International
Yemen: Dozens dead in bombing
Dozens of people were killed in Sanaa, capital of Yemen, in heavy fighting since the return of President Ali Abdallah Salah from Saudi Arabia where he was for more than three months.
The World Bank increases aid to the Horn of Africa
The World Bank will increase its aid to the Horn of Africa facing drought and famine. This will increase to approximately $ 1.9 billion, according to U.S. Treasury Secretary....
NTC fighters move slowly towards Sirte
Defying the shooting of pro-Gaddafi who try to tighten the noose around Sirte, Libyan fighters move through an assault on one of the last bastions of fallen Colonel. Meanwhile, the president of the National Transitional Council (NTC), Mustapha Abdeljalil, said at a meeting in Benghazi, that the transitional government will be announced next week....
The inhabitants of Sirte flee the bombing by pro-Gaddafi
Hundreds of residents tried to flee the city of Sirte Friday under fire from fighters of the deposed regime that targeted and destroyed a car carrying an entire family, said a commander of the new authorities....
Sabha in the hands of pro-CNT
The pro-CNT fighters have full control over the city of Sebha in the desert of southern Libya, according to Abdelmajid Seifennasr, head of the region of Sabha in the National Transition Council. ...
Surface to air missiles looted in Libya: what risk they may represent?
Thousands of portable Surface-to-air missiles were looted in the arsenals in Libya, but because their maintenance is complex, they may be less dangerous than some fear, experts say. ...
Clashes between police and Tunisians Harraga in Lampedusa
Clashes between riot police and hundreds of Tunisian immigrants protesting Wednesday in the small Italian island of Lampedusa against their conditions of reception caused a dozen injured, said the Italian media. ...
Libyan NTC triumph at the UN
The flag of the new Libyan regime was raised Tuesday to the UN when its leader Mustapha Abdeljalil met with world leaders. ...
NATO will continue its mission in Libya
NATO's mission in Libya will continue "as long as the Libyans will be threatened," will declare Tuesday the president of the United States Barack Obama, urging forces loyal to the regime of Gaddafi to "disarm," according to the White House ....
Al-Jazeera CEO Khanfar files his resignation
The Director General of Al Jazeera, Wadah Khanfar, resigned after eight years at the head of this powerful media group in a message sent to staff Tuesday....
Former Afghan President Rabbani killed in an attack
Former Afghan President Burhanuddin Rabbani, charged by the government to negotiate peace with the Taliban, was killed Wednesday in a suicide bombing in central Kabul, said a member of his entourage on condition of anonymity ....
No Croats among Kadhafi mercenaries, said a Croatian minister
Croatian nationals were not among the mercenaries of Muammar Gaddafi arrested by the new Libyan regime, contrary to what was said the end of August by an official of the National Transitional Council (CNT), said Tuesday a Croatian Ministry....
Pro-Gaddafi forces still resist in Sirte and Bani Walid
The forces of the new Libyan regime entered Monday in Bani Walid and maintained their grip on Sirte, two loyalist strongholds where sons of former leader Muammar Gaddafi could be....
An Algerian Human Rights Organisation condemns French interference
Algiers- An organization for the defence of Human Rights in Algeria on Sunday condemned the "immoral interference" of France in Libya, in a statement quoted by the Algerian news agency APS....
The Emir of the Libyan fighters seized chemical weapons
A unit of Libyan fighters seized a deposit of chemicals banned by the international community and classified very dangerous. The National Transitional Council made no comment while NATO just monitors the area, using planes and spy satellites....
A new government to be announced in Libya
The new Libyan officials were finalizing the composition of the transitional government expected Sunday afternoon, while their forces were trying to overcome the resistance of the men of the deposed regime in its last strongholds....
Former Egyptian Minister of Tourism sentenced to 3 years in prison
A former Egyptian Minister of Tourism, Zoheir Garranah, under President Hosni Mubarak’s regime, was sentenced Sunday to three years in prison for issuing licenses to illegal Egyptian tourist agencies, said state news agency MENA....
