Six US soldiers have been killed in a shootout between foreign troops and an Afghan air force pilot at Kabul airport. Other people are reported to have been injured.
Britain's Air Vice-Marshall Greg Bagwell told UK media on Wednesday that Libya's air force "no longer exists as a fighting force" following international air strikes against Libyan leader Moammer Gaddafi's troops.
Fighter jets are expected to be launched against the forces of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi on Friday after the United Nations Security Council passed a resolution late Thursday approving a no-fly ...
Saif al-Islam Kadhafi, the son of Libyan leader Moamer, accused his father's opponents of leading a "military plot" on Friday, as forces loyal to the regime captured oil-producing towns in the east of Libya.
Libyan jets struck positions around the rebel-held city of Brega late Thursday as US President Barack Obama stepped up demands that Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi cede power.
France is sending three air force planes to the Libyan capital Tripoli to evacuate its nationals from the country, Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie said on Tuesday.
The US has apologised for a Nato helicopter strike that killed three Pakistani soldiers last week, in a bid to persuade Islamabad to reopen a blocked supply route to Afghanistan.
