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Tue, 03 May 2011 12:10:32 GMT
Forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have reportedly stepped up their attacks on revolutionary troops in the country's Western Mountain region.
Tue, 03 May 2011 05:42:18 GMT
Switzerland says it has frozen assets worth nearly a billion dollars belonging to beleaguered North African leaders that are charged with using violence their people.
Tue, 03 May 2011 04:01:35 GMT
Venezuela has urged the United Nations to condemn the killing of Saif al-Arab Gaddafi, the youngest son of embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, and three of Gaddafi's grandsons.
Tue, 03 May 2011 00:03:06 GMT
An overloaded boat has capsized in the Democratic Republic of Congo and about 100 people are still missing, the UN-backed Radio Okapi reported on Monday.
Mon, 02 May 2011 16:36:33 GMT
Libyan revolutionary forces have strongly criticized the Western military alliance for failing to protect civilians in the besieged city of Misratah.
Mon, 02 May 2011 14:48:06 GMT
Turkey has temporarily closed its embassy in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, due to the deteriorating security situation in the crisis-hit country.
Mon, 02 May 2011 07:43:54 GMT
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.
Mon, 02 May 2011 03:21:41 GMT
NATO has failed to protect civilians in Libya while attempting to settle the war between ruler Muammar Gaddafi and the revolutionaries, an analyst says.
Mon, 02 May 2011 01:31:40 GMT
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.
Mon, 02 May 2011 01:23:17 GMT
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.
Mon, 02 May 2011 01:08:30 GMT
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.
Sun, 01 May 2011 22:12:48 GMT
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.
Sun, 01 May 2011 21:21:11 GMT
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.
Sun, 01 May 2011 17:35:06 GMT
Forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have bombarded the opposition-held city of Misratah, killing at least two people and wounding several others.
Sun, 01 May 2011 17:04:35 GMT
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.
Sun, 01 May 2011 15:09:30 GMT
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.
Sun, 01 May 2011 07:00:47 GMT
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.
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 23:17:19 GMT
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.
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 16:53:58 GMT
Egypt's former opposition group, the Muslim Brotherhood, is forming a new political party to participate in the upcoming Parliamentary elections.
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 14:22:27 GMT
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.
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:47:31 GMT
The Libyan opposition, the Transitional National Council, has strongly rejected a recent call for talks by embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:06:14 GMT
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) operating in Libya has dismissed the country's ruler Muammar Gaddafi's proposal of a ceasefire.
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 06:24:21 GMT
Forces loyal to the Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have once again shelled Misratah amid growing worries about humanitarian situation in the port city.
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 05:36:06 GMT
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.
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 04:23:46 GMT
Libyan long-time ruler Muammar Gaddafi has asked the NATO member states operating in Libya to start negotiations to stop the air attacks.
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:41:19 GMT
More than 800 inmates have escaped from two prisons in west central Tunisia after prison cells caught fire, a state agency reported.
Sat, 30 Apr 2011 01:20:17 GMT
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.
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 16:47:11 GMT
Reports suggest forces loyal to embattled Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have crossed the border into neighboring Tunisia and fought battles with Tunisian troops.
Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:09:42 GMT
The UN Security Council's political chief has urged for immediate action to prevent a food crisis in Libya following a closed door meeting.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 23:23:01 GMT
Several huge blasts have rocked the Libyan capital as revolutionaries recapture a border post at Dehiba on the country's border with Tunisia.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 22:18:48 GMT
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.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:06:52 GMT
A NATO airstrike has killed at least twelve revolutionary forces in the besieged city of Misratah in the eastern Libya, medical sources say.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:55:14 GMT
Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara says he will be formally inaugurated next month in the country's official capital, Yamoussoukro.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:49:16 GMT
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.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:35:36 GMT
Forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi have recaptured the southeastern city of al-Kufrah as fighting continues between the revolutionaries and government forces.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:22:51 GMT
NATO warplanes have attacked a military target in the Libyan capital, Tripoli, firing four rockets into the eastern part of the city.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 17:29:49 GMT
At least 15 people have been killed and 20 others, including foreigners, wounded after a massive blast hit a cafe in southern Morocco.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 11:15:31 GMT
British Defense Secretary Liam Fox has announced plans to deploy British troops on the Libyan border with Tunisia.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 09:05:09 GMT
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.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:39:56 GMT
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.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:31:28 GMT
Libyan revolutionaries have repelled attacks by forces loyal to Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi in the northwestern city of Zintan.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:15:08 GMT
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.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 02:10:51 GMT
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.
Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:12:45 GMT
Ivory Coast's government forces have moved into the stronghold of militia amid fragile security situation after the overthrow of former President Laurent Gbagbo.
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 23:20:30 GMT
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.
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 21:11:11 GMT
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.
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 18:21:13 GMT
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.
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 14:00:22 GMT
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.
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:19:42 GMT
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.
Wed, 27 Apr 2011 10:10:48 GMT
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.
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