Libya
UNHCR: Egyptian workers returning from Libya pose economic challenge
Egypt
April 4, 2011
UNHCR: Egyptian workers returning from Libya pose economic challenge
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres expressed concern last week about how the refugee crisis in Libya will affect…
Battle rages in Libya as another Qadhafi man quits
World
April 4, 2011
Battle rages in Libya as another Qadhafi man quits
Near Brega, Libya -- The United States agreed to extend air strikes in Libya into Monday as the oil town…
Qadhafi forces shell town as rebels name ‘crisis team’
World
April 3, 2011
Qadhafi forces shell town as rebels name ‘crisis team’
Tripoli -- Forces loyal to Muammar Qadhafi shelled the besieged western town of Misrata on Sunday where doctors say hundreds…
Libya mission: US eases off, Qadhafi holds on
World
April 2, 2011
Libya mission: US eases off, Qadhafi holds on
Washington -- Two weeks after a dark-of-night barrage of mostly US missiles and bombs opened the international air assault on…
Sudanese protests force UNHCR to close Cairo office
Egypt
April 2, 2011
Sudanese protests force UNHCR to close Cairo office
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has closed its head office in Egypt until further notice due to…
Libyan rebels claim capture of oil town, fighting rages
World
April 2, 2011
Libyan rebels claim capture of oil town, fighting rages
Brega, Libya -- Fighting raged on the front line between rebel-held eastern Libya and the loyalist-held west on Saturday as…
IOM pleads for funds to help evacuate Libya migrants
World
April 1, 2011
IOM pleads for funds to help evacuate Libya migrants
Geneva -- The International Organization for Migration pleaded Friday for funds to keep repatriating foreign migrants fleeing war-torn Libya, saying…
Rebels battle for control of Libyan oil town
World
April 1, 2011
Rebels battle for control of Libyan oil town
Near Brega, Libya -- Libyan rebels failed to secure control of the oil town of Brega from Muammer Qadhafi's forces,…
UK: About 1000 believed killed in Libya violence
World
March 31, 2011
UK: About 1000 believed killed in Libya violence
London -- About 1000 people are believed to have been killed in clashes between supporters and opponents of Libyan leader…
NATO takes sole control of Libya air operations
World
March 31, 2011
NATO takes sole control of Libya air operations
Brussels -- NATO's chief said Thursday the alliance doesn't support US and British suggestions that the UN mandate for the…