LIBYA

China quickly blocked Google's newest offering Google+, a service that promises a better social networking experience than Facebook's. The Google+ service was not available to Chinese users, New York's Daily News said, citing sources.

China apparently lost no time denying its people access to yet another western social networking service. Hours after search giant Google unveiled ambitious social networking service Google+, the Chinese government got the service blocked in the country, according to media reports.

Thousands of migrant workers from South Asia are trapped in southern Libya, near the border of Chad, according to a report from The International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Appearing before the U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations committee, the U.S. State Department's legal adviser argued that President Barack Obama has acted within the law despite failing to get Congressional approval for the campaign in Libya.

The Hague is looking for evidence linking the Libyan leader to rapes committed during the current civil war.

The US government has commented that an arrest warrant for Moammar Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court further erodes the legitimacy of his rule.

After a diplomatic meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said that Beijing supports a political resolution to the conflict in Libya.

Should Gaddafi leave Libya, he could now stand trail at the UN's International Criminal Court.

NATO and rebels are applying pressure on the Libyan capital, which has been overcome with civil and economic challenges.

The Hague-based International Criminal Court on Monday issued arrest warrants for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his son and the country's spy agency chief for crimes against humanity committed four decades ago.

In Africa on a goodwill mission Friday, First Lady Michelle Obama defended her husband against criticism that he isn't paying enough attention to the continent. The first lady said her weeklong trip is, actually, proof of the president's commitment to Africa, the Associated Press reported.

When it comes to matters of war, and who has the authority to start them, the U.S. President is becoming an “absolute monarch,” a House Democrat said Friday.

In the measure, 70 Democrats joined 225 Republicans to resoundingly defeated the bill. The GOP contends President Barack Obama has violated the War Powers Act by deploying forces for the Libyan campaign; Democrats contend the GOP is playing politics with national security.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will deliver a major foreign policy address Tuesday in New York, campaign officials said Thursday.

As the President is questioned why the US is in Libya, the future of NATO may come into question.

President Barack Obama's plan to accelerate the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan has already provoked an outpouring of reactions at home and abroad, ranging from praise for his boldness to criticism that he is not being bold enough or is acting rashly.

Libya and Yemen illustrate in different ways how President Barack Obama has embraced the authority to initiate military action without Congressional approval - a War Powers Act stance more like President George W. Bush than President Jimmy Carter.

Following are President Obama's remarks on the drawdown of troops in Afghanistan as prepared for delivery. The speech took place at the White House in Washington, D.C. on June 22, 2011, at 8 p.m. ET.

In the ailing economies of the Arab spring, analysts are finding that in both the Arab world economies and in nature, oil floats.

Despite criticisms during his first term, the South Korean was unanimously voted in for a second time.

Breaking ranks with most other western allies, Italy has called for the end of fighting in Libya.