The bombing of Libya should expand to include the country’s infrastructure, the head of the British armed forces has argued.
Greece is still caught in the economic storm sweeping Europe following the arrest of International Monetary Fund (IMF) head Dominique Strauss-Kahn.
Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi was flattened in local elections last Monday which he had previously called a referendum on his leadership.
A draconian anti-gay bill has failed to pass through parliament in Uganda.
Sixty one refugees died on a boat fleeing Libya in late March after European military vessels refused to help, it has emerged.
Yemen’s dictator Ali Abdullah Saleh has reneged on a promise to step down. But thousands of people are still on the streets in the capital Sanaa.
The uprising in Syria against Bashar al-Assad’s regime continues despite repression that has reportedly claimed some 800 lives.
The ten-day public sector strike paralysing Botswana in southern Africa has been extended indefinitely.
The British embassy in Tripoli was burned to the ground when news broke that a Nato attack had killed the second youngest of Colonel Gaddafi’s sons, 29-year old Saif al-Arab, and three grandchildren under the age of 12.
Western commentators were quick to blame Pakistan for allowing Bin Laden to hide in Abbottabad—a military town just miles from the capital Islamabad.
Rebels in Syria are still protesting on the streets despite a brutal government crackdown.
Truck drivers have shut down the world’s biggest port—for five days.
