Two Canadians are among those killed in a devastating terror attack on a crowded cafe in the historic central square of Marrakech, Morocco on Thursday.

Two Canadians are among those killed in a devastating terror attack on a crowded cafe in the historic central square of Marrakech, Morocco on Thursday.A statement from the Moroccan...

11 rebel fighters have been killed in a Nato air strike in the besieged Libyan port city of Misrata,

11 rebel fighters have been killed in a Nato air strike in the besieged Libyan port city of Misrata, say reports.A rebel commander and witnesses told reporters a Nato...

bomb attack in the main square in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh has killed at least 14 people and injured 20, some of them foreigners

bomb attack in the main square in the Moroccan city of Marrakesh has killed at least 14 people and injured 20, some of them foreigners, officials say.The explosion ripped...

Terror reigned in the Syrian city of Daraa on Wednesday as intermittent gunfire rang out overnight and snipers held their positions on rooftops

Terror reigned in the Syrian city of Daraa on Wednesday as intermittent gunfire rang out overnight and snipers held their positions on rooftops, a witness there said.He said the...

Afghan forces have recaptured at least 65 of the 480 inmates who escaped from the south's largest prison

Afghan forces have recaptured at least 65 of the 480 inmates who escaped from the south's largest prison, the government said on Tuesday.Prison officials discovered early on Monday morning...

Rebels and residents of Misrata said bodies lay scattered in the streets of the city

Rebels and residents of Misrata said bodies lay scattered in the streets of the city and medics struggled to cope with the wounded on Monday after some of the...

More than 400 prisoners, including members of the Taliban, have escaped a jail in Afghanistan after insurgents tunnelled in to free them.

Kandahar is known as the birthplace of the Taliban The majority of the 476 prisoners who fled the 1,200-inmate Sarposa Prison were Taliban militants, according to prison supervisor Ghulam Dastagi...

At least three people were killed Thursday when part of a mosque collapsed in Morocco.

At least three people were killed Thursday when part of a mosque collapsed in Morocco.The mosque in the town of Fes had been undergoing renovation and construction workers were...

Tameen office block, the city's tallest building, with a view across Misrata, was captured after relentless pounding by rebel forces. Numerous snipers were either killed or captured.

Rebels in the besieged city of Misrata have won a significant victory by retaking several key buildings that had been occupied by Muammar Gaddafi's forces for over a month.The...

Large explosions and the sound of jets over Tripoli Thursday night indicated NATO has likely increased the intensity of its air strikes on Moammar Gadhafi's key command and control military sites.

CNN's Fred Pleitgen, reporting from Libya, heard at least three major explosions.The alliance has issued a new warning to Libyan civilians to stay away from military areas, foreshadowing plans...

Tributes have been paid to an award-winning British photographer killed in an apparent mortar attack in the besieged Libyan city of Misrata.

Tim Hetherington, an Oscar-nominated film-maker and conflict photographer, was capturing images of fighting between Colonel Muammar Gaddafi's forces and Libyan rebels when he was reportedly hit by a rocket-propelled...

US deploys armed drones over Libya

Armed US Predator drones are carrying out missions over Libya, Defence Secretary Robert Gates has said.Mr Gates said their use had been authorised by President Barack Obama and would...

Tim Hetherington, a leading British photojournalist, has been killed while covering the fighting in the Libyan city of Misurata, the Foreign Office has confirmed.

Tim Hetherington died from a mortar round while on the front line Mr Hetherington, who had won a World Press Photo of the Year award for his coverage...

Gaddafi envoy holds talks in Morocco

Morocco hosted a visit by a Libyan deputy foreign minister on Monday, a rare diplomatic link between Muammar Gaddafi's government and one of the staunch allies of the Western...

Memos show oil motive in Iraq war

Government ministers discussed plans to exploit Iraq's oil reserves in the months before Britain took a leading role in invading Iraq, documents have revealed.The secret papers, obtained by an...

British military personnel will be sent to Libya

At least ten senior officers will be sent to Benghazi to try to forge the rebels trying to oust Colonel Muammar Gaddafi into a credible fighting force.Ministers insisted that...

Migrant train delay causes European diplomatic rift

The Italian and French governments were both trying to defuse an escalating diplomatic row Monday after France refused entry to a train carrying North African migrants from Italy.Italy complained...

. "Gaddafi is a cunning devil," confided one Whitehall deep throat. "Anything is possible."

Muammar Gaddafi has always flaunted the Great Man-Made River project as one of the many wonders of his 41-year rule – and as one of the wonders of the...

Fierce fighting kills 17 in Libya

Under intense shelling and sniper fire, rebels in Misrata, their last major foothold in western Libya, fought Muammar Gaddafi's forces in close-quarter battles in the city centre.Seventeen people were...

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have continued their heavy bombardment of residential areas of Misrata

Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi have continued their heavy bombardment of residential areas of Misrata amid mounting concern that the army has fired cluster bombs into the besieged rebel...

BRITISH tourist who died after a savage beating by Dubai cops had serious head injuries,

BRITISH tourist who died after a savage beating by Dubai cops had serious head injuries, it emerged yesterday.Officials had insisted that Lee Brown, 39, choked on his vomit.But a...

British tourist allegedly beaten to death by prison guards in a Dubai jail was invited to the Arab state by a mystery woman

British tourist allegedly beaten to death by prison guards in a Dubai jail was invited to the Arab state by a mystery woman, it was claimed last night.Lee Bradley...

Someone, somewhere has started suplying them with new weapons, better equipment and possibly even training.

