Sixteen soldiers were killed when gunmen attacked a Libyan military post south-east of the capital, Tripoli, today, officials said.

Disgruntled militiamen have taken over Libya’s main airport, forcing airport authorities to divert flights, a security official said.

Disgruntled militiamen have taken over Libya’s main airport, storming it with heavy machine guns and armoured vehicles and forcing airport authorities to divert flights, a security official says.

WARY of alienating a powerful local tribe, fighters backing Libya’s new rulers are urging families to leave the besieged town of Bani Walid before resorting to full-scale military force to take one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds.