Troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi launched on Friday another bombardment against oil facilities in the eastern town of Ras Lanuf, Al-Jazeera news network reported.
Many countries in the world on Thursday voiced their opposition to any military intervention in unrest-torn Libya amid increasing calls for enforcing a no-fly zone over the North African country.
China has called for greater "political, economic and judicial" ways to combat the land-based origins of piracy in Somalia.
The Libyan government troops has gained the control of east cities of Bin Jawad and Ras Lanuf, a senior diplomat said at a regular news briefing on Thursday night.
Libyan leader Muammar Gadhafi and rebels seeking his downfall were on Thursday battling each other on the military and diplomatic fronts, as oil facilities came under attack on the eastern front.
Libya has descended into civil war with increasing numbers of wounded civilians arriving in hospitals in eastern cities, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Thursday.
A leading Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) newspaper on Thursday urged the US to eliminate the remains of the Cold War in northeast Asia for the sake of peace and stability.
An anti-Taliban "Lashkar" or army was abolished after a militant struck funeral of the widow of one of its member near the outskirts of Pakistani northwestern city of Peshawar, which killed 37 people and injured more than 50 on Wednesday.
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva hoped Wednesday the Thai-Cambodian Joint Border Commission (JBC) meeting to be held in Indonesia later this month will ease tension on the border between the two countries.
Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan ( Pakistan Taliban) claimed the responsibility for Wednesday morning's suicide blast at a funeral that has so far reportedly claimed 30 lives and injured more than 40 others in Pakistan's northwest city of Peshawar.
Paris criminal court announced Tuesday that it will postpone the trial of former French President Jacques Chirac to June, sparing over two months to decide whether the former leader was guilty in the "fake jobs" affair dated back to the 1990s.
As anti-government protests continued rattling Yemen amid tightened security, the UNICEF on Tuesday warned against risks of attacking schools and pushing students in political wrangling.