The noose is tightening around Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and his family after his foreign minister and another top diplomat defected.
At least 40 civilians have been killed in air strikes by Western forces on Tripoli, the top Vatican official in the Libyan capital said on Thursday.
Libya Foreign Minister Moussa Koussa, one of Muammar Gaddafi’s closest advisers, has defected and flown to Britain.
Disagreement over arming the rebels battling Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi emerged on Wednesday with three countries opposing the idea.
The belief that countries need strong dictators runs deep, but Kenya, Namibia and South Sudan point the way to a freer future.
Libyan rebels pulled out of the oil town of Ras Lanuf on Wednesday under heavy bombardment from Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
International powers meeting in London on Tuesday edged closer to an exile plan for embattled Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
An international coalition piled pressure on Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday to quit, pledging to continue military action against his forces.
Muammar Gaddafi’s troops reversed the westward charge of Libyan rebels as world powers met in London on Tuesday to plot the country’s future.
World powers were meeting in London on Tuesday seeking to plot out an endgame for Muammar Gaddafi’s tottering regime.
Efforts appear to be under way to offer Muammar Gaddafi a way of escape from Libya, with Italy saying it is trying to organise an African haven.
Europe’s prospects of receiving Libyan oil shipments would be weeks away even if rebels were quickly removed from the international sanctions list.
As Libya’s rebel fighters push west, opposition representatives in Benghazi are trying to form a government-in-waiting.
Libya’s ramshackle rebel army has pushed west to retake a series of towns from the forces of Muammar Gaddafi who are being pounded by air strikes.
US intelligence reports suggest that Muammar Gaddafi’s forces have placed the bodies of people they have killed at the sites of coalition air strikes.
Libyan rebels backed by allied air strikes recaptured the strategic eastern town of Ajdabiyah on Saturday, pushing out Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s tanks and artillery in eastern Libya to try to break a battlefield stalemate.
Western warplanes bombed Muammar Gaddafi’s armour in eastern Libya on Friday to try to break a battlefield stalemate and help rebels take Ajdabiyah.
East of the centre of Tripoli, crowds of Libyans are gathering to see first-hand evidence of the impact of the "colonialist crusader aggression".
An Anglo-American attempt to hand over the Libyan operation to Nato was rejected by several key member countries.
The Libyan rebels watched in awe, some with a creeping admiration for their foe, as the narrow plumes of thick black smoke rose one after the other.
Coalition forces launched a seventh day of air strikes against the regime of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi on Friday.
The Public Protector agreed to a request by the DA to investigate allegations that SA sold sniper rifles and ammunition to Libya in late 2010.
Support of the United Nations resolution was an attempt to avoid further criticism, diplomats say.
Nato said it would enforce a Libya no-fly zone but stopped short of taking full command of UN-backed military operations.
Portuguese PM José Sócrates resigned on the eve of a key EU summit on the eurozone debt crisis after Parliament rejected his new austerity plan.
Western warplanes hit Libya for a fifth night on Thursday, but have so far failed to stop Muammar Gaddafi’s tanks shelling rebel-held towns.
Western warplanes silenced Muammar Gaddafi’s artillery and tanks besieging the rebel-held town of Misrata on Wednesday.
A defiant Muammar Gaddafi said Libya is "ready for battle" as Western leaders on Wednesday mulled their next steps.
Western powers pounding Libya’s defences will wind up in the dustbin of history, said leader Muammar Gaddafi as his troops held back rebel advances.
Fighting raged between forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi and insurgents on Tuesday despite a UN-mandated no-fly zone.
Western forces lost their first warplane as they pounded strongholds of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi into a fourth day on Tuesday.