Benghazi

Diplomats had long been on their guard in Benghazi, a city that was the cradle of Libya's Western-backed revolution but also home to Islamists who have attacked foreign envoys.

After Gaddafi, Libya races to fill power vacuum

Racing to fill a power vacuum, Libya is to declare a war against Muammar Gaddafi's one-man rule over on Sunday and start building the multiparty democracy he once derided as being for "donkeys".

Price on Gaddafi's head as fighting goes on

Libya's new masters offered a million-dollar bounty for the fugitive Muammar Gaddafi on Wednesday, after he urged his men to carry on a battle that kept the capital in a state of fear.

Libyan rebels stream west towards Gaddafi hometown

A steady stream of rebels in pick-up trucks mounted with machineguns drove towards Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's hometown of Sirte on Monday, seeking to extend their advance west.

West will end in 'dustbin of history', Gaddafi says

Western powers attacking Libya will end up in the dustbin of history, Muammar Gaddafi said as his troops held back rebels despite four nights of air strikes.

Western strike hits Gaddafi compound, Tripoli says

Western forces launched a second wave of air strikes on Libya overnight and officials in Tripoli said a missile intended to kill Muammar Gaddafi had destroyed a building in his fortified compound.

Is UN's no-fly zone nod too little too late?

In a 10 to 0 vote, the United Nations called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya. in broad language, the Security Council has authorized the use of 'necessary measures' to ensure the utmost protection to civilians in Libya. Jim Maceda of NBC spoke to CNBC-TV18’s Menaka Doshi about the continuing tensions in Libya and the battle for Benghazi.

UNSC approves No-fly Zone over Libya

The United Nations authorised military strikes to curb Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday, hours after he threatened to storm the rebel bastion of Benghazi overnight, showing no mercy, no pity.

Gaddafi forces press rebels, no-fly diplomacy crawls

Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces pressed closer to the opposition stronghold of Benghazi while diplomatic efforts to impose a no-fly zone to help the rebels made little headway.

Gaddafi strikes town, rebels call for foreign help

Libyan rebels repulsed a land and air offensive by Muammar Gaddafi's forces on Wednesday as the defiant leader warned foreign powers of another Vietnam if they intervened

Libya dangerously fractured, protestors seize cities

The situation in Libya took a turn for the worse, with the opposition taking control of country's second-largest city - Benghazi. The opposition is shutting down oil exports and mobilizing rebel groups in the west of the country.

Gaddafi son warns of civil war as turmoil spreads

Libya's Muammar Gaddafi will fight a popular revolt to "the last man standing", one of his sons said on Monday, after protests broke out in the capital for the first time following days of unrest in the city of Benghazi.

Libya forces shoot dead dozens, talks begin in Bahrain

Libyan security forces shot dead dozens of protesters as they struggled to stamp out a revolt in the second city Benghazi, and Bahrain's rulers began talks with the opposition as unrest continued to sweep the Middle East.