International determination to oust Gaddafi is boosting morale among the rebels.But more significant is that their arsenal is getting a boost too....

Libyan rebels refused to meet defector Musa Kusa yesterday, accusing Colonel Gaddafi’s former foreign minister of having blood on his hands.

In a rebuke for Britain’s policy of cosseting the former intelligence chief, they said he had no role to play in the movement to replace Gaddafi.Musa Kusa, who is...

British tourist was beaten to death in a Dubai prison cell, it has been claimed.

Lee Bradley Brown was on holiday in the Arab state when he was arrested and thrown in jail.It is alleged that he was beaten up by a group of...

Loud explosions were reported in the Libyan capital Tripoli

Five Libyan diplomats have been expelled from Germany for intimidating Libyan citizens living there, Berlin saysNato aircraft have attacked the Libyan cities of al-Aziziya and Sirte, Libyan state-run TV...

Foreign Secretary William Hague has signalled that the UK is stepping up its help for Libyan rebels

Foreign Secretary William Hague has signalled that the UK is stepping up its help for Libyan rebels after international talks on the crisis.Amid speculation that opposition forces could be...

Typhoon, patrolling with a RAF Tornado GR4, hit two Libyan T72 main battle tanks with laser-guided Paveway II bombs

Typhoon, patrolling with a RAF Tornado GR4, hit two Libyan T72 main battle tanks with laser-guided Paveway II bombs near the besieged city of Misurata.Air Vice Marshal Phil Osborn...

Families of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing have accused the British government of "betrayal" after it allowed Moussa Koussa, the former Libyan foreign minister, to leave the UK

Families of the victims of the Lockerbie bombing have accused the British government of "betrayal" after it allowed Moussa Koussa, the former Libyan foreign minister, to leave the UK...

Violent protests continued to roil Syria on Sunday as human rights activists reported that President Bashar al-Assad was using soldiers and tanks for the first time against demonstrators and sealing off the port city of Baniyas.

Violent protests continued to roil Syria on Sunday as human rights activists reported that President Bashar al-Assad was using soldiers and tanks for the first time against demonstrators and...

deepening unrest in Yemen are imposing negative impacts on people's lives and hard hitting key economic sectors and small businesses.

While major economic sectors were affected by the fall in foreign trade and the growing fears of investors, small businesses were directly hit by the escalating pro and anti-government...

South Africa’s embassy staff and their families who had been trapped in the embassy and the ambassador’s residence in Abidjan by the civil war, escaped to Accra

South Africa’s embassy staff and their families who had been trapped in the embassy and the ambassador’s residence in Abidjan by the civil war, escaped to Accra, Ghana, where...

Ahmed Nazif, who served as Egypt's prime minister until his government was rocked by a revolt in January, was detained today on suspicion of corruption

Ahmed Nazif, who served as Egypt's prime minister until his government was rocked by a revolt in January, was detained today on suspicion of corruption, judicial sources said. The...

A law has come into force in France which makes it an offence for a Muslim woman to conceal her face behind a veil when in public.

Anyone caught breaking the law will be liable to a fine of 150 euros (£133, $217) and a citizenship course.People forcing women to wear the veil face a much...

Libya: Col Gaddafi 'Accepts Roadmap To Peace'

Colonel Muammar Gaddafi has agreed to a peace plan proposed by the African Union aimed at ending the conflict in Libya.A communique was announced after a five-strong AU delegation...

Egyptian prosecutors summoned former President Hosni Mubarak for questioning and arrested former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on Sunday,

Egyptian prosecutors summoned former President Hosni Mubarak for questioning and arrested former Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif on Sunday, following protests by demonstrators demanding legal accountability for the country's fallen...

The Political Leader And His Social Background, Muammar Gaddafi, The Libyan Leader

Top British diplomats and MI6 officers have spent nearly two weeks questioning Libya’s former Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa in the hope that they can unlock the secrets of Colonel...

The Prime Minister is “actively engaged” in a reassessment of Britain’s military capabilities and planned reductions in equipment and manpower, sources have disclosed.

The rethink has raised hopes that some of the cuts to military aircraft and ships in the Strategic Defence and Security Review (SDSR) could be postponed or even reversed....

Palestinians: Hamas commander, 2 bodyguards killed in IDF Gaza strike

Gaza sources say Palestinian death toll rises to 17 in retaliatory strikes since a rocket fired from the Hamas-ruled territory struck an Israeli school bus on Thursday. An...

Massive protests calling for the ouster of Syria’s authoritarian president turned deadly again Friday

Massive protests calling for the ouster of Syria’s authoritarian president turned deadly again Friday, with witnesses and human rights workers reporting the deaths of as many as three dozen...

Bloodbath aboard Clyde sub as officer shot dead

A SUBMARINE crewman killed one of his officers and seriously injured another when he turned his rifle on them during what was supposed to be a routine change...

250 people, including women and children, were missing on Wednesday after their boat capsized off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa

250 people, including women and children, were missing on Wednesday after their boat capsized off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa in the worst shipwreck since scores...

Libyan rebels were pushed back from the central port of Brega by heavy fire from forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi

Libyan rebels were pushed back from the central port of Brega by heavy fire from forces loyal to Muammar Qaddafi as the opposition prepared to export crude oil for...

Treasury Department announced Monday it would lift financial sanctions against Moussa Koussa. Qaddafi's ex-foreign minister

The Obama administration, looking to lure more of Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi's henchmen away from the regime, has agreed to unfreeze the assets of a prominent Libyan official who...