France and Britain have added gunships to the force being brought to bear against Gaddafi, as Nato unleashed a bombing blitz on Libya’s capital.
Nato said on Friday its warplanes hit eight vessels of Muammar Gaddafi’s navy.
Nato’s bombing campaign in Libya has significantly degraded veteran leader Muammar Gaddafi’s military power, it said on Thursday.
Pressure mounted on Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi on Tuesday as Nato jets pounded his capital and his truce offer was snubbed.
Libyans prepared on Saturday to bury 11 imams killed in what Muammar Gaddafi’s regime said was a Nato air strike.
A Nato bombing blitz rocked the Libyan capital on Tuesday, as rebels in besieged Misrata claimed to be pushing back the Libyan strongman’s forces.
Nato has denied a report that one of its aircraft carriers left 61 migrants to die in the sea after they fled the conflict in Libya.
Given the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court Gaddafi has almost nowhere to flee, writes <b>Jackie Ashley</b>.
A Libyan rebel leader urged the West on Thursday to supply helicopters and anti-tank missiles to insurgents.
Libyan rebels appear to be gaining ground against Muammer Gaddafii, the British defence minister said, despite a deadly attack on Misrata port.
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi remained defiant on Tuesday after his compound was hit by Nato bombs.
A rebel official in Libya’s besieged city of Misrata pleaded for Britain and France to send troops to help fight Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
The rebel council governing the Libyan city of Misrata said on Tuesday it was formally asking for Western troops to intervene to protect them.
Ministers gathered in Qatar on Wednesday for talks on Libya’s future, with some eager to step up air strikes against Muammar Gaddafi’s forces.
Jacob Zuma on Thursday joins a club of the world’s most important developing nations at a summit in China, the latest effort to assert his n
Gadaffi’s forces shelled Ajdabiya in Libya on Friday, as Nato expressed regret at the deaths caused by an alliance air strike on rebel tank
Nato, accused of mission failure by Libya’s rebels, vowed on Wednesday to do all to protect civilians in Misrata.
An Anglo-American attempt to hand over the Libyan operation to Nato was rejected by several key member countries.
Coalition forces launched a seventh day of air strikes against the regime of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi on Friday.
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 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.
A coalition of Western nations mobilised on Friday to launch quick air strikes against Libya after the United Nations approved military action.
Rebels battling Muammar Gaddafi appealed on Friday for arms and medical aid, while the EU insisted the Libyan strongman step down "without delay".
Nato and the EU begin two days of talks on Libya on Thursday focusing on a possible "no-fly" zone after a day of fierce fighting.
Attacks on civilians in Libya may amount to "crimes against humanity" and the world will not stand "idly by" if they continue, Nato said on Monday.
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/ 20 February 2011
Joint operations by Afghan forces and Nato-led foreign troops have killed 64 civilians in eastern Kunar province, including many women and children.
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/ 5 December 2010
Leaked diplomatic memos said EU president told the US ambassador that the EU no longer believed in success in Afghanistan.
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/ 21 November 2010
US President Barack Obama used the international stage on Saturday to press his Republican opponents in Congress to ratify a new nuclear arms deal.
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/ 20 November 2010
Nato says it will hand over security in Afghanistan by the end of 2014 but would not abandon the country in its fight against the Taliban.
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/ 20 November 2010
Nato will invite Russia to take part in a missile defence shield, a move that would herald the closest cooperation since the end of the Cold War.