Mohamed Khawaja may be Libya‘s best hope at bringing home a medal from the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. SEE ALSO: London Mayor Bans ‘Gay Cure’ Bus Ads Even if he doesn’t succeed in winning one of those three coveted pieces of hardware, simply a strong performance from the 400 meter runner would mean so […]

In a barbaric and shocking video (watch below) that is making its way across the Internet, Libyan rebels are depicted giving insulting demands to a group of African men who have been placed in a zoo-like cage and forced to eat the country’s flag. SEE ALSO: Why Bobbi Kristina Shouldn’t Talk With Oprah “Eat the […]

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian airlines have suspended flights to Libya’s capital Tripoli after armed men swarmed the runway and stopped a plane from taking off, a company official said Sunday. Flights were suspended until “an improvement in the security conditions,” said Soulafa Mokaddem, a spokeswoman for Tunisair. Those to Libya’s second city, Benghazi in […]

Oct. 24 — Three days after the stunning murder of former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, the country offically declared its liberation and called for reconciliation after more than four decades under Gadhafi’s rule. RELATED: Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Moammar Gadhafi “We enter with steady steps and with faith in God a new period, […]

Libya’s new leaders will declare liberation on Sunday, officials said, a move that will start the clock for elections after months of bloodshed that culminated in the death of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi. RELATED: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Moammar Gadhafi But the victory has been clouded by questions over how Gadhafi was killed […]

TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan fighters have surrounded the ousted dictator Moammar Gadhafi, and it is only a matter of time until he is captured or killed, a spokesman for Tripoli’s new military council said Wednesday. Anis Sharif would not say where Gadhafi had been found, but said he was still in Libya and had been […]

TARHOUNA, Libya — Tribal elders from one of Moammar Gadhafi’s last strongholds were trying to persuade regime loyalists holed up there to lay down their arms, the elders said during Tuesday talks with rebel negotiators, hours after a large convoy of heavily armed Gadhafi soldiers crossed the desert into neighboring Niger. The elders left the […]

Competing factions, bounty hunters and Libyan commandos are struggling in their hunt to find deposed Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi. Without help from NATO, those involved in the hunt have thus far had to rely on human intelligence. Conflicting reports of Gaddafi’s whereabout have surfaced, but none have been confirmed. The manhunt for Gaddafi is an […]

Chris Jeon, a math major at UCLA decided to join the Libyan rebels for the summer break. He bought a one way flight for $800 to Cairo and traveled to Libya from there. Jeon, an American Asian who wears a bright blue Lakers jersey, quickly became accepted by the rebels and even became a mascot […]

TRIPOLI, Libya— Rebel forces and armed civilians are rounding up thousands of black Libyans and migrants from sub-Sahara Africa, acccusing them of fighting for ousted strongman Moammar Gadhafi and holding them in makeshift jails across the capital. Virtually all of the detainees say they are innocent migrant workers, and in most cases there is no […]

LIBYA–While much of the news on Libya has focused on the ouster of Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi, another narrative is being played out off the radar of the mainstream media. Amidst the violence, lynch mobs have begun attacking Black Libyans, who largely inhabit the country’s south, because of their skin color and their ties to […]

Libyan President Moammar Gahdafi is surrounded by a group of rebels in Tripoli, Reuters news agency reported Thursday. Gahdafi narrowly escaped capture Wednesday, but now may be cornered with an unspecified amount of his sons. The New York Post reports: The report said Khadafy was inside the building with an unspecified number of his sons. […]