Unidentified warplanes carried out air-strikes on targets controlled by Islamist militias in Tripoli. Libya said the planes were foreign, but the US, Italy and France denied involvement.
Libya's parliament passed a measure calling on the UN Security Council for foreign intervention to protect civilians from deadly clashes between rival militia groups.
A fire from fuel tanks near Tripoli's international airport set ablaze by rocket strikes is out of control as clashes between rival militias continue in the area, darkening the city's sky.
Gunmen killed at least 20 Egyptian troops on the Libyan border—amid reports that President Sisi is backing rogue military operations against Islamists in Benghazi.
As rival militias battle for control of Tripoli's airport, a suspect in the 2012 attack in Benghazi is found dead in Libya's eastern town of Marj, also under control of a local militia.
Ahmed Abu Khatallah, accused mastermind in the 2012 attacks on US facilities in Benghazi, made his first court appearance in Washington DC, where he pleaded not guilty.
Women's rights activist and attorney Salwa Bughaigis was assassinated at her home in Benghazi hours after she defied threats by voting in Libya's general election.
US military forces conducted a secret operation in Libya, capturing Ahmed Abu Khatallah, alleged mastermind of the September 2012 attack on the consulate in Benghazi.
The International Criminal Court ruled that the case against Saif al-Islam Qaddafi may proceed in the ICC and that Libya must immediately surrender him to The Hague.
Heavy fighting broke out in Benghazi as forces led by Gen. Khalifa Hafter attacked an alliance of Islamist militias—a move disavowed by Libya's central government in Tripoli.
The provocateur video that supposedly incited the Benghazi attack is at the center of a persistent news story—but we can't see it, because the Ninth Circuit ordered it suppressed.
Saif al-Islam Qaddafi appeared for his trial via video conferencing, as he continues to be held in Zintan by a militia—in violation of international legal norms.
