Turkey has temporarily closed its embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, due to the deteriorating security situation in the crisis-hit country.

Celebratory gunfire is heard in the streets of Benghazi as word reaches the city that Libya's embattled ruler Muammar Gaddafi's youngest son Saif al-Arab has been killed in a NATO airstrike.

NATO has failed to protect civilians in Libya while attempting to settle the war between ruler Muammar Gaddafi and the revolutionaries, an analyst says.

Italy has stepped up security measures after Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi threatened to take war to Italian territories a day after his son was killed in a NATO attack.

A Russian lawmaker has criticized NATO's excessive use of force in Libya one day after Muammar Gaddafi's son and three of his grandchildren died in a NATO raid.

Russia says NATO's disproportionate use of force in Libya has led to the death of civilians amid growing concerns that NATO is overstepping the remits of the UN mandate.

Three explosions have been heard as NATO warplanes flew over the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after earlier attacks that reportedly killed one of Muammar Gaddafi's sons.

The UN says it has pulled its international staff from the Libyan capital, Tripoli, as attacks by Western countries and Libyan regime have deteriorated the security situation in the capital.

Forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have bombarded the opposition-held city of Misratah, killing at least two people and wounding several others.

Tensions between embattled Libyan ruler Colonel Muammar Gaddafi and his former Western allies are running high as foreign embassies come under attack in the capital Tripoli.

Libya's Red Crescent Society says hundreds of people have gone missing in the country since the revolution against the government began in mid-February.

Washington's main agenda in the Libyan war is to gain control of energy supplies to Europe in an attempt to use it as “leverage” over its key European partners, a Middle East expert says.

Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, the youngest son of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and three of Gaddafi's grandsons have been killed in a NATO airstrike.

Egypt's former opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, is forming a new political party to participate in the upcoming Parliamentary elections.

At least six Libyan civilians have been killed in a deadly raid by Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists on a town south of Benghazi, which is a stronghold for revolutionaries.

The Libyan opposition, the Transitional National Council, has strongly rejected a recent call for talks by embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operating in Libya has dismissed the country's ruler Muammar Gaddafi's proposal of a ceasefire.

Forces loyal to the Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have once again shelled Misratah amid growing worries about humanitarian situation in the port city.

At least two people have been killed and more than 120 others wounded as army troops and police opened fire at anti-government protesters in Uganda.

Libyan long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi has asked the NATO member states operating in Libya to start negotiations to stop the air attacks.

More than 800 inmates have escaped from two prisons in west central Tunisia after prison cells caught fire, a state agency reported.

Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's regime has threatened to attack any cargo ship attempting to bring humanitarian assistance into the besieged port city of Misratah.

Reports suggest forces loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have crossed the border into neighboring Tunisia and fought battles with Tunisian troops.

The UN Security Council's political chief has urged for immediate action to prevent a food crisis in Libya following a closed door meeting.

Several huge blasts have rocked the Libyan capital as revolutionaries recapture a border post at Dehiba on the country's border with Tunisia.

Libyan revolutionary forces have recaptured a post at Dehiba on the country's border with Tunisia after fierce fighting with forces loyal to long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

A NATO airstrike has killed at least twelve revolutionary forces in the besieged city of Misratah in the eastern Libya, medical sources say.

Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara says he will be formally inaugurated next month in the country's official capital, Yamoussoukro.

At least five security personnel have been killed and four others wounded by a roadside bomb attack in Algeria's northern province of Ain Defla.

Forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have recaptured the southeastern city of al-Kufrah as fighting continues between the revolutionaries and government forces.

NATO warplanes have attacked a military target in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, firing four rockets into the eastern part of the city.

At least 15 people have been killed and 20 others, including foreigners, wounded after a massive blast hit a cafe in southern Morocco.

British Defense Secretary Liam Fox has announced plans to deploy British troops on the Libyan border with Tunisia.

NATO's military campaign in Libya is serving the interests of member states of the Western military alliance and not those of the Libyan people, says a political analyst.

The United States and its allies do not seem to be serious in their intentions to remove Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi from power, says a political analyst.

Libyan revolutionaries have repelled attacks by forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in the northwestern city of Zintan.

The leader of a militia group that helped Ivory Coast's new president to topple his rival Laurent Gbagbo has been killed after he and his men refused to obey a presidential order to disarm.

The United States has permitted oil deals with Libyan Transitional National Council (TNC) in an effort to financially push the fight against the country's ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

Ivory Coast's government forces have moved into the stronghold of militia amid fragile security situation after the overthrow of former President Laurent Gbagbo.

US Senator John McCain has warned that the war in Libya could reach a stalemate if Washington does not arm the revolutionary forces fighting against Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

US Ambassador to Libya Gene Cretz has said the number of fatalities since the revolution in the North African country could amount to 30,000 people.

Russia's Premier Vladimir Putin says Libya's oil resources have been the main objective of the NATO-led military campaign in the North African country.

Forces loyal to embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi have fired grad rockets at the center of opposition-held town of zintan, destroying several houses in the area.

A UN team is due in the Libyan capital to launch an investigation into human rights abuses in the North African country as defiant ruler Muammar Gaddafi refuses to relinquish power.

The US is at the risk of a war with Russia and China as its main objective behind engineering the Libyan war and Syrian unrest is to remove the two world powers out of the Mediterranean, a former US official warns.

Heads and envoys of 61 tribes across Libya have called for an end to the rule of Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, as revolution in the North African country continues.

Ivory Coast's new government has launched an investigation into 'crimes' committed by former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, following the country's presidential election.

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has criticized NATO over its military intervention in Libya, saying the West has violated the UN mandate by trying to kill Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

The US and British defense secretaries have said that Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi's compound was a “legitimate target” for attacks by NATO warplanes.

A Libyan political dissident says that the Libyan people do not share the same joy as Egyptians and Tunisians, as Western intervention has ruined the revolution's purpose.

Forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have launched a fresh attack on the besieged port city of Misratah, killing three people and wounding 20 others.

Heavy clashes have once again erupted in Ivory Coast's main city of Abidjan, as a feud between two rival warlords peaked, threatening the country's fragile peace.

Italy has announced that it will increase its air power in NATO-led operations against the forces of Libya's embattled ruler Muammar Gaddafi.

Hundreds of pro-reform protesters have demonstrated in the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott, demanding political and social reforms in the African country.

At least 38 people were killed when a boat carrying people and goods capsized in Lake Kivu in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, ship owners say.

Libya's revolutionary forces say they have pushed troops loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi out of the besieged western city of Misratah.

The people of Chad have voted in the country's presidential polls with incumbent President Idriss Deby expected to win a fourth term in the central African country.

A recently-released footage shows the United States bombing the remains of one of its F-15 fighter jets that crashed in eastern Libya more than a month ago.

Electioneering in Chad has officially closed with incumbent Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno virtually assured of re-election as the votes have been boycotted by his three main opposition rivals.

Thousands of people have fled their homes in southwestern Libya as the conflict between forces loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi and revolutionaries aggravates.