Libyan Unrest

Oil edged above $60 per barrel on Friday as unrest in Libya cut supplies, offsetting a growing supply glut in top consumer the United States and weak imports by Japan.

Eighteen Sudanese have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported.

Fierce fighting between Islamists and a rogue Libyan general's forces in Benghazi has killed 21 people, as violence intensified following the launch of an "anti-terrorist" campaign.

A bomb exploded on Saturday in front of Egypt's consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, causing no casualties but some damage, a security official said.

The Libyan army chief of staff, General Yusef al-Mangoush, has resigned after deadly unrest in Benghazi, members of the country's highest political authority the General National Congress said.

Gunmen have ended a siege of Libya's foreign and justice ministries but the two-week standoff has left many unresolved questions about the government's ability to impose its authority in the capital, let alone the restive east of the country.

Britain is temporarily pulling out some staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli due to security concerns over recent political unrest, the Foreign Office said on Friday.

Saif al-Islam, a son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, appeared in court on Thursday in the town of Zintan, where he had been held since his capture by former rebels in November 2011.

A gunbattle erupted between revolutionary forces and Muammar Gaddafi supporters on Friday in the heart of the Libyan capital for the first time since the longtime leader was ousted and forced into hiding.

Anti-Gaddafi forces overran Sirte's port on Tuesday, but in the other stronghold of supporters of the ousted Libyan leader, the new regime's fighters were beaten back by fierce resistance.

Seeking to bolster a nation in transition, US President Barack Obama is promising the Libyan people that the world will stand with them as they reshape their country following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

Dozens of bodies lie in an abandoned Tripoli hospital in a neighbourhood of the Libyan capital that has seen some of the heaviest clashes this week between rebels and Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists.

Libyan rebels expelled government forces from the strategic western city of Zawiya on Saturday, a major victory for the opposition in their march on Moammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Tripoli.The territory remaining under the Libyan ruler's control has been shrinking dramatically in the past three weeks, with opposition fighters advancing on the capit...

NATO blasted Tripoli with a series of air strikes early Thursday, sending shuddering booms through the city.Ambulances, sirens blaring, could be heard racing through the Libyan capital after the rattling blasts. A NATO statement said the attacks hit military vehicle and ammunition depots, a surface-to-air missile launcher and fire control radar.Lib...

Rebel fighters fled Ajdabiya on Sunday after a rocket and artillery attack by government forces that were reportedly on the western outskirts. Scores of rebel pickup trucks and other vehicles could be seen leaving the eastern approaches of Ajdabiya, headed toward the rebel capital of Benghazi, about 85 miles north. Explosions could be heard in the ...

Oil edged above $60 per barrel on Friday as unrest in Libya cut supplies, offsetting a growing supply glut in top consumer the United States and weak imports by Japan.

Eighteen Sudanese have been killed by a rocket strike in the Libyan capital, but Khartoum says the situation does not yet warrant an evacuation of its nationals, official media reported.

Fierce fighting between Islamists and a rogue Libyan general's forces in Benghazi has killed 21 people, as violence intensified following the launch of an "anti-terrorist" campaign.

A bomb exploded on Saturday in front of Egypt's consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi, causing no casualties but some damage, a security official said.

The Libyan army chief of staff, General Yusef al-Mangoush, has resigned after deadly unrest in Benghazi, members of the country's highest political authority the General National Congress said.

Gunmen have ended a siege of Libya's foreign and justice ministries but the two-week standoff has left many unresolved questions about the government's ability to impose its authority in the capital, let alone the restive east of the country.

Britain is temporarily pulling out some staff from its embassy in the Libyan capital Tripoli due to security concerns over recent political unrest, the Foreign Office said on Friday.

Saif al-Islam, a son of deposed Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, appeared in court on Thursday in the town of Zintan, where he had been held since his capture by former rebels in November 2011.

A gunbattle erupted between revolutionary forces and Muammar Gaddafi supporters on Friday in the heart of the Libyan capital for the first time since the longtime leader was ousted and forced into hiding.

Anti-Gaddafi forces overran Sirte's port on Tuesday, but in the other stronghold of supporters of the ousted Libyan leader, the new regime's fighters were beaten back by fierce resistance.

Seeking to bolster a nation in transition, US President Barack Obama is promising the Libyan people that the world will stand with them as they reshape their country following the fall of Muammar Gaddafi's regime.

Dozens of bodies lie in an abandoned Tripoli hospital in a neighbourhood of the Libyan capital that has seen some of the heaviest clashes this week between rebels and Muammar Gaddafi's loyalists.

Libyan rebels expelled government forces from the strategic western city of Zawiya on Saturday, a major victory for the opposition in their march on Moammar Gaddafi's stronghold of Tripoli.The territory remaining under the Libyan ruler's control has been shrinking dramatically in the past three weeks, with opposition fighters advancing on the capit...

NATO blasted Tripoli with a series of air strikes early Thursday, sending shuddering booms through the city.Ambulances, sirens blaring, could be heard racing through the Libyan capital after the rattling blasts. A NATO statement said the attacks hit military vehicle and ammunition depots, a surface-to-air missile launcher and fire control radar.Lib...

Rebel fighters fled Ajdabiya on Sunday after a rocket and artillery attack by government forces that were reportedly on the western outskirts. Scores of rebel pickup trucks and other vehicles could be seen leaving the eastern approaches of Ajdabiya, headed toward the rebel capital of Benghazi, about 85 miles north. Explosions could be heard in the ...