Revolutions are inherently chaotic, and their precise outcome is impossible to predict. Made up of a quick and inevitably violent succession of events, they result in radical and sweeping changes — ...

Muammar Gaddafi ruled Libya until he was ousted by a NATO-backed intervention in 2011. The country has been in political turmoil since, with the military and government dividing rule. Gaddafi's son, ...

o discussion of the year 2011 can be complete without a reference to what's been termed Arab Spring. The political phenomenon has the potential to have an extraordinary impact on ARCHAEOLOGY for years ...

WASHINGTON, DC - SEPTEMBER 12: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) heads back into the Oval Office after making a statement about the death of U.S. ambassador to Libya J. Christopher Stevens with ...

Libya's rival eastern and western legislative bodies have signed a US-mediated agreement to unify public spending across the ...

W ITH THE overrunning of Moammar Gadhafi’s compound in Tripoli, the Libyan rebels’ victory looks irreversible. There are pockets of pro-Gadhafi resistance elsewhere, notably around the tyrant’s home ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Arab women played a central role in the Arab Spring, but their hopes the revolts would bring greater freedom and expanded rights for women have been thwarted by entrenched ...

Reporting from Cairo — Artillery shells and airstrikes, not placards and peaceful protests, sent Moammar Kadafi fleeing from his fortress: The Libyan uprising has made it clear that even the most ...

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Early results from Libya's first election since the fall of Muammar Gaddafi show Islamist parties failing to secure the same grip on power as counterparts in neighbouring countries ...