Abdel Ati al-Obeidi, Libya’s acting foreign minister, has told the Greek prime minister in Athens that embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is seeking an end to fighting in the country.
The US-led foreign forces have killed at least two civilians in troubled southern Afghanistan amid growing public discontent over such attacks.The civilian couple was killed by foreign troops during a night raid in Zabul Province, a Press TV correspondent reported.
Hundreds of Afghans have staged a new rally in Afghanistan’s southern city of Kandahar and other districts to condemn the desecration of the holy Qur’an by a radical pastor in the United States.
Afghan police say 10 foreign workers for the United Nations have been killed when a demonstration against the desecration of the holy Qur’an turned violent.
Libyan rebels fighting Muammar Gaddafi said on Friday they would agree to a ceasefire based on conditions including that the Libyan leader’s forces quit cities in the west and give the people freedom to speak out.
A roadside bomb has struck a convoy carrying a prominent Islamist leader in northwestern Pakistan, killing nine people, in the second attack apparently targeting the politician in as many days, police have said.
A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle has attacked a police checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan, killing 13 people and wounding 12.The bomber attacked a crowd on Wednesday that was gathered along the road to greet Maulana Fazlur Rehman, a prominent hardline Islamist politician, said Saeed Khan, a police official at the main communications center in Peshawar […]
Libyan rebels are advancing westwards, and claim to have taken complete control of the eastern oil port town of Brega, our correspondent reports. “Reports from rebels say that in Brega, the anti-government forces have now taken control of that entire town,” Al Jazeera’s Sue Turton reported from Benghazi on Sunday.
Libya has witnessed more intense fighting as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi, the country’s embattled but defiant leader, continue to attack rebel positions across the North African state.
Loud explosions have rocked the Libyan capital, Tripoli, for a third night as forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi attempt to stop any new attack from an international military coalition enforcing a no-fly zone over the country.