Forces loyal to Laurent Gbagbo, Cote d’Ivoire’s incumbent president, have fired mortars at the hotel where the Ivorian leader’s internationally recognised rival is based.The Golf Hotel, where Alassane Ouattara has been living protected by UN peacekeepers since last year’s disputed polls, came under attack on Saturday.

Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday Turkey was working on a “roadmap” to end the war in Libya which would include a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Muammar Gaddafi’s forces from some cities.

As fighting is raging between Libyan rivals, Muslim scholars have criticized Turkey’s role in the conflict, calling on Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan to side with the opposition forces against embattled leader Muammar Gaddafi.

Soldiers loyal to Cote d’Ivoire’s strongman Laurent Gbagbo have asked for a ceasefire, in the face of an offensive to unseat him by internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara, his army chief said.

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.