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Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, said the US had a ‘controlling and meddlesome’ attitude towards the Islamic Republic.
For Libya’s new leaders, the next test is meeting the expectations of the people.
Civilians are fleeing Libya’s Sirte where the battle to dislodge fighters loyal to ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi has caused heavy casualties.
Bickering that has delayed the formation of a new interim government in Libya suggests potentially damaging internal political rifts are widening.
One of the novelties since the fall of Tripoli is free speech, and with it an early, and for some uncomfortable, dose of political bickering.
Libya’s new rulers said on Sunday they were holding back an assault on one of the last bastions loyal to Muammar Gaddafi.
The killing of al-Qaeda’s number two leader deprives the group of a multi-talented manager who helped it spawn offshoots around the world.
At a hearing on Britain’s phone hacking scandal, top cops told lawmakers they had been too busy preventing terrorism to probe the abuse properly.
Libya Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, one of Muammar Gaddafi’s closest advisers, has defected and flown to Britain.
Weaker combatants have always used unconventional or inexpensive means to defy stronger foes, including guerrilla warfare and suicide attacks.
An attempted parcel bomb plot originating in Yemen will further heighten security concerns about the unstable Arab state.
Foreign troops in Somalia allows militants to pose as nationalist champions with a mandate for the kind of attacks Mogadishu witnessed on Tuesday.
Pakistan is cooperating more with US-backed Afghan peace efforts but not to the extent sought by Washington, said US envoy for Afghanistan.
The Taliban’s alliance with Osama bin Laden appears stronger than for years, but strains linger beneath the surface.
An al Shabaab victory over Somali government troops in Mogadishu would lift the morale of Islamist militants everywhere.
Abdelaziz Bouteflika is heading for a hollow victory in an election in April because he is ill-suited to the task of tackling youth unemployment.
Opec ministers on Wednesday agreed to remove a record 2,2-million barrels per day (bpd) from oil markets.
The deadliest of the many blows suffered by Algiers’s disintegrating old quarter may actually be contemporary.
From cutlass and canon to earthquake and flood, powerful forces have long done damage to the Algiers Casbah, fabled bastion of Barbary pirates.
An influx of workers from China is receiving a mixed reception in Africa, where people both admire and resent the newcomers’ pursuit of wealth.
