
Libya focuses on border, integrating ex-fighters
Libya's government is struggling to control its borders and retrieve the arms and explosives that were looted after longtime dictator Moammar ...

Islamic extremists attack Malian troops in Gao
Black-robed Islamic extremists armed with AK-47 automatic rifles invaded Gao in wooden boats Sunday to launch a surprise attack on the most populous ...

Obama salutes Panetta as he prepares to retire
Calling it "the honor of my life," Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said farewell to the U.S. military Friday, capping a venerated public service career ...

Syria threatens retaliation for Israeli airstrike
Syria threatened Thursday to retaliate for an Israeli airstrike and its ally Iran said the Jewish state will regret the attack. Syria sent a letter ...

Cameron makes unexpected visit to Libya
British Prime Minister David Cameron made an unexpected visit to the Libyan capital of Tripoli on Thursday and announced that U.K. police officers ...

France takes key Mali cities; now the hard part
French-led forces have wrested control of three key cities in northern Mali from al-Qaida-linked militants, but the fighters have escaped with their ...

Senate confirms Kerry nomination for State Dept.
The Senate overwhelmingly confirmed President Barack Obama's choice of five-term Sen. John Kerry to be secretary of state, with Republicans and ...
UK: Reports of threat against Tripoli embassy
Britain's Foreign Office says reports have emerged about a potential threat against the U.K. embassy in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. The agency said ...
US official: Mali intervention 'could take years'
The French-led military intervention in Mali could take years, a U.S. official warned on Monday. A State Department official for Africa said the U.S.
UK: Specific threat to Westerners in Somaliland
British citizens should immediately leave the breakaway Somaliland region of Somalia because of a specific threat to Westerners, British diplomats ...

Fears grow that Libya is incubator of turmoil
Libya's upheaval the past two years helped lead to the ongoing conflict in Mali, and now Mali's war threatens to wash back and further hike Libya's ...

Dutch, Britons, Germans warned to leave Benghazi
Britain, Germany, Canada and the Netherlands urged their citizens to immediately leave the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, warning of an ...

Defiant Clinton takes on lawmakers on Libya attack
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered fiery rejoinders Wednesday to Republican critics of the Obama administration's handling of the ...

Top to bottom changes in Congress' foreign policy
A harrowing nighttime flight over the African jungle and a wild search for a rebel leader helped forge a relationship between Democratic Sen.

Al-Qaida flourishes in Sahara, emerges stronger
The Islamists are back as a force in Algeria. The terrorist attack on an Algerian natural gas plant that left dozens of hostages and militants dead ...

Fiscal crisis, budget battle mark Panetta's tenure
As Defense Secretary Leon Panetta's plane returned home Saturday night, completing his final official overseas trip, his staff gathered to salute his ...
FBI director in Libya to review Benghazi probe
The FBI director met with top Libyan officials on Thursday to discuss the probe into last year's killing of the U.S. ambassador in Benghazi where ...

Moammar Gadhafi's son appears in Libyan court
The imprisoned son of slain dictator Moammar Gadhafi made his first appearance on Thursday in a local court on charges of harming state security, ...

EU approves military training mission to Mali
European officials had a message Thursday for French forces fighting on the front lines of the battle against Islamist extremists in the troubled ...

US helping but hesitant on Mali intervention
The Obama administration has declared it cannot accept new terrorist sanctuaries in Mali or anywhere else and has promised to support French and ...

Its allies reluctant, France goes it alone in Mali
France's allies have offered vocal support for the country's military operation in Mali, but when it comes to sending troops or weapons, they are ...

France girds for new threats amid Mali operation
France's military campaign to stop advancing Islamist insurgents in Mali has been met with a volley of threats from the extremists, feeding fears that ...

Panetta: No US troops on the ground in Mali
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday that the U.S. has ruled out putting any American troops on the ground in Mali, but officials are hoping ...
Warplane sale on French agenda in UAE
France's president opened talks with top leaders in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday in hopes of pushing ahead efforts to sell up to 60 Rafale fighter jets to the ...

French president bares tough side in Africa fights
Bombing militants in Mali may be the most popular thing Francois Hollande has done as France's president. The bespectacled and self-described "normal" ...