THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court asked Libyan authorities Thursday to explain widespread reports that they plan to put one of Moammar Gadhafi’s sons and the slain dictator’s former spy chief on trial next month.

The request was the latest move in a long-running legal saga over where Seif al-Islam Gadhafi and Abdullah al-Senoussi will stand trial — at the world’s first permanent international war crimes tribunal in The Hague or in their home country.