Twelve dead in protests in Sana'a
Twelve people were killed Sunday by Yemeni security forces who fired on demonstrators in Sanaa claiming the departure of President Ali Abdallah Saleh, according to a new review of medical source....
Desecration of Muslim graves in France
Thirty Muslim graves in a cemetery of Carcassonne, in south-western France, were covered with racist and Nazi graffiti said Sunday a judicial source....
The new Libyan regime forces continue their offensive in Sirte
The forces of the Libyan regime continued their offensive on Sunday in Sirte, one of the last bastions of pro-Gaddafi forces, where fighters were trying to evacuate civilians and claimed that a son of Gaddafi on the run, was in the city....
Syrian television broadcast the confessions of an Israeli spy
Syrian state television broadcast Saturday declarations of a Jordanian-Palestinian described as an "Israeli spy" who facilitated the killing of Imad Moughnieh in 2008, a military leader of the Lebanese Hezbollah....
Gaddafi loyalists resist and accuse NATO of killing 354 Libyans
(Reuters) - Libyan interim government forces licked their wounds on Saturday after a failed assault on the town of Bani Walid, and a spokesman for Muammar Gaddafi accused NATO of killing 354 people in overnight air strikes on the city of Sirte....
Women’s demonstration for a Palestinian State
Hundreds of Palestinian and Israeli women have demonstrated Saturday on both sides of Kalandia Israeli checkpoint between Jerusalem and Ramallah, in favour of a Palestinian state at the UN. ...
Tunisian Harraga dock in Lampedusa
The arrival of Harraga (candidates for illegal migration) from Tunisia have continued all week in southern Italy, and Saturday morning, the Coast Guard reported the landing in the night of two boats with on board one hundred candidates for immigration. ...
Violent attack of pro-Gaddafi forces in Bani Walid
Forces loyal to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi launched Saturday an attack against Bani-Walid, south of Tripoli, making at least one dead and several wounded in the ranks of the troops of the new regime, according to a press correspondent and combatants....
Clashes with AQIM in Niger, three terrorists and a soldier killed
A Nigerian soldier was killed and two others wounded in a clash Thursday with elements of Al Qaeda in Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) in the Air Mountains, northern Niger, said Friday the Ministry of Defence....
Heavy fighting in Bani Walid and Sirte
The forces of the new authorities in Libya came Friday in the oasis of Bani Walid and advanced in the town of Sirte, where heavy fighting took place for the conquest of these bastions of the deposed regime of Muammar Gaddafi....
Military Plane Crash in Angola: 30 dead, including three generals
Thirty people, including three generals, were killed Wednesday in the crash of the Angolan armed forces plane at the airport in Huambo (center), said a military source....
Algeria: nearly 7,000 mines dating from the colonial period destroyed
ALGIERS- The Algerian army has destroyed in August 6801 mines dating from the French colonial period on the eastern and western borders of the country, said Monday the Algerian news agency APS....
Zawahiri predicted a bleak winter for the U.S.
The head of Al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, has predicted a "dark winter" for the United States after the "Arab Spring" which marks, according to him, "an escalation of Jihad" in an audio message posted Tuesday on the occasion of 10th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11....
Libya: 3,000 stranded migrants in the south
The number of migrants, mostly Chadians, stranded in Sebha in southern Libya is now around 3000, said Tuesday the International Organization for Migration (IOM)....
Clashes between anti-Gadhafi rival fighters killed 12
Twelve people were killed and 16 wounded in clashes Saturday between rival anti-Qaddafi fighters of three towns in south-western Libya, said Sunday two local officials....
URGENT: One of Gaddafi's sons arrived in Niger
A son of the former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi arrived Sunday in Niger, said Niger's Minister of Justice and government spokesman, Amadou Marou....
Libyan forces push into Gaddafi bastion
(Reuters) - Libyan forces who have launched an assault on the last holdout towns of Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists were still meeting resistance in one desert town on Sunday, and said they had edged toward the ousted ruler's birthplace Sirte....
