Washington (AFP) Sept 27, 2012 - US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday a deadly assault on a US consulate in Libya was a planned terrorist attack but that it remained unclear if Al-Qaeda had a hand in the incident.
Tripoli (AFP) Sept 14, 2019 - An airport near the Libyan capital was hit by a new round of rocket fire and air strikes, the UN-recognised government said Saturday, two weeks after it was closed due to repeated attacks.
Bogota (AFP) Sept 5, 2018 - Marxist ELN rebels have released three soldiers kidnapped a month ago, just two days before a Colombian government deadline on deciding whether or not to resume peace talks with the guerrillas, the country's ombudsman said on Wednesday.
Beirut (UPI) Lebanon, Jan. 24, 2007 - A general strike called by the Hezbollah-led opposition has revealed deep partition among the Lebanese, revived their painful memories of the 1975-90 civil war and pushed the country to the edge of chaos. Three dead and more than 176 wounded were the first result of the Tuesday strike, which culminated 54 days of opposition sit-ins and protests to demand the formation of a national unity government and early elections.
Baalbek, Lebanon (AFP) Sept 29, 2013 - Lebanese soldiers took over security checkpoints manned by Hezbollah in the party's eastern stronghold of Baalbek Sunday, a day after a Shiite-Sunni shootout killed four people, a Hezbollah source said.
Beirut (AFP) Sept 5, 2011 - Lebanon's parliament speaker, a seemingly unshakeable ally of the powerful Shiite Hezbollah, drew pleasure from Israel's deadly raids on the militant group in 2006, a leaked US diplomatic cable said.
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Sept 30, 2024 - Lebanon's army is moving troops away from its southern border, a Lebanese military official told AFP Monday, after the US said Israel is conducting limited ground operations inside Lebanon.
Beirut (AFP) Sept 2, 2010 - A chorus of calls for an arms-free Beirut in the wake of a deadly battle outside a mosque last week is fast fading as Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah warns against attempts to disarm the Shiite party.
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Sept 7, 2025 - Lebanon's leading Christian party on Sunday urged Hezbollah to hand its weapons to the state, as the army prepares to implement a disarmament plan.
Beirut (AFP) Sept 22, 2013 - Lebanese troops are to take over security at checkpoints set up by the Hezbollah movement in their southern Beirut stronghold after two bombings, the interior minister told AFP on Sunday.
Beirut, Lebanon (AFP) Sept 24, 2024 - Ali Berri never imagined it would take almost 14 hours to reach Beirut from his home in south Lebanon after he and his family decided to flee heavy Israeli air strikes.
Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2015 - Senior US lawmakers on Wednesday blasted defense officials over America's strategy against the Islamic State group, and vented outrage over allegations military officials cooked intelligence to overstate coalition successes in Syria.
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 11, 2008 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Thursday of seeking to encircle Russia, and reiterated Moscow's opposition to US plans to install a missile shield on Polish soil.
Moscow (AFP) Sept 24, 2017 - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday that the United States would not carry out a strike on North Korea because it knows Pyongyang has nuclear bombs.
Riga (AFP) Sept 9, 2024 - Latvia's armed forces on Monday said the Russian drone that crashed on the Baltic state's territory was an Iranian-designed Shahed equipped with explosives.
Riga (AFP) Sept 8, 2024 - Latvia's president on Sunday said a Russian military drone had crashed on its territory, adding that airspace breaches had increased along NATO's eastern borders.
