Sources: IBN Live
Twelve Portuguese nationals, who were residents of Fribourg, Switzerland, are killed in a head-on collision between their minibus and a truck, on a highway 300 kilometers (185 miles) south of Paris, France. The only survivor from the bus is the driver; the two Italian occupants of the truck are slightly injured. 2016-03-25
2011 Libyan civil war: forces loyal to deposed Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi launch a counter-attack against opposition fighters in the towns of Bani Walid and Sirte. 2011-09-17
More than 400 people fleeing Libya and Tunisia arrive on the Italian island of Lampedusa in two boats, the latest in a stream of refugees fleeing the ongoing conflicts in North Africa. 2011-05-14
2011 Libyan civil war: Five explosions rock Tripoli in Libya following the heaviest NATO bombing offensive in a week. 2011-05-9
Members of the multi-state coalition conducting the military campaign in Libya hold talks in Rome, Italy, and agree to set up a new fund to aid Libyan rebels, with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton promising to use frozen assets of Muammar Gaddafi's regime. 2011-05-5
Reuters reports that Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and the President of the Arab League Amr Moussa have agreed to an offer by the President of Venezuela Hugo Chávez to mediate in the uprising. 2011-03-3
Colonel Gaddafi claims that Libya's oil fields are "safe" and "under control" and warns against foreign intervention. 2011-03-2
The United Nations Security Council, after the defected Libyan Ambassador to the UN Abdel Rahman Mohamed Shalgam's appeal to act against Muammar Gaddafi's regime escalating violence, being used to crackdown the 2011 Libyan civil war, and following propositions by France, Germany, United Kingdom and the United States, adopts resolution 1970, [http:--www.un.org-News-Press-docs-2011-sc10187.doc.htm (UN press release on UNSC resolution 1970)] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-africa-12587078 (BBC)] [https:--www.bbc.co.uk-news-world-africa-12589434 (BBC)] [http:--www.unmultimedia.org-tv-webcast- (UN Multimedia)]. "All necessary means" enforcement of said resolution, and imposition of a "No-fly zone" over Libya are rejected. These measures will be however included on UNSC resolution 1973 of 17 March 2011.2011-02-26
Italy's foreign minister says as many as 1,000 people have been killed in Libya during the unrest. 2011-02-23
Nations including the United Kingdom, the United States of America, France, the People's Republic of China, Russia, Italy and Greece evacuate their citizens from Libya. 2011-02-23