muammar Gaddafi, has crossed from Libya into Algeria, Egypt's official news agency reports.
President Jacob Zuma has urged all groups claiming authority over Libya to come together to bring peace and stability in the country.
The overthrow of Muammar Gaddafi by Libyan rebels supported by Nato forces has focused international attention on the five months of unrest in Syria.
Libyan rebels have denied that deposed leader Muammar Gaddafi has cut off Tripoli's water supply, which arrives from southern deserts, amid shortages in the capital.
British warplanes have bombed a bunker in Muammar Gaddafi's birthplace of Sirte as rebel fighters prepared to attack the town, one of the last major regime holdouts east of Tripoli.
Libyan rebels claim to be close to capturing Muammar Gaddafi as their Nato backers bombed diehard loyalists in his tribal bastion.
The United Nations rights office says that executing Muammar Gaddafi without trial would be illegal.
Italy has proof that Muammar Gaddafi had planned to turn its tiny island of Lampedusa into an "inferno" by sending thousands of African migrants there by boat, says an official.
President Jacob Zuma says the African Union will not recognise the Libyan rebel National Transitional Council as the legitimate government as long as fighting continues in Libya.
British Tornado jets have fired cruise missiles at a headquarters in deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi’s home town of Sirte, the Ministry of Defence says.
The US says Libya's raw nuclear material and deadly chemicals are secure, in an effort to dispel fears that terrorists could get their hands on weapons of mass destruction.
Libyan rebels say they are sending in special forces in their hunt for fugitive strongman Muammar Gaddafi, whose supporters are now pinned down in pockets of resistance in the capital, Tripoli.
Pro-Gaddafi guards have raped child detainees, and Libyan rebels are abusing children and holding migrant workers as prisoners, Amnesty International has charged, calling on both sides to respect prisoners.
Scottish officials say they are trying to get in touch with Libyan rebel leaders as part of efforts to resume contact with the Lockerbie bomber lost in the "dust of battle".
The Libyan rebels’ interim government has announced it is moving from the country’s second city to the capital, another step toward taking control, as heavy fighting rages.
South Africa agreed to the release of $1.5bn of seized Libyan assets to ease the country's humanitarian crisis, the international relations department says.