The Libyan rebels’ ragtag army, which has a few seasoned officers and defectors from Gaddafi’s army, is functioning notwithstanding the fact it is a bit unorganized without much training and a chain of compound. In a revelation of sorts, Libyan rebel commander Abdel-Hakim al-Hasidi told the Italian newspaper Il Sole 24 Ore recently that he had about 25 men from the Derna area in Iraq who had some links with the global terror outfit al Qaeda.
Violence has broken out on the streets of central London, England has tens of thousands of people have demonstrated to express their opposition to drastic spending cuts by the British government.
Barclays Capital raised its 2011 oil price forecasts on Thursday to reflect the cumulative effect of the fundamental and geopolitical developments in 2011 and importance of events over the past 10 days in particular, the company said in a note to clients.
In its usual offensive and abrasive style, Margie Phelps of the Westboro Baptist Church announced plans to picket Taylor's funeral over her work as an active and adamant AIDs advocate.
A chorus of voices from government officials around the world have condemned (or at least questioned) the decision by a handful of western countries (in tandem with some Arab allies) to launch air strikes on military targets in Libya.
Americans who are opposed to the U.S. participating in air strikes against Libya have held small (and thus far peaceful) demonstrations across the country, although there doesn’t appear to be a large national movement against the action yet.
The president of Uganda, Yoweri Museveni, has written a lengthy a column in The New Vision newspaper of Uganda in which he condemned the western alliance’s military strikes on Libya. He also proposes a resolution to the Libyan crisis through the auspices of the African Union.
Some prominent African leaders have expressed their condemnation of western air strikes on Libya.
The crisis in Libya has led to the revelation of a rare public disagreement between the two most powerful political leaders in Russia, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.
The head of the Arab League said on Monday that the group respected the U.N. resolution authorizing military action in Libya, a day after criticizing the coalition of nations which has been bombing Iraq since Saturday.
There was intense speculation on Monday about the whereabouts of Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi after allied forces bombed his compound Sunday night, an action reminiscent of the 1986 attack by the U.S. on Gaddafi's compound in which his daughter was killed.
In response to airstrikes on his country by a coalition of western nations, Col. Moammar Gaddafi has threatened that Libya will fight a long war.
Oil prices may rise again on Monday as traders ratchet up the risk premium for crude after Western forces bombed Libya's air defenses in a United Nations-backed intervention against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
UN-sanctioned aerial and naval attacks on Libyan air defense and ground forces at the weekend are likely to see oil prices vault higher this week, overcoming demand-side jitters stemming from Japan's earthquake and Chinese monetary tightening.
As a coalition of western nations launch airstrikes on Libyan military targets, British Prime Minister David Cameron warned that the UK could face terrorist reprisals should Moammar Gaddafi’s regime somehow remains in power.
The following is a White House transcript of remarks by President Barack Obama on Friday on the situation in Libya delivered from the East Room on March 18, 2011.
Crude oil prices rose in Asian trade on Friday, after the United Nations (UN) approved the imposition of a no-fly zone over Libya, raising fresh fears over oil exports from the country.
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali has asked the government of Iran to release two American hikers held in the country for two years since on spying charges.
A popular Turkish folk singer has been shot in the head and seriously wounded in an attack in Istanbul by unknown gunmen.
Exactly 66 years ago, the U.S. Airforce conducted the largest single firebombing in history over Tokyo which killed at least 100,000 residents and injured up to one million people. Burning large parts of the city with incendiary bombs was thus more effective in killing civilians than either the Hiroshima or Nagasaki atomic bombs.
Guantánamo Bay is a bay located in Guantánamo Province at the southeastern end of Cuba. It is the largest harbor on the south side of the island and is surrounded by steep hills creating an enclave cut off from its immediate hinterland.
A journalist working for the British newspaper Guardian is missing in Libya and has not been heard from since Sunday.
