
Libya tops Obama's British agenda
British Prime Minister David Cameron is urging Barack Obama to back a concerted attempt to end the stalemate in Libya.
British Prime Minister David Cameron is urging Barack Obama to back a concerted attempt to end the stalemate in Libya.
In a carefully planned clandestine operation, Libya's top diplomat stole away from north Africa to an airstrip in England.
An intense offensive by Muammar Gaddafi's forces in the last few hours has seen the Libyan rebels driven back east.
The rebel forces are getting close to their immediate goal - capture Sirte, a fiercely loyal stronghold of Muammar Gaddafi.
The parents of the woman dragged by security men from a Tripoli hotel claimed today that she was being 'held hostage'.
Gwynne Dyer examines the western coalition's motives for taking action against Muammar Gaddafi's forces in Libya.
International airstrikes hit Gaddafi's forces near the western city of Misrata.
Resources in Ajdabiya, human and material, already acutely stretched, have dwindled even further.
Serious fractures emerged in the international community yesterday over military intervention in Libya.
A best-case scenario in Libya would see the quick dissolution of Gaddafi's forces.
The Independent's Patrick Cockburn looks at the various scenarios that may emerge in Libya over the coming weeks.
Cabinet agreed today to give $1m to support the Red Cross effort in Japan, Prime Minister John Key announced this afternoon, and also confirmed four NZers were still in Libya.
For a brief, happy period on Saturday, it seemed the United Nations Security Council resolution adopted in New York the previous day had stopped Muammar Gaddafi in his tracks.