The United States has started using armed drones against Muammar Gaddafi's troops, who battled rebels at close quarters on the streets of Misrata, despite Western threats to step up a month-old air wa

Fighting in Libya's besieged rebel city of Misrata killed at least 10 civilians including an Oscar-nominated British filmmaker, and NATO urged non-combatants to avoid troops so it could step up air st

A rebel official in Libya's besieged city of Misrata pleaded for Britain and France to send troops to help fight Muammar Gaddafi's forces, while a son of the strongman said he was "very optimistic" his father's regime will prevail.

Italy will host talks next month on allowing foreign oil sales from Eastern Libya and could provide Libyan rebels with night-vision kit and radars, foreign minister Franco Frattini said on Tuesday.

Britain is sending military officers to help Libyan rebels improve their organisation, communications and logistics, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday.

He said the 'military liaison adv

The Libyan government has agreed to facilitate 'safe passage' to UN aid workers into Misurata, the western besieged town amid a severe humanitarian crisis as opposition leaders claimed that at least 1

Some 1,000 people have been killed and 3,000 injured in Libya's third city Misrata since Muamer Gaddafi's forces began attacking it with shells and sniper fire six weeks ago, a senior medic said.

"So

Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi bombarded the besieged rebel city of Misrata and battled their way into its centre, and U.S., British and French leaders redefined the aim of their air wa

Libyan leader Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is reportedly using schoolboy conscripts as young as 15 in a bid to regain the rebel-held town of Misurata.

Young government troops captured by rebels have said

Fierce battle raged between the rebels and Gaddafi forces, which bombarded the western besieged town of Misurata as a rights watchdog accused the Libyan regime of targeting civilians by using cluster