Fugitive Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi is ready to begin talks to transfer power, his spokesman, Moussa Ibrahim, has said. The rebels have rejected all negotiations until Gadhafi surrenders. Ibrahim said Gadhafi was still in Libya did not specify where. Gadhafi...
Around 30 men lay decomposing in the heat. Many of them had their hands tied behind their back, either with plastic handcuffs or ropes. One had a scarf stuffed into his mouth. Almost all of the victims were black men. Their bodies had been dumped near the scene of two...
The atmosphere in the Libyan capital is frighteningly uncertain a week after the sudden collapse of Gaddafi's forces. Nobody knows who is in charge. Violence and killings still persist. The incoming regime makes pious statements about taking no revenge on pro-Gaddafi...
Among the many growing concerns about the transition to post-Gadhafi Libya are fears of widespread disease, as dead bodies pile up in the streets and shortages of medicine, water, fuel and food persist. The scale of the fighting in Libya has reduced, but the bodies...
Al-Qaeda's second-in-command, Atiyah Abd al-Rahman, has reportedly been killed in Pakistan, in what is being perceived as another great blow to al Qaeda. The Libyan national who was the network's former operational leader rose to Al-Qaeda's No. 2 spot after the US...
Two suicide bombings in southwestern Afghanistan Saturday killed seven people and injured at least 40 others, as such attacks rise with Ramadan coming to an end. One attack was in Lashkar Gah, where a man detonated a car bomb that killed four people and injured 21...
The rapid rebel takeover has left Libya's capital teetering, with young men firing antiaircraft weapons into the air and gunmen at checkpoints hustling anyone they regard as mildly suspicious into overcrowded detention centers. Some people are beginning to worry about...
At least 200 Taliban militants crossed into Chitral district of northwest Pakistan Saturday and attacked seven checkpoints, killing more than two dozen soldiers and police, Pakistani officials said. Pakistan has blamed Afghan and NATO forces for not doing enough to...
As is widely recognized at this point, the ragtag rebel groups the US and NATO placed their bets on to be the next rulers of Libya are facing enormous challenges after ousting Muammar Gadhafi. Considering their organization and capabilities, they may be out of their...
The Obama administration is debating how aggressively to pursue Libya's vast weapons stockpiles, including tons of caustic mustard agent and thousands of anti-aircraft rockets that some fear could fall into the hands of terrorists or Libyan loyalists. Their concern is...
