Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been kidnapped by militants from his residence in the capital Tripoli, a well-placed source in his media office has told the BBC.
(CNN) -- Libya's justice minister held a "cordial" meeting with U.S. Ambassador Deborah Jones on the capture of alleged al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi by American forces over the weekend in Tripoli, two senior State Department officials said Tuesday.
Canada is reviewing its financial support for the Commonwealth in protest against alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said.
(CNN) -- In two operations nearly 3,000 miles apart, U.S. military forces went after two high-value targets over the weekend. And while officials have yet to say whether the operations were coordinated or directly related, they show Washington's reach, capability and willingness to pursue alleged terrorists.
In the upscale Dokki district, a number of protesters were hit by live rounds, some by birdshot. In return they threw rocks at police and soldiers, our correspondent says.
Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in the UK, Justice Minister Jeremy Wright has confirmed.
US Republicans have offered President Barack Obama a short-term debt limit increase to stave off default.
Libyan PM Ali Zeidan has called for "rationality and wisdom" after being freed from the custody of militiamen.
Egypt has criticised a decision by the US to suspend a large part of the $1.3bn (£810m) in aid it receives.
Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan has been kidnapped by militants from his residence in the capital Tripoli, a well-placed source in his media office has told the BBC.
(CNN) -- Libya's justice minister held a "cordial" meeting with U.S. Ambassador Deborah Jones on the capture of alleged al Qaeda operative Abu Anas al Libi by American forces over the weekend in Tripoli, two senior State Department officials said Tuesday.
A 34-year-old nurse is alleged to have stabbed her 21-year-old lover to death in what police claim is love turned sour.
A passenger has landed an aeroplane at Humberside Airport after the pilot fell ill at the controls.
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A 20-year-old mother is devastated after her three-year-old daughter was denied kidney transplant allegedly due to her poor background.
One of the suspected masterminds of the Westgate terror attack narrowly escaped a police dragnet in Nairobi Monday afternoon.
Protesters demonstrating in support of teachers receiving better pay in the Brazilian cities of Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo have clashed with police.
Italian divers have recovered dozens more bodies from a boat carrying African migrants that sank on Thursday.
Canada is reviewing its financial support for the Commonwealth in protest against alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has said.
At least 22 people have been killed and dozens hurt in a series of explosions across the Iraqi capital, police say.
Gunmen have killed five Egyptian soldiers near the Suez Canal city of Ismailiya, say security officials.
(CNN) -- In two operations nearly 3,000 miles apart, U.S. military forces went after two high-value targets over the weekend. And while officials have yet to say whether the operations were coordinated or directly related, they show Washington's reach, capability and willingness to pursue alleged terrorists.
Gunmen have attacked a military checkpoint south-east of the Libyan capital Tripoli killing 15 soldiers, the authorities say.