Abu Anas Al-libi

A Libyan accused over the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Africa died on Friday, days before he was to stand trial in New York, his lawyer and family said.

A Libyan accused over the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Africa died on Friday, days before he was to stand trial in New York, his lawyer said.

Abu Anas al-Libi, a top Al Qaeda operative captured by US special forces in a secretive mission in Libya this month, pleaded not guilty to a charge of his involvement in the 1998 bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people.

Gunmen seized Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in Tripoli today and held him for several hours before he was freed, in the latest sign of Libya's lawlessness since Moamer Kadhafi was toppled in 2011.

A suspected Libyan al Qaeda figure nabbed by US special forces in a dramatic operation in Tripoli was living freely in his homeland for the past two years, after a trajectory that took him to Sudan, Afghanistan and Iran, where he had been detained for years, his family said on Sunday. The Libyan government bristled at the raid, asking Washington to...

The operation to capture top Al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al-Libi, detained in a secure location outside Libya, was approved by US President Barack Obama, the Pentagon said today.

A Libyan accused over the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Africa died on Friday, days before he was to stand trial in New York, his lawyer and family said.

A Libyan accused over the 1998 Al-Qaeda bombings of US embassies in Africa died on Friday, days before he was to stand trial in New York, his lawyer said.

Abu Anas al-Libi, a top Al Qaeda operative captured by US special forces in a secretive mission in Libya this month, pleaded not guilty to a charge of his involvement in the 1998 bombing of US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania that killed 224 people.

Gunmen seized Prime Minister Ali Zeidan in Tripoli today and held him for several hours before he was freed, in the latest sign of Libya's lawlessness since Moamer Kadhafi was toppled in 2011.

A suspected Libyan al Qaeda figure nabbed by US special forces in a dramatic operation in Tripoli was living freely in his homeland for the past two years, after a trajectory that took him to Sudan, Afghanistan and Iran, where he had been detained for years, his family said on Sunday. The Libyan government bristled at the raid, asking Washington to...

The operation to capture top Al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al-Libi, detained in a secure location outside Libya, was approved by US President Barack Obama, the Pentagon said today.