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.

In one of the pictures, a US soldier holds a bleeding man’s head up, and then in another photo a soldier is smiling, a Press TV correspondent in Washington reported on Monday.

Explosions rocked Tripoli as Western forces staged fresh air strikes to halt Muammar Gaddafi’s attacks on civilians, with one raid flattening a building in the strongman’s heavily-fortified residence, as U.S. defense chief described any attempt by the coalition forces to kill Gaddafi as “unwise”.

SINGAPORE – Joining world efforts to help Japan overcome one of the worst disasters, Muslims around the world are mobilizing to raise funds to aid the quake-stricken country.

US and European military forces have bombarded Libya with cruise missiles and air attacks as part of a broad international effort to enforce a UN-mandated no-fly zone more than a month after the outbreak of an uprising against longtime leader Muammar Gaddafi.