LIBYA

Former Gen. Khalifa Hifter is gaining new loyalists in the eastern part of Libya after he staged an offensive against the government over the weekend.

Details of assault are still unclear, but are believed to have been carried out by forces loyal to Gen. Khalifa Haftar.

Retired Gen. Khalifa Haftar helped overthrow Gaddafi. Now he's after extremists -- and working outside the Libyan government.

Violence prompts Libya's prime minister to order airport closings and confrontations with militants.

Fifty-seven percent hold a favorable opinion of Clinton, and 43 percent view her negatively, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.

Italian vessels recovered 14 bodies and rescued about 200 people, a day after dozens drowned in a similar incident.

The potential Republican candidate in 2016 noted that although he is just 42, he has held public office for about 14 years.

House Speaker John Boehner named the panel's six committee members on Friday afternoon.

The rebels said on Wednesday they would boycott Prime Minister Ahmed Maiteeq and keep two major export terminals shut.

Fighting in Slovyansk killed dozens of people on Monday as pro-Russian forces shot down a third helicopter with anti-aircraft missiles.

Businessman Ahmed Maiteeq was installed, yet the vote was declared invalid. The division showcases the growing turmoil in Libya.

Libya is a major supplier of oil for Mediterranean refineries, and sustained oil exports from the country should lower Brent crude prices.

Tennessee lawmakers have approved a bill demanding that the United Nations refrain from monitoring elections in the state without permission from the U.S. Senate.

Two eastern ports are reopening, and further talks are planned to reopen other larger ports.

"I will either bring democracy, or disappear with it," said one victim of the unrest.

Sustaining Tunisia’s successes will require more financial and political support from the U.S., Europe and Tunisia’s neighbors.

Putin's Crimea annexation has sparked a new EU urgency to find energy supplies outside of Russia, but weaning will be slow and difficult.

Demands from desperate unemployed youth mount as Tunisia's fifth government since the 2011 Arab Spring grapples with a faltering economy.

After a mysterious tanker tried exporting Libyan oil from a rebel-held port, the U.N. passed a new resolution to condemn the illegal trade activity.

Malaysia has made available to the FBI electronic data generated by both pilots of Flight MH370.

The countries' new constitutions have provisions to protect intellectual property rights in an attempt to foster a “knowledge economy.”