Muammar Gaddafi

A woman is shown bending over with a white propane tank in her hand and wearing a hooded jacket.

Freezing temps wreak havoc on utilities in US and Mexico

Top of The World: The record-breaking winter temperatures, part of a pattern of extreme weather caused by climate change, have left people from Minnesota to Mississippi to northern Mexico with rolling blackouts. And, Peruvian prosecutors are investigating the use of “courtesy doses” of China’s Sinopharm. Also, Wednesday marked the 10th anniversary of the Libya uprising that led to the overthrow and killing of longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

Freezing temps wreak havoc on utilities in US and Mexico
A compiliation of images from the Arab uprisings across North Africa and the Middle East

Looking back at a historic time in the Middle East and North Africa

Looking back at a historic time in the Middle East and North Africa
Khalifa Haftar and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, both wearing suits, are shown shaking hands.

Libyan rivals, cajoled by Putin and Erdoğan, hold indirect Moscow peace talks

Libyan rivals, cajoled by Putin and Erdoğan, hold indirect Moscow peace talks
Men in orange jumpsuits believed to be Egyptian Christians were held captive by the Islamic State and murdered in Libya.

ISIS spreads its tentacles to North Africa — and threatens to reach beyond

ISIS spreads its tentacles to North Africa — and threatens to reach beyond
Fireworks mark the third anniversary of the killing of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi.

Violence still rules in Libya on the third anniversary of Gaddafi's death

Violence still rules in Libya on the third anniversary of Gaddafi's death
Members of armed revolutionaries stage a protest in front of the Libyan Justice Ministry in Tripoli on April 30, 2013.

Toyota's most loyal customers may be Libyan militias

There's such a thing as bad publicity after all: Toyota pickup trucks are a common sight on Libya's battlefield, and the company is trying to limit the kinds of trucks it sells in Libya to get its name out of the line of fire. But Libyan fighters still have plenty of ways to use their favorite pickups.

Toyota's most loyal customers may be Libyan militias
The passenger terminal at Tripoli's international airport after recent attacks.

Three years after its civil war, Libya is on the brink of another

Three years after the revolution that overthrew Moammar Gaddafi, Libya faces an even worse crisis that threatens to destabilize the country and region. The US doesn't want to intervene, but fighting between Islamists and former Gaddafi loyalists has already dragged in other countries.

Three years after its civil war, Libya is on the brink of another
Protests in Derna

Game of Thrones is an amazing way to understand what's happening in Libya

How is HBO's Game of Thrones like Libya? Let me count the ways.

Game of Thrones is an amazing way to understand what's happening in Libya

Has Christopher Columbus' flagship been found off the coast of Haiti?

Christopher Columbus lost his flagship, the Santa María, on his first trip to North America and it has remained lost to history, until now. Meanwhile, NATO's successful intervention against Muammar Gaddafi gets a critical look, and Saudi Arabia tries to stop a disease by restricting affection for camels. All that and more, in today's Global Scan.

Has Christopher Columbus' flagship been found off the coast of Haiti?
IDP camp near Tripoli

Gaddafi supporters face a tough future in the new Libya

Muammar Gaddafi had supporters in Libya, especially in one town long ago settled by African slaves. Gaddafi had a soft spot for the town. But when he fled, the fate of the residents turned for the worse.

Gaddafi supporters face a tough future in the new Libya

Libyan Gunmen Continue Siege at Ministries, Rocking Fragile Government

Armed groups that helped overturn Muammar Gaddafi two years ago are pressuring for more regime change. As New York Times correspondent David Kirkpatrick explains to anchor Marco Werman, the gunmen are demanding that some Gaddafi-era ministers step down.

Libyan Gunmen Continue Siege at Ministries, Rocking Fragile Government

Libyans wage battle over last holdout of Muammar Gaddafi supporters

Bani Walid, in western Libya, is the last holdout of deposed and killed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. In the revolution that deposed him, Bani Walid never fell to the rebels, and has since openly continued to profess allegiance to the dead dictator. But now, a conflict has erupted between the Libyan government on one side, and Bani Walid leaders.

Libyans wage battle over last holdout of Muammar Gaddafi supporters

Battles Over Bani Walid, Libya

It's been a year since Libya's longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi was captured and killed. But there's one town in Libya that remains a Gaddafi stronghold: Bani Walid. And battles there over the weekend have claimed 30 lives.

Battles Over Bani Walid, Libya

Libyan Who Helped Capture Gaddafi is Killed

One of the men who captured Colonel Gaddafi was buried today. Omran Ben Shabaan died violently, from injuries he received at the hands of Gaddafi loyalists. Anchor Marco Werman speaks with Borzou Daragahi of the Financial Times, in Benghazi.

Libyan Who Helped Capture Gaddafi is Killed

In Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, mixed feelings on 'free' Libya

Sirte was the location of some of the fiercest fighting of Libya's revolution, the final holdout and the place where Muammar Gaddafi himself holed up in his last weeks and days. Now, as Libya awaits results of its first, free elections, not everyone in Sirte is equally excited.

In Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte, mixed feelings on 'free' Libya