The Action Group for Palestinians in Syria said that at least 200 Palestinian refugees fleeing conflict in the country were aboard the boat that capsized off Malta's coast.
Al-Qaeda operative Nazih Abdul Hamed al-Ruqai AKA Abu Anas al-Libi, wanted for his role in the 1998 African embassy bombings, was reportedly captured by US forces in Tripoli.
Human Rights Watch called on Libya to suspend the death sentences of two former officials convicted of crimes related to the country’s uprising in June 2011.
By saying the US “funds rebels that fight against presidents who don’t support capitalism or imperialism,” Evo Morales allies himself with a regime that is committing war crimes.
Elements of Washington wonkdom are calling for the break-up of Syria into ethno-sectarian mini-states, and see the separatist contagion spreading to the rest of the Middle East.
Libyan oil production this month fell below 400,000 barrels per day—from 1.65 million bpd a year ago—as striking workers shut down export terminals.
Berbers protested in Tripoli to demand that their language and cultural rights be included in Libya’s new constitution—and by some accounts invaded the Congress building.
Ahmed Ibrahim, former minister of education and information for Libya, was sentenced to death for inciting citizens in Moammar Qaddafi’s hometown, Sirte, to oppose the rebellion.
Libyan protesters attacked offices of the Muslim Brotherhood's political party in Tripoli and Benghazi following the assassination of secular activist Abdelsalam al-Mismari.
The International Criminal Court rejected Libya’s request to suspend the order to hand over Saif al-Islam Qaddafi, son of the late dictator Moammar Qaddafi.
Libyan Special Forces, army troops and protesters repeatedly clashed with a paramilitary unit in Benghazi called the Libyan Shields, leaving some 30 dead.
NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has been a big hit among freedom-hungry Chinese cyber-cognoscenti, placing Beijing in a bind on whether to support or betray him.
