Amid conflicting reports that the Libyan city of Bani Walid was captured by army forces, RT has learned that 600 people were allegedly killed in Wednesday’s fighting, and over 1,000 have been hospitalized. Locals are appealing for international aid. Libyan officials claimed that government forces conducted a 20-day siege before capturing Bani Walid, the last stronghold for supporters of the Gaddafi... 

U.S. ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens is confirmed to have died in Tuesday’s conflict in the U.S. consulate building in Libya’s eastern city of Benghazi, Libyan officials said on Wednesday. Marine unit dispatched to secure U.S. consulate in Benghazi after deadly attacks. Hundreds of protesters, angered by an alleged U.S.-made movie that insults Prophet Mohammed, broke into the U.S.... 

The interim authorities in Libya have handed over power to a nationally-elected assembly. But as numerous rival armed groups control most of Libya, the escalation of violence continues against a background of an increasingly divided nation. During a ceremony late on Wednesday in Tripoli, NTC chief Mustafa Abdul Jalil passed the reins to the oldest member of the assembly, Mohammed Ali Salim. Once it... 

Slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi (R) and French President Nicolas Sarkozy A French investigative news website says that slain Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi had contributed 50 million euros to French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s election campaign in 2007. In a report published on Monday, the Mediapart news website claimed that one of its journalists has seen documents confirming the contributions. According... 

A Libyan holds a placard that reads in Arabic "No for dividing Libya. Libya is united and the capital is Tripoli," during a demonstration against federalism in the eastern city of Benghazi on March 5, 2012. Cyrenaica, the eastern region of Libya, has elected a regional congress and declared semi-autonomy from the capital Tripoli. The “blatant call for fragmentation” of the country was... 

Russia has lost $4 billion due to the loss of arms contracts with Libya as a result of the UN’s arms shipments embargo. Anatoly Isaikin, the General Director of Russia’s defense export giant Rosoboronexport, said that Russia had concluded arms contracts worth $2 billion with the previous administration of Libya. “We could conclude more contracts for the same amount,” the official... 

Questions: ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo has written to the National Transitional Council over Gaddafi’s death The chief prosecutor for the International Criminal Court has said there are ‘serious suspicions’ that the death of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi was a war crime. Luis Moreno Ocampo said he sent a letter to the head of the National Transitional Council asking what the... 

Saif al-Islam Gaddafi after his capture, his fingers wrapped in bandages and his legs covered with a blanket. Interim Tripoli government says son of Muammar Gaddafi was arrested while attempting to flee to neighbouring Niger. Celebrations have erupted across Libya at the capture of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the fugitive son of Libya’s deceased former dictator. Libyan state TV reported that Saif... 

In a symbolic act of defiance against the remnants of Muammar Gaddafi’s regime, Libyan revolutionary fighters have bulldozed the green walls surrounding the notorious Bab al-Aziziya compound in Tripoli. This sprawling fortress, long viewed as a symbol of tyranny and fear during Gaddafi’s four-decade rule, had been inaccessible to Libyans, who avoided even walking near it. Commander Ahmad... 

Stealthy and bulletproof: A road-going Mercedes ML, the type which has been modified with armour plating and jamming technology, and allegedly given to Muammar Gaddafi by France. Muammar Gaddafi has escaped in a state-of-the-art armoured vehicle provided by Nicolas Sarkozy, it emerged today. In the latest extraordinary twist to the Libyan rebellion, it emerged that the French President gave the ‘green... 

Saadi Gaddafi, one of the sons of the Libyan fugitive ruler Muammar Gaddafi. One of the sons of Libyan fugitive ruler Muammar Gaddafi has escaped to the neighboring country of Niger, which has reportedly turned into a safe haven for members of the dictator’s crumbling regime. Niger’s Justice Minister Marou Amadou said on Sunday that Saadi Gaddafi has arrived in Niger and was heading to... 

Fugitive Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi Fugitive Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi has vowed that he will continue resisting and will defeat revolutionaries that control most of the country as well as NATO forces. Gaddafi, whose whereabouts remain unknown, made the remarks in a phone call to Syria’s Arrari Television station on Thursday, Reuters reported. The defiant dictator slammed reports of his... 

A Libyan rebel points his rifle at a man accused of being a mercenary fighting for Muammar Gaddafi. Many have been arrested and accused of fighting for dictator, but claim they were press-ganged. Earlier this year, as revolution and siege ground Tripoli to a halt, Mehdi Hassan knew where to look for work. He would drive his taxi to a roundabout in the south-west of the capital and wait for foreigners... 

Muammar Gaddafi has issued a statement condemning rebels as collaborators. A defiant Gaddafi denounced rebels as ‘traitors’, and said tribes loyal to him would never surrender to ‘collaborators’. A defiant Muammar Gaddafi has issued his latest apocalyptic statement, urging his surrounded followers to “keep fighting” and promising to turn Libya “into a hell”. In... 

Libya’s rebels have tasted the victory and reject their opponents’ proposal to negotiate a peace treaty, making final arrangements to finish the war by storming Gaddafi’s native city of Sirte, while the capital’s residents lay low anticipating chaos. ­The rebels in Libya have rejected the possibility of staging talks with Muammar Gaddafi. The National Transitional Council (NTC) says they...