Indian national Kailash Satyarthi and Pakistan’s Malala Yousafzai have won the 2014 Nobel Peace prize for advocating children’s rights.
David Cameron has convened an emergency meeting after two extremists hacked a soldier to death with meat cleavers in a south London street.
Libya’s interim rulers said they had captured one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds in the Sahara desert, finding a stock of chemical weapons.
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/ 18 September 2011
Nearly a month after Muammar Gaddafi’s foes overran Tripoli, Libya’s interim council is unable to declare all of the nation "liberated".
A spokesperson for Muammar Gaddafi has accused Nato of killing 354 people in overnight air strikes on the city of Sirte.
Libya’s new rulers said on Sunday they were holding back an assault on one of the last bastions loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
Fighters poured into the desert town of Bani Walid on Saturday as Nato aircraft struck at least seven times at Gaddafi loyalist positions.
Libya’s new rulers sent a column of fighters towards Bani Walid overnight, preparing a showdown with supporters of ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi.
Forces of Libya’s interim council are poised for an assault on Bani Walid after negotiators failed to persuade Gaddafi loyalists to surrender.
Libya’s interim council hopes to seize one of Muammar Gaddafi’s last strongholds without resistance as it tries to control the entire country.