Saif al-Islam, the son of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi who rebels and the International Criminal Court said had been arrested, arrived late on August 22 at the Tripoli hotel where foreign reporters are staying.

The Yemeni army forces shelled the al-Qaida hideouts in the southern province of Abyan on August 22 evening, killing four members of the terrorist group and injuring two others, a local army officer said.

Libyan government tanks and snipers put up scattered, last-ditch resistance in Tripoli on August 22 after rebels swept into the heart of the capital, cheered on by crowds hailing the end of Muammar Gaddafi's 42 years in power.

The ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) is likely to hold a party leader election on August 29 if two key bills are passed this week, the party's Secretary General Katsuya Okada said at a DPJ senior members' meeting on August 22, according to local media.

Gaza militants agreed to a cease-fire with Israel to stop three days of violence, a Hamas official said on August 22, after a deadly attack on Israelis near the Egypt-Israel border set off a round of Israeli airstrikes and rocket barrages from Gaza.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warned the West his nation would not tolerate any outside interference, saying that anti-government unrest sweeping the country had become more militant.

Jubilant rebel fighters streamed into the heart of Tripoli as Muammar Gaddafi's forces collapsed and crowds took to the streets to celebrate, tearing down posters of the Libyan leader.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on August 22 condemned NATO's bombings in Libya, saying the aim is to seize control of the country's oil wealth.

Investigators still do not know why a Boeing 737 with 15 people on board crashed in the Canadian Arctic, killing 12 people and injuring three others, police and the jet's owner First Air said on August 21.

Libyan rebels control most of the Tajourah district in the east of the capital and have surrounded an airbase there, said an opposition activist in Tripoli.