LOCKERBIE, Scotland, Oct. 26 (UPI) -- Eight suspects in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing weren't investigated because the Libyan government refused to cooperate, The Scotsman reported.

TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 20 (UPI) -- Libya's reported intention to buy 20 Sukhoi attack jets in a $1 billion weapons deal with Russia underlines a pattern of sizable military acquisitions by North African states that some analysts view as a regional arms race.

TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 19 (UPI) -- Russia's Interfax news agency says Libya is considering a deal to purchase at least 20 Russian fighter jets as part of a $1 billion weapons contract.

TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 8 (UPI) -- The Libyan government has replaced the head of the state oil company in a move that industry analysts say indicates Col. Moammar Gadhafi's regime is turning its back on foreign oil companies that have been clamoring to return to the long-shuttered North African country.

TRIPOLI, Libya, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Russia's state arms exporter is launching a big drive at the Tripoli air show to sell combat jets, missiles and air-defense systems to Middle Eastern states, including the state-of-the-art S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile that Iran and Syria desperately want to acquire.

ALGIERS, Algeria, Oct. 2 (UPI) -- Italy's Fincantieri shipbuilders find themselves back in the running on a contract to supply the Algerian navy with four advanced stealth frigates in competition, a deal potentially worth $11.6 billion.

Iran fired missiles suspected of having a range of 1,240 miles -- enough to reach Israel or U.S. bases in the region -- and said the tests were successes.

ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has canceled plans for a stopover in Canada, but officials say they are still wondering why he wanted to visit the country.

NEW YORK, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi says the release of Pan Am Flight 103 bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrah will allow U.S.-Libyan relations to move forward.