President Barack Obama declared Monday night that the United States intervened in Libya to prevent a slaughter of civilians that would “been a betrayal of who we are.” Without ever calling it a “war,” ...

Defecting Libyan diplomats are among those saying there's a "massacre" taking place in their country and demanding that Colonel Moammar Gadhafi step down after 41 years in power. Estimates of the ...

Tripoli, Libya-- A bone wrapped with rope and skull fragments scattered over a cactus-covered desert field are grim testament to a 1996 massacre of more than 1,200 prisoners by Moammar Khadafy's ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Libya will begin an investigation this month into violence at a Tripoli prison 13 years ago that left more than 1,000 people dead, the judge investigating the case said on Sunday.