After submitting his papers to run in the Libyan presidential election, Saif Islam Gaddafi, the son of the late leader Muammar Gaddafi, returned to the spotlight, raising the prospect of a new shift in the country's politics that has been mired in chaos for more than a decade.

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Foreign Minister Dmytro Koleba of Ukraine today warned Russia not to stop acting on his country.

Lieutenant General Gregory Guillot, commander of the United States Air Force in the Middle East, stated that American pilots would remain in the region, although competition with China and Russia was a major challenge for Washington.

Commenting on the presence of US and NATO vessels, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said, "What are US ships doing in the Black Sea thousands of miles from their bases? To say that this is all for freedom of navigation. This is all a game of fire, and this is another attempt to test our power. "