Brent crude fell slightly on Wednesday pressured by a gloomy demand outlook and expectations of increased supply from the North Sea and Libya.
Canada has obtained U.N. approval to unfreeze $2.2 billion in Libyan assets for humanitarian aid and reestablished its diplomatic mission in Tripoli on Tuesday, government officials said.
New al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri voiced support in an Internet video for popular revolts shaking the Middle East, saying Arabs no longer feared the United States 10 years after the country was targeted by the militant network.
The World Bank on Tuesday said it officially recognized the ruling National Transitional Council as Libya's government and had been asked to help lead efforts to restore vital services and develop jobs programs as the country tries to return to normal after a six-month war.
Libyan transitional forces besieging a bastion of forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday gave residents two days to leave before a threatened onslaught, and fears rose for the fate of civilians trapped in the last redoubts of the fallen strongman.
A timeline of Moammar Gadhafi's rise to power and this his fall from power.
Terming the dialogue initiated by the British government with Colonel Gaddafi in 2003 as right decision, the former MI5 chief Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller today acknowledged that though it was difficult, but the decision to engage in dialogue with Gaddafi in 2003 was right.
World oil consumption will increase more slowly than expected this year and next as the pace of global economic growth eases, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.
Libya's interim leader has made his first public speech in Tripoli, warning against reprisals after Moammar Gadhafi loyalists struck out at the revolutionaries pursuing them.
China recognized the rebel National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's ruling authority, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday, saying the Council had vowed to respect Beijing's interests after tensions between the two sides.
Speculations about Gadhafi's son Saadi's refuge in Niger finally ended with the confirmation of the news by Marou Adamou, Niger's justice minister and government spokesman on Sunday.
Forces of Libya's new rulers were meeting ferocious street-by-street resistance Monday morning in Bani Walid from Moammar Gadhafi's forces, but were edging toward his birthplace of Sirte.
Libya's new rulers said they were holding back an assault on one of the last bastions loyal to Muammar Gaddafi but were edging towards the ousted ruler's birthplace of Sirte.
Defiant and angry, captured Libyan spy chief Bouzaid Dorda denied any wrongdoing when he was presented to reporters Sunday by the former insurgents who tracked him down in the capital Tripoli the previous day.
Libya's new rulers said Sunday night they were holding back an assault on one of the last bastions loyal to Moammar Gadhafi but were edging toward Sirte. Niger said Sunday one of the fugitive former leader's sons, Saadi Gadhafi, had turned up there.
He may have looked like he was winning, but actor Charlie Sheen took it on the chin on Saturday night at a Comedy Central TV roast where his sex life, drug use and talent drew punches -- and punch lines.
More than 31 million Americans watched President Barack Obama deliver his agenda for creating jobs in a speech broadcast live on television, ratings data showed on Friday.
Cameron is expected to confer with Russian President Dmitri Medvedev as well as Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
Interpol has issued a Red Notice for Moammar Gadhafi, the deposed Libyan leader who is currently in hiding. The international policing agency is reaching out to law-enforcement offices around the world with the hope that Gadhafi will be found and eventually extradited to the International Criminal Court for trial.
International police organization Interpol issued a 'Red Notice' for deposed Libyan Leader Moammar Gadhafi. Meanwhile, more loyalists flee the country.
Gold prices pared losses in choppy trade on Friday but were still on track for their biggest weekly loss since June as some investors cashed in gains after losing confidence in the metal's ability to build on this week's record highs.
Gold prices tumbled by 2 percent on Friday, reversing earlier gains, with traders blaming heavy fund liquidation of the metal on the New York futures market, and the downward move picking up momentum as sell stops were triggered
