Human rights groups want EU to limit cooperation with Libyan coast guard
Amnesty and Human Rights Watch have called for a temporary agreement between EU states that outlines where rescued migrants should disembark and how they should be relocated
North Korea rebuilding Sohae rocket launch site, say observers
New satellite images of North Korea suggest it is restoring a rocket launch site it had pledged to dismantle
Air France jet wreckage lost in 2009 found in Atlantic

Wreckage from an Air France jet lost over the Atlantic nearly two years ago...

Wreckage from an Air France jet lost over the Atlantic...

Ivory Coast president-elect’s PM calls for game-ending ‘rapid offensive’

Prime Minister Guillaume Soro for Ivory Coast's internationally recognised President Alassane Ouattara says the time is right for a "rapid...

Prime Minister Guillaume Soro for Ivory Coast's...

Libya air strikes extended, another Gaddafi official defects

The United States have agreed to extend air strikes in Libya as the oil town...

The United States have agreed to extend air strikes in...

France finds bodies of 2009 Air France plane crash in Brazil

France has located the bodies of some passengers who died when an Air France...

France has located the bodies of some passengers who died...

Rebels say no to Gaddafi’s sons taking over

Libyan rebels said Col Muammar Gaddafi’s entire family must leave...

Libyan rebels said Col Muammar Gaddafi’s entire...

Obama backtracks on electoral promise
Battles in Ivory Coast intensify in main city Abidjan

Fighting in Ivory Coast has intensified, in the main city of Abidjan as...

Fighting in Ivory Coast has intensified, in the main city...

Libyan rebels receive ‘training’ from foreign forces

US and Egyptian special forces have reportedly been providing covert training...

US and Egyptian special forces have reportedly been...

Bodies of three Fukushima plant workers recovered three weeks after disaster

The bodies of two workers killed by the tsunami which wrecked Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant more than three weeks ago have been recovered.

The bodies of two workers killed by the tsunami which...

Demonstrations in Kandahar and Jalalabad continue over Koran burning

Demonstrators continue to march through the streets of the Afghan cities of...

Demonstrators continue to march through the streets of...

New wave of Tunisian immigrants reach Lampedusa

The first boatload of some 133 immigrants arrived this morning shortly before...

The first boatload of some 133 immigrants arrived this...

Seif al Islam offers constitutional democracy

Suggests his father relinquishes power

Suggests his father relinquishes power

Japan nuclear plant water leaking into the sea

Radioactive water is leaking from Japan’s quake-stricken nuclear plant...

Radioactive water is leaking from Japan’s...

Hundreds killed in Ivory Coast war

Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, president of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR) have taken control of the state-run television and attacked Ivory...

Forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara, president of the Rally...

Two killed in demonstrations over US Koran burning

More than 2,000 people demonstrated in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan, over...

More than 2,000 people demonstrated in Kandahar, southern...

Libya official dismisses call for ceasefire offer

In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, Libyan opposition leader Mustafa Abdul...

In the rebel stronghold of Benghazi, Libyan opposition...

Libya’s rebel forces claim 10 fighters died ‘in Western air strike’

Libya’s rebel force has claimed 10 of their fighters were killed in a coalition air strike near the oil town of Brega.

Libya’s rebel force has claimed 10 of their...

United Arab Emirates to free hijacked ship

The United Arab Emirates has launched a military operation to free a vessel...

The United Arab Emirates has launched a military...