From NPR News in Washington, I'm Lakshmi Singh. Syria is seeing one of its bloodiest clashes between security forces and the opposition. In Daraa, troops opened fire on a crowd that set fire to a statue of Syria's late president. Casualty figures are...
World powers are united against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, collectively declaring today that he's got to go, but diplomats from the 40 or so countries taking part in the London gathering did not talk about arming Libya's rebels. The opposition, w...
Muammar Gaddafis regime in Tripoli is under heavy bombardment, the biggest attack in the capital since western operations began last week. NPRs Lourdes Garcia-Navarro tells us it comes after several nights of quiet. There were several large explosion...
Muammar Qaddafi's regime in Tripoli is under heavy bombardment, the biggest attack in the capital since Western operations began last week. NPR's Lourdes Garcia-Navarro tells us it comes after several nights of quiet. There were several large explosi...
Libyan rebels say coalition air strikes are helping them. They credit the allied action with enabling them to retake the eastern city of Ajdabiya. President Obama says the US-led military campaign in Libya is succeeding. He made the comments in his w...
Syria is seeing one of its bloodiest clashes between security forces and the opposition. In Daraa, troops opened fire on a crowd that set fire to a statue of Syria's late president. Casualty figures are uncertain. Large numbers of protesters also mar...
NPR's learned NATO plans to assume command of UN-backed no-fly operations over Libya, where coalition air strikes are targeting Muammar Gaddafi's defense system. Although theres been no official word yet on who gets control, NPR's Tom Bowman says he...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his country will act aggressively, responsibly and wisely to preserve security, his response to the first major attack in Jerusalem in years. Today, a busy bus stop was bombed. At least one person was ki...
The sound of heavy anti-aircraft fire booms in the Libyan capital Tripoli, where forces loyal to leader Muammar Gaddafi are defiantly responding to US-allied air strikes. NPR's David Greene is in Tripoli, where he says Gaddafi backers are out despite...
Coalition jets are enforcing the no-fly zone over Libya with more air strikes. Gen. Carter Ham, the US military commander in Africa, says a dozen cruise missiles were fired on Libyan defense sites. This after a weekend of relentless air strikes. Gen....
The chair of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff says a no-fly zone is now in place over the Libyan rebel stronghold of Benghazi. But as NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports, he admits the US and its allies could be in for a long haul. Although President Obama has...
NPR News has confirmed that the US has fired a cruise missile targeting Libyan air defenses. The first shot in the UN authorized force against Libya came earlier today, when a French jet attacked a Libyan military vehicle. Representatives from the US...
The US will not go it alone in Libya, but President Obama says it will join the international community in enforcing a UN resolution aimed at stopping the Libyan regime's attacks on demonstrators. It authorizes the use of force with an explicit commi...
President Obama says the US military is working around the clock to help Japan in quake relief efforts and in an attempt to soothe radiation concerns here at home. We do not expect harmful levels of radiation to reach the United States, whether it's...
There are many expressions of concern today about the aftermath of the earthquake in Japan. One of them came from Japan's emperor. NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports from northern Japan the country's monarch seldom speaks in public. Nobody knows how many peo...
