Tripoli healing its wounds

2011-09-28 09:04:18

As a major hospital in the Libyan capital with a bed capacity of over 1,500, the Tripoli Medical Center has been one of the city's busiest places in the past seven months.

Latest developments in Libyan conflict

2011-09-28 06:25:10

Following are the latest political and military developments in the Libyan crisis.

Libya's NTC delays release of new govt

2011-09-27 23:20:51

Libya's National Transitional Council (NTC) decided to postpone the announcement of a newly- formed interim government until the entire country is under the NTC's rule, Al-Jazeera TV reported Tuesday.

Libyan nuclear agents controlled by NTC:NATO

2011-09-27 23:05:52

A NATO spokesman said on Tuesday that Libya's remaining stockpile of chemical and nuclear materials were controlled by National Transitional Council (NTC) forces, who are working with the international community for their proper disposal.

Gadhafi loyalists in Sirte seek truce

2011-09-27 22:14:01

A local military commander with Libya's interim government said on Tuesday he was in talks about a truce with an elder from Muammar Gadhafi's tribe inside the besieged city of Sirte

Court to review demand to drop Mubarak judge

2011-09-27 22:07:05

An Egyptian court said on Tuesday it would review proceedings of the trial of Hosni Mubarak to rule on a request to change the panel presiding over the case of the ousted president, who is charged with conspiring to kill protesters.

Gadhafi says still in Libya

2011-09-27 20:57:29

Fallen Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has said that he is still fighting on the ground and ready to die a martyr, the website of Allibiya state-run TV quoted Gaddafi as saying in a speech broadcast on local radio in Bani Walid, one of his last strongholds.

Kenyan Nobel Peace laureate Maathai dies

2011-09-27 10:49:31

Wangari Maathai, the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize, has died in hospital after a long struggle with cancer, her environmental organisation the Green Belt Movement said on Monday.

Blast destroys Egypt gas pipeline

2011-09-27 10:12:00

An explosion destroyed an Egyptian pipeline in Sinai on Tuesday that supplies Israel and Jordan with gas, security sources and witnesses said.

China backs UN's role in Libya

2011-09-27 06:42:03

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said here on Monday that China supports the United Nations in playing a leading role in Libya's post-conflict reconstruction.