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Canadian general Charles Bouchard is taking over command of NATO’s military operations in Libya. Bouchard, a native of Chicoutimi, Que., has been designated by NATO as head of the alliance’s campaign in Libya. He will […] […]

AMMAN, Jordan—Scores of people have been injured as pro- and anti-government protesters pelt each other with stones and police seek to disperse them with water cannons. Friday’s clashes are the worst yet in three months […] […]

TRIPOLI, LIBYA—Moammar Gadhafi’s snipers and tanks are terrorizing civilians in the coastal city of Misrata, a resident said, and the U.S. military warned it was “considering all options” in response to dire conditions there that […] […]

HIGASHIMATSUSHIMA, JAPAN—Crows cawed overhead as tsunami survivors in devastated towns along Japan’s northeast coast buried their dead in makeshift graves en masse Wednesday as workers at Fukushima’s overheated nuclear plant struggled to cool down the […] […]

DAMASCUS—Syrian forces killed at least six people on Wednesday in an attack on a mosque in the southern city of Deraa, site of unprecedented protests challenging President Bashar al-Assad’s Baathist rule, residents said. Those killed […] […]

CAIRO—Egyptian voters overwhelmingly approved changes in the constitution, opening the way for parliamentary and presidential elections within months, according to final results from a landmark referendum announed Sunday. Opponents fear the swift timetable could boost […] […]

BENGHAZI, LIBYA—Residents of the rebel stronghold of Benghazi on Sunday fired AK-47s in jubilation and danced on burnt-out tanks that appeared to have been destroyed by allied airstrikes. The celebrations marked a dramatic swing from […] […]

A LIBYAN journalist who ran a webcast program showing the aftermath of government attacks and commentary on the uprising against Muammar Gaddafi has been killed in the government assault on the rebel capital in the […] […]

BENGHAZI, LIBYA—The U.S. fired more than 100 cruise missiles from the sea while French fighter jets targeted Moammar Gadhafi’s forces from the air on Saturday, launching the broadest international military effort since the Iraq war […] […]

FOURTEEN elderly patients have died after being transferred out of a hospital in the radiation zone near Japan’s troubled nuclear power plant. A government official said two died in transit on Monday and another 12 […] […]