Sarkozy has been accused of having sealed a “corruption pact” with the late Libyan dictator Muammar ... first to welcome Gaddafi with open arms, inviting the flamboyant leader to quite ...

When protests against the rule of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi broke out in Libya in February last year, Government security forces responded by opening fire on the protesters. As initially ...

However, when Arab Spring pro-democracy protests broke out in 2011, Sarkozy was one of the first Western leaders to push for military intervention in Libya. In October 2011, Gaddafi was killed by ...

The allegations can be traced back to 2011, when a Libyan news agency and Gaddafi himself said that the Libyan state had secretly funnelled millions of euros into Sarkozy's 2007 campaign. View on euro ...

The Paris trial of former French president Nicolas Sarkozy over allegations of illegally accepting funds for his successful ...

Female volunteer fighters take part in a weapon training session by Libyan soldiers loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi at a military camp in Beni Walid, 130 kmssoutheast of Tripoli. Reuters The images ...

Libyan leader Col Muammar Gaddafi has told state TV that Osama Bin Laden and his followers are to blame for the protests wracking his country. In a phone call from the town of al-Zawiya played ...

During his speech Wednesday the 17th Arab summit in Algeria, Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi called Israelis and Palestinians "idiots" for seeking two separate states and added the U.N. Security ...

0918 The US government has said about $30bn in assets in the United States had been blocked from access by Col Gaddafi and his family. 0913 Austria freezes the assets of Libyan leader Col Muammar ...

Explore why Iran remains committed to its nuclear programme, drawing lessons from Gaddafi's fate and the implications for ...

0000 That's where the BBC's live coverage of Libya ends for today. Tomorrow is Friday, the Islamic holy day, and Col Gaddafi's opponents say they plan to stage more protests against him. Both ...

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei faces backlash from hardliners over nuclear deal negotiations with the U.S., ...