Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi was clinging to power Monday as demonstrations against his 42-year rule grew larger and more intense.
Perhaps as many as 100,000 protesters took to the streets of Tripoli on Monday, with many brandishing firearms. Libyan jet fighters reportedly fired on the unruly crowd in the Libyan capital. Demonstrators had set the parliament building on fire and seemed willing to confront Gadhafi’s forces on the streets.
Libya’s ambassador to the United Nations called for Gadhafi to step down Monday, as it appeared that his hold on the country was ...
A Mexican teen is on a hunger strike, hoping to get an invitation to attend the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. It's not certain how successful the teen's campaign will be. After all, it's never good to just...refuse to eat, is it? And if a Royal Wedding invite is what comes out of the hunger strike, imagine how many people will follow suit.
Estibalis Chavez is the name of the 19 year old girl who is sitting outside the British Embassy, taking a vigil and fasting until she gets ...
Protesters in two Middle Eastern countries rallied against their governments Tuesday, just weeks after similar demonstrationsbrought down totalitarian regimes in Tunisia and Egypt.
Thousands of people took to the streets in Bahrain, chanting anti-government slogans and calling for major reforms. A monarchy rules the tiny island nation. King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa made a rare television appearance after the demonstrations began, vowing to implement some reforms and offering prayers for the families of two people killed in the uprising.
The tiny island kingdom is a key U.S. ally. It also serves ...
Hosni Mubarak, the former leader of Egypt is making headlines for his rumored fortune. Many suggest that the fortune of theMubarak family was earned through shady or illegal business deals and kick backs earned by Mubarak and his sons through international companies that wanted to gain access to the Egyptian business sector.
Egypt gained the eye of the entire world after the younger generations demanded that the dictator step down. At first, he said he would simply not run for president in September. When that wasn't enough, the protests didn't turn to ...
A day of planned demonstrations across Egypt turned violent Friday, as protesters clashed with police in cities across the nation.
The Egyptian government imposed a nighttime curfew and called in the army to help quell widespread rioting. In Cairo, demonstrators set the ruling party headquarters ablaze and marched on the foreign ministry building. Police used tear gas, water cannons and fired rubber bullets at demonstrators. Hundreds were injured.
“We see very aggressive confrontations between rioters and anti-rioter police,” said Yousef Gamal El-Din, a CNBC reporter who works out of Cairo.
Mohamed ElBaredei, the ...
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Sanaa, Yemen, on Thursday, calling for the ouster of President Abdullah Saleh.
It was the second round of large-scale demonstrations in the small Arab country in the past week. Observers believe demonstrators were galvanized by recent rioting in Tunisia, which helped topple the unpopular government there.
Demonstrators in Sanaa want a new government seated that will address major concerns, including burgeoning unemployment and oil and water shortages. Protest leaders have vowed that rallies will get larger and possibly more violent until their demands are ...
The devastating earthquake that struck Haiti one year ago spawned a series of catastrophes in the impoverished nation. And the latest might be the most shocking.
The earthquake itself claimed 230,000 lives, a staggering figure. It displaced more than 1 million people, forcing them to live in the squalor of tent cities. Late last year, a cholera epidemic – still not entirely contained – sickened thousands. Charges that international aid was misappropriated were leveled. In December, widespread rioting broke out in the wake of disputed preliminary election results.
Now reports have surfaced ...
The U.N. Security Council convened a special meeting this weekend to address mounting unrest on the Korean peninsula.
At the request of Russia, council members staged negotiations aimed at diffusing tensions between North and South Korea. Hostility between the two countries came to a head last month when North Korean forces fired more than 100 artillery rounds at the small South Korean island of Yeonpyeong. Four people – including two soldiers – were killed in the attack. The South returned fire, but the reclusive North released no casualty figures.
Diplomats and other ...
Angry mobs staged violent protests Wednesday in Port-au-Prince, moments after preliminary election results were announced.
Demonstrators burned vehicles and erected barricades on the streets of the capital city, saying the ruling government party rigged balloting. Presidential challenger Michel Martelly, who was supported by many of the country’s poorest citizens, received only 21 percent of the vote. Jude Celestin, the hand-picked, would-be successor to President Rene Preval, emerged as one of the two candidates for the presidential election. The other is former first lady Mirlande Manigat .
Haiti was decimated by an earthquake ...
Just two days after North and South Korea traded artillery fire, tensions in the region appeared to escalate Thursday.
South Korea has sent more troops to Yeonpyeong island, which North Korean artillery pummeled Tuesday with more than 100 rounds. The unprovoked attack killed at least four South Koreans and set dozens of buildings ablaze. The South returned fire, and its military has been on high alert since.
The skirmish, which experts consider to be the most intense since the Korean War unofficially ended some 60 years ago, spawned furious diplomatic discussions between ...
