Turkey offers Gadhafi exit as fighting goes on
2011-06-11 07:43:57
Heavy fighting between pro-Gaddafi troops and rebels broke out in a Libyan city just 160 kilometres east of Tripoli, potentially opening the coastal road to the capital, just as cracks appeared among NATO allies.
New evidence of $40K cash gifts in FIFA scandal
2011-06-11 07:55:40
A Caribbean football official acknowledged on Friday getting $40,000 in cash at a meeting which is being investigated in a FIFA bribery scandal.
Rocker Jack White and wife throw a divorce party
2011-06-11 07:53:13
For rocker Jack White and his model wife Karen Elson, parting is such a sweet party!
Chilean river fed by volcano-heated water
2011-06-10 09:11:48
Steam rises from the Nilhue River, fed by unusually warm water from the hot flanks of an erupting volcano from the Puyehue-Cordon Caulle volcanic chain, as a resident inspects the river water near Lago Ranco town June 9, 2011.
Over 2,400 Syrian refugees in Turkey
2011-06-10 08:30:17
The number of refugees who have left the violence-shadowed Syrian town of Jisr al-Shughour to neighboring Turkey has acceded 2,400.
UAE hosts international meeting over Libya
2011-06-10 08:25:00
The Unites Arab Emirates (UAE) hosted the third meeting of the Libya Contact Group on Thursday.
IAEA sends Syria to Security Council
2011-06-10 07:01:45
The UN nuclear watchdog board reported Syria to the Security Council on Thursday for covert atomic work.
Lightning strikes over buildings in Belgrade
2011-06-09 08:51:17
Lightning strikes over buildings during a thunderstorm in Belgrade, Serbia June 8, 2011.[
UN considers revised condemnation of Syria
2011-06-09 10:03:39
European nations seeking to increase pressure on President Bashar Assad's regime presented a revised resolution to the United Nations.
OPEC oil talks collapse, no output deal
2011-06-09 06:40:11
OPEC talks broke down in acrimony Wednesday without an agreement to raise output after Saudi Arabia failed to convince the oil cartel.
NATO intensifies Tripoli airstrikes
2011-06-08 19:55:56
Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi vowed not to surrender as NATO unleashed a series of daytime airstrikes on the capital Tripoli on Tuesday.
Russia urges Gadhafi's departure
2011-06-08 08:50:09
An envoy of Russian President Dmitri Medvedev said Tuesday Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi's regime is illegitimate.