Floods kill 98 in Southwest Nigeria
2011-08-30 06:40:53
Floods in the southwest Nigerian city of Ibadan killed at least 98 people over the weekend, and bodies were still being recovered from the scene.
Rebel chief: Gadhafi remains a threat
2011-08-29 20:18:48
Muammar Gadhafi is still a threat to Libya and the world, as his whereabouts remain misty, chief of the executive board of the Libyan National Transitional Council (NTC) Mostafa Abdel Jalil said Monday.
Iran: US plot against Syria failed
2011-08-29 16:44:33
Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian said the US and Israel plot to trigger a sectarian war in Syria has failed.
Libyan rebel captures Gadhafi's private jet
2011-08-29 15:00:28
A Libyan rebel fighter sits in the sitting room of Muammar Gaddafi's private plane at the international airport in Tripoli August 28, 2011.
Israel 'could not stop' nuclear Iran with one strike
2011-08-29 09:12:01
Israel would not be able to halt Iran's reported quest for atomic weapons with a single strike, a senior Israeli defence official said on Sunday.
Israel 'could not stop' nuclear Iran with one strike
2011-08-29 09:12:01
Israel would not be able to halt Iran's reported quest for atomic weapons with a single strike, a senior Israeli defence official said on Sunday.
Lockerbie bomber found 'in coma'
2011-08-29 07:59:07
Abdel Basset al-Megrahi, the convicted Lockerbie bomber, was found in Libya's capital of Tripoli and in coma, US media reports said on Sunday.
Iraq mosque bombing kills 28
2011-08-29 06:35:40
A suicide bombing rattled through a mosque in Iraq's capital Baghdad late on Sunday, killing 28 people and wounding at least 40 others.
Rebels free over 10,000 prisoners
2011-08-29 06:32:02
Libyan rebels said Sunday that over 10,000 prisoners arrested by embattled leader Muammar Gadhafi's government had been freed.
Tunisia reopens main border crossing to Libya
2011-08-28 22:37:17
Trucks heaped with food and water and carloads of people streamed into Libya through the main border crossing with Tunisia on Sunday, hours after Tunisian authorities reopened it, a Reuters witness said.
5 killed in scenic trolley derailment in Rio
2011-08-28 19:00:18
At least five people were killed and 54 others injured when a tourist trolley derailed in the Santa Teresa neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro Saturday, local authorities said.
No talks unless Gadhafi surrenders - rebel
2011-08-28 18:52:28
Libya's rebel government will not negotiate with Muammar Gaddafi unless he surrenders, a top National Transitional Council official told Reuters on Sunday, adding rebel authorities did not know Gaddafi's whereabouts.
