Dubai | 17 days ago
Gaddafi's son appears in Libyan court
Dubai, May 3 - Saif al-Islam, the jailed son of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, briefly appeared in a court in Libya Thursday to face criminal charges.Saif, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court - on war crimes charges, has been held in Zintan town since his capture in November 2011.Libya wants to try him itself, while The Hague insists that he should be tried by the international ... read more

1 month ago
India looks forward to cooperating in new Libya's development: Ahamed
Tripoli, April 15 - Visiting Indian Minister of State for External Affairs E. Ahamed Monday said that India greatly appreciates the onset of democracy in Libya and looks forward to enhancing cooperation in areas that are vital for new Libya's stability and growth.Ahamed, who is visiting Libya from April 14-16 at the invitation of Libyan Foreign Minister Mohamed Abdulaziz, said India, being the lar ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
'Arabs groping for new forms of governance'
New Delhi, Jan 5 - Arabs are groping for new models of governance in the wake of uprisings that began in 2010 that led to regime changes in some countries, an international expert has suggested.They have few models of governance to choose from, and that could be Turkish, Iranian or Iraqi, but they are still grappling to find one, said Iranian-Canadian political scientist Ramin Jahanbegloo at the ... read more

New Delhi | 4 months ago
'Arabs don't have democratic DNA'
New Delhi, Jan 5 - Arabs do not have the democratic DNA like the Europeans and North Americans but they are groping for new models of governance, an international expert suggested.They have few models of governance to choose from, and that could be Turkish, Iranian or Iraqi, but they are still grappling to find one, said Iranian-Canadian political scientist Ramin Jahanbegloo at the India Internati ... read more

London | 4 months ago
Gaddafi funded Sarkozy's poll campaign, says arms dealer
London, Jan 3 - A wealthy arms dealer has said he can provide proof that former French president Nicolas Sarkozy received millions in illegal cash from slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to fund his election campaign in 2007.Ziad Takieddine, 62, was interviewed by a Paris judge in December, the Daily Mail reported.He said most of the money was paid between December 2006 and January 2007, five mon ... read more

4 months ago
Libyan intelligence officer slain
Tripoli, Dec 28 - A member of the intelligence services was slain Thursday in a Libyan town, official sources told EFE.The victim, Mohammed el Fekhari, was at home in Al Abyar, a town 50 km southeast of Benghazi, when someone knocked on the door, asked for the intelligence officer and shot him.Authorities are still trying to identify the shooter, who fled in a vehicle, the sources said.Benghazi, L ... read more

London | 4 months ago
Libya to release files on Lockerbie bombing
London, Dec 22 - The new Libyan government will open all files relating to the Lockerbie bombing in which 270 people were killed, the country's ambassador to Britain has said.Mahmud Nacua told BBC it would, however, be at least another year before Libya was in a position to release whatever information it holds.The move comes on the 24th anniversary of the bombing of the Pan Am flight 103 over Sco ... read more

5 months ago
Putin likens Syria to Libya in event of invasion
Moscow, Dec 21 - Russian President Vladimir Putin has reiterated his opposition to military intervention in Syria, saying the present situation in Libya was a sign of what would likely happen in Syria as a result.Libya is disintegrating, Putin said at a press conference, pointing to fractious groups that have been struggling for control of the country since long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi was oust ... read more

5 months ago
'Gaddafi offered Kazakhstan billions for atom bombs'
Moscow, Nov 29 - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi offered Kazakhstan billions in the early 1990s to retain its nuclear arsenal as the Muslim world's first atomic weapons, a former Kazakh foreign minister and high-ranking UN official said Thursday.Kazakhstan, a Central Asian, Muslim majority state, broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991 and gave up its nuclear arsenal of 1,410 nuclear warheads shor ... read more

5 months ago
'Gaddafi offered Kazakhstan billions for atom bombs'
Moscow, Nov 29 - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi offered Kazakhstan billions in the early 1990s to retain its nuclear arsenal as the Muslim world's first atomic weapons, a former Kazakh foreign minister and high-ranking UN official said Thursday.Kazakhstan, a Central Asian, Muslim majority state, broke away from the Soviet Union in 1991 and gave up its nuclear arsenal of 1,410 nuclear warheads shor ... read more