In the biggest terrorist attack in Libya since the assault on the U.S. compound in Benghazi last September, a car bomb exploded outside the French embassy in Tripoli, wounding two French guards.
With the death of Hugo Chavez, George W. Bush and the American right lose perhaps their most effective needler. Ostensibly in service of diplomacy, Chavez showed no fear in posing for photos with a rogue's gallery of world leaders.
A report from Human Rights Watch claims there is evidence that militia groups executed dozens of supporters of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi following his capture last year, and that Qaddafi himself may have been among those murdered while in custody.
Human Rights Watch has released a new report claiming that CIA agents arrested and tortured opponents of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi before turning suspects over to his regime.
In a rare interview with German TV, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dismissed the idea that he and Libyan dictator Muammar Qaddafi have anything in common, but we can help him think of at least a few things.
Just when you thought Muammar Qaddafi's murderous legacy was beginning to fade, his former mercenaries go and destabilize one of West Africa's most tranquil democracies.
Of all the famous people who died this year -- a titan of the tech industry, a leader of a massive terrorist organization, a quixotic dictator, a troubled but talented young singer -- the person who sent the most people searching for information on Google was ... Jackass's Ryan Dunn.
Newt Gingrich has picked up the support of Hollywood's noted crazy guy Gary Busey and racial-slur ex-MLB pitcher John Rocker, while Barack Obama picked up the support of Muammar Qaddafi (before ordering the attacks that lead to his death), while Ron Paul has the random drunk guy vote locked down.
The U.S. suspect that an illegal cache of "hundreds of special artillery shells for chemical weapons" found in Libya were supplied to Muammar Qaddafi, according to a report from The Washington Post.
Carlos the Jackal heads to his second trial in Paris on Monday, but the heads of state -- Qaddafi, Assad, Hussein -- who backed his brand of revolutionary international terrorism have thinned dramatically since he was first convicted.
The Libyan dictator's final days get reexamined as a member of Qaddafi's inner circle speaks to BBC News of his nervous isolation, and The New Yorker takes a deep dive into Libya's collective psyche as he was hunted down.
Qaddafi's son Saif al-Islam, through indirect channels, has made contact with officials at the International Criminal Court about turning himself in for trial, the Associated Press and Reuters report.
With the hindsight of a few days, Libya's National Transitional Council is saying that those responsible for shooting Qaddafi will be prosecuted, The Guardian relayed.
Wanted by both the International Criminal Court and the Libyan government, Col. Muammar Qaddafi's only living son Saif al-Islam looks to be trying his hardest to surrender to the former before the latter catches him.
An official with Libya's National Transitional Council is claiming that Muammar Qaddafi's son Saif al-Islam is ready to turn himself in to the International Criminal Court in The Hague, according to Reuters.
President Obama will compare the Republican primary to a reality TV show while sitting on the couch of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday evening.
As more Libyan rebels are flaunting Qaddafi's golden handguns, we can't help but wonder what they're doing with the warehouses full of surface-to-air missiles.
Libya's National Transitional Council says that Muammar Qaddafi was buried at dawn on Tuesday, in a secret desert location.
Libya's top leader Mustafa Adbdel Jalil surprised international observers on Sunday with the declaration that his newly-liberated country would impose new laws that adhered to Islam.
A video of a Libyan fighter, calling himself Senad el Sadık el Ureybi, has surfaced in which he claims to be the man who killed Muammar Qaddafi, Y Net News reports.
Human Rights Watch has discovered the bodies of 53 people, believed to be supporters of former Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi, that appear to have been executed approximately one week ago.
The ignominious end of Col. Muammar Qaddafi should have been in the dock at the Hague, not in a bloody heap in Misurata.
As the Libyan government scrambles to figure out how to bury their dead dictator, curious onlookers with cameras are flocking to the meat store where his body is being kept.
Libyan leaders aren't quite sure how to go about the most immediate decision facing them after the former dictator's death: how to go about burying him.
There is no shortage of blurry cell phone videos and eyewitness accounts, but everyone is still having a hard time figuring out exactly what happened in Qaddafi's last living minutes.
With Qaddafi gone and Sirte fallen, scholars and embedded reporters are surveying the wreckage left by 42 years of totalitarian rule.
On Thursday evening, Jon Stewart spent his intro segment discussing the end of Qaddafi in Libya, and noted an odd reaction to the news from some Republicans.
We realize there's only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why The Atlantic Wire highlights the day's video clips that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention.
Like much of the internet, we're fascinated by the now widely circulated image of the Libyan rebel triumphantly holding up the golden gun he took off Muammar Qaddafi's dead body.
Qaddafi's the kind of paradox the Internet loves: A brutal dictator and an eccentrict family man with a penchant for flamboyant clothing.
Obama gave Libyans credit while highlighting U.S. role.
Eccentric, flamboyant, provocative, these are just some of the terms used to describe Qaddafi in his obituaries.
Minutes after unconfirmed reports of Qaddafi's death broke, pundits started arguing over whether or not Obama deserves credit.
The death of Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi lifts a huge burden off the country's transitional government.
Obama: "This marks the end of a long and painful chapter for the people of Libya"
The National Transtional Council claims it has captured 90 percent of the loyalist stronghold
But the National Transitional Council has been wrong before
The former Libyan leader's hometown is under intense fire from rebels and NATO
A new audio message questions the new government's legitimacy
Early reports are still shaky but if true it would be a huge coup for anti-Qaddafi forces
Peter Van Buren says he's being punished for linking to a WikiLeaks document
The latest rumor places Qaddafi near the Algerian border
Qaddafi fighters are launching attacks from Algeria, Sirte, and Bani Walid
It's time for Aisha Qaddafi to power up her propaganda machine again
Souvenirs and sightseers now roam the deposed leader's old compounds
The National Transitional Council claims to have seen Qaddafi's son in Bani Walid
Libyan rebels fail to seize Bani Walid, as Qaddafi loyalists count NATO casualties
The newspaper censored WikiLeaks memos at the State Department's request
Hisham Buhagiar says Qaddafi is in the southern Sahara
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