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A bipartisan group of House members will file a lawsuit Wednesday challenging U.S. participation in the Libya military mission. Meanwhile, President Barack Obama is set to defend U.S. military involvement in Libya to Congress, according to the White House.

A NATO airstrike hit an area near Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi's compound in the capital again Tuesday, as military leaders voiced concerns about sustaining the operations if the alliance mission drags on.

It is time to start planning for what to do in Libya after leader Moammar Gadhafi's departure "because Gadhafi's reign of terror is coming to an end," NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Wednesday.

After a series of NATO strikes, rebel forces retook the town of Yafran on Monday, breaking a siege by forces loyal to Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov says NATO is "one step" from sending troops into Libya in a bid to help rebels remove Moammar Gadhafi from power....

NATO used attack helicopters for the first time Saturday as part of its military operation aimed at increasing pressure on Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's regime.

The US state department is examining how to legally continue its participation in the Nato-led bombing of Libya after Friday.

Moammar Gadhafi's forces have been using the naval vessels to launch attacks on civilians and to lay mines aimed at hampering humanitarian aid, NATO says.

Moammar Gadhafi's forces rocketed rebel fighters Thursday in the formidable strongholds and training camps they have built up in the strategic ...

Four journalists held for illegally entering the country have each been given a one-year jail sentence, which has been commuted, and should be released soon, a government spokesman said Wednesday.