PARIS (Reuters) - France is pushing for NATO approval to extend military strikes on Muammar Gaddafi's army to strategic logistical targets, to try to break a deadlock in Libya's civil war as the civilian death toll mounts.
TRIPOLI (Reuters) - More than a hundred government rockets crashed into Misrata on Friday after Western allies denounced a "medieval siege" of the city and vowed to keep bombing Muammar Gaddafi's forces until he stepped down
20110414 presstv Eight Libyans have been killed as dozens of Grad rockets of Muammar Gaddafi forces struck the northern city of Misratah, a revolutionary forces spokesman says.
20110414 presstv Leaders of the BRICS group, the world's five major emerging powers, have criticized the West for waging a war on Libya, which has caused civilian casualties in the North African state.
20110414 presstv Libyan Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Kaim has accused Qatar of dispatching anti-tank missiles to assist revolutionary forces in the country.
20110414 presstv French President Nicolas Sarkozy and British Prime Minister David Cameron have agreed to boost “military pressure” on Libyan ruler Muammar Gaddafi.
20110414 Reuters SANYA, China (Reuters) - Five big emerging powers expressed misgivings on Thursday about NATO-led air strikes in Libya and urged an end to the fighting which, together with turbulence elsewhere in the Arab world, has added to global uncertainty.
20110414 Reuters ALGIERS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Libyan rebels said a rocket attack on a residential district of Misrata killed 23 civilians on Thursday and warned of an impending government "massacre" if NATO does not intensify its attacks there.
20110414 Reuters BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's forces fired a hail of rockets into the besieged city of Misrata on Thursday, rebels said, as diplomatic disputes over Western bombing in Libya shadowed the fighting on the ground.
BEIRUT/RABAT (Reuters) - Libyan government artillery bombarded the besieged city of Misrata on Tuesday and rebels said they had beaten back two separate offensives by troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
BEIRUT/RABAT (Reuters) - Libyan government artillery bombarded the besieged city of Misrata on Tuesday and rebels said they had beaten back two separate offensives by troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi.
BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) - Libyan rebels rejected an African Union peace plan on Monday because it did not address their main demand that Muammar Gaddafi quit and because it proposed reforming a ruling system they want removed.
ALGIERS/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rebels in the Libyan city of Misrata scorned reports Muammar Gaddafi had agreed to a ceasefire on Monday after his forces fired rockets on the city and fought intense house-to-house battles.
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO reacted coolly on Monday to a ceasefire proposal for Libya, saying Muammar Gaddafi had broken his word repeatedly and the alliance would continue to target his forces as long as they threatened civilians.
AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - NATO air strikes helped stop a major assault by Libyan forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi on the rebel-held town of Ajdabiyah on Sunday.
AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - NATO aircraft hit six vehicles carrying Libyan government soldiers during an assault on the eastern town of Ajdabiyah on Sunday, killing at least 15.
DEHIBA, Tunisia (Reuters) - Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces are shelling homes, poisoning wells and threatening to rape women in a remote mountain region, out of sight of the outside world, said people who fled the area.
AJDABIYAH, Libya (Reuters) - A buoyant Muammar Gaddafi made his first television appearance for five days on Saturday and his troops engaged rebels in new fighting on the eastern front in Libya's civil war.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Libyan opposition group is asking the United States for immediate access to frozen assets of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi to pay for humanitarian needs in rebel-held areas.
