The BBC is reporting that pro-democracy activists in Egypt have been attacked by men in plain clothes, armed with swords, outside the interior ministry in Cairo.
Fresh fighting is under way in Zawiya, 50 kilometers or 30 miles west of Tripoli, after rebels repelled an effort by government forces to retake the key Libyan city.
Protesters in the Egyptian city of Alexandria have stormed the Headquarters of the state security agency, believing officers were destroying key documents.
Brega (AP):Opponents of Muammar Gaddafi repelled an attack by the Libyan leader's forces trying to retake a key coastal oil installation in a topsy-turvy battle yesterday in which shells splashed in the Mediterranean...
(AP):Fighting in a tense area of Southern Sudan last weekend killed dozens of people only weeks after some 240 people died in violence in the same area, two officials said yesterday.The clashes could destabilise...
Nairobi (AP):A Danish family kidnapped by pirates has reached the shores of Somalia, officials and a pirate disclosed yesterday, likely meaning a long hostage ordeal for the couple and their three teenage children...
UNITED NATIONS (AP):The United Nations (UN) General Assembly suspended Libya from its top human-rights body as governments worldwide pressured Muammar Gaddafi to halt the deadly crackdown on his people.The 192 UN member nations voted ...
Authorities across the United States have arrested 678 people with alleged ties to Mexican drug trafficking organisations in a three-month operation led by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
Moscow (AP):Moscow's thousands of stray dogs have something to wag their tails about, animal rights activists say the city has dropped a plan to round the dogs up and ship them to a camp far outside of town....
Tripoli (AP):International pressure on Muammar Gaddafi to end a crackdown on opponents escalated on Monday as his loyalists fought rebels holding the two cities closest to the capital and his warplanes bombed an ammunition depot in the east....
Tripoli (AP):International pressure on Muammar Gaddafi to end a crackdown on opponents escalated on Monday as his loyalists fought rebels holding the two cities closest to the capital and his warplanes bombed an ammunition depot in the east....
Moscow (AP):Moscow's thousands of stray dogs have something to wag their tails about, animal rights activists say the city has dropped a plan to round the dogs up and ship them to a camp far outside of town....
