LIBYA

Thousands of migrant workers from South Asia are trapped in southern Libya, near the border of Chad, according to a report from The International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Appearing before the U.S. Senate's Foreign Relations committee, the U.S. State Department's legal adviser argued that President Barack Obama has acted within the law despite failing to get Congressional approval for the campaign in Libya.

The Hague is looking for evidence linking the Libyan leader to rapes committed during the current civil war.

The US government has commented that an arrest warrant for Moammar Gaddafi by the International Criminal Court further erodes the legitimacy of his rule.

After a diplomatic meeting with British Prime Minister David Cameron in London, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said that Beijing supports a political resolution to the conflict in Libya.

Should Gaddafi leave Libya, he could now stand trail at the UN's International Criminal Court.

NATO and rebels are applying pressure on the Libyan capital, which has been overcome with civil and economic challenges.

The Hague-based International Criminal Court on Monday issued arrest warrants for Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, his son and the country's spy agency chief for crimes against humanity committed four decades ago.

TEHRAN - Iran condemned on Saturday a decision by oil consumer nations to release strategic crude stocks as politically motivated interference in the market that would not have a sustained impact on prices.

In Africa on a goodwill mission Friday, First Lady Michelle Obama defended her husband against criticism that he isn't paying enough attention to the continent. The first lady said her weeklong trip is, actually, proof of the president's commitment to Africa, the Associated Press reported.

When it comes to matters of war, and who has the authority to start them, the U.S. President is becoming an “absolute monarch,” a House Democrat said Friday.

In the measure, 70 Democrats joined 225 Republicans to resoundingly defeated the bill. The GOP contends President Barack Obama has violated the War Powers Act by deploying forces for the Libyan campaign; Democrats contend the GOP is playing politics with national security.

Oil's sharp sell-off paused on Friday as the impact of a surprise announcement of emergency fuel stocks from consumer nations faded.

Oil's sharp sell-off paused n Friday as the impact of a surprise announcement of emergency fuel stocks from consumer nations faded.

Oil's deep sell-off paused on Friday as the impact of a surprise announcement of an emergency stocks release faded.

U.S. sales of sweet crude oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve will have a base price of $112.79 a barrel, a spokeswoman for the SPR said on Thursday.

Former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty will deliver a major foreign policy address Tuesday in New York, campaign officials said Thursday.

As the President is questioned why the US is in Libya, the future of NATO may come into question.

Oil tumbled 6 percent on Thursday to a four-month low after the world's top consumers released emergency oil reserves for the third time ever, a surprise intervention to aid the struggling global economy.

Oil prices crashed more than $8 to a four-month low on Thursday after the world's consumer nations said they would band together to aid the global economy by releasing emergency oil reserves for the third time ever.

Oil fell sharply on Thursday, with North Sea Brent down more than $6 per barrel, after the International Energy Agency said 60 million barrels of oil would be released from strategic stockpiles to help the global economy.