Defeated Syrian rebels left their shattered stronghold in Homs on Thursday after a bloody 26-day army siege aimed at crushing a symbol of the year-long revolt against President Bashar al-Assad.
Russia, along with China, has stymied efforts by the West and the United Nations to condemn violence perpetrated by the regime of President Bashar al-Assad of Syria, a longtime Moscow ally.
Turkey is maintaining the façade of good relations with Iran, while a larger power struggle for domination of the Middle East is brewing between Ankara and Tehran
India's exporters have begun receiving the first rupee payments from Iran, Indian government and trade sources said on Thursday, kicking off a mechanism to skirt Western sanctions which have made doing business with Tehran tougher.
The development comes one day after North Korea agreed to suspend its nuclear program in exchange for massive food aid.
Almost all the fighters battling Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces withdrew from their stronghold in the Baba Amro district of the city, leaving behind comrades to cover their retreat.
Heavy fighting raged near Baba Amro in Homs Wednesday evening after elite Syrian troops attacked the rebel-held bastion that has endured 25 days of siege and fierce bombardment, activists said.
Israel official said the threat of hunger would force the Iranian regime to weigh the value of their atomic ambitions.
The Black March boycott is Anonymous' newest operation, under which participants will boycott media for the entire month of march in order to fight back against ACTA, SOPA and other threats to Internet freedom and privacy.
At least 100 people a day are now crossing the border, with up to 3,000 fleeing since elections in November.
South Korea embraced the decision and said it hoped it could lead to a broader framework of peace between the two countries.
Clinton said she will be watching closely and judging North Korea's new leaders by their actions.
The United States has agreed to send at least 240,000 metric tons of food, with an increased proportion of grain products, to isolated North Korea.
A senior Tunisian official agreed to offer Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad asylum if he promised to step down. The overture presents a shred of hope that a peaceful end can be found for the nearly yearlong uprising against Assad's autocratic rule.
Forbes released its new list of the richest countries in the world on the basis of each nation's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), calculated after 2009. Others countries that made it to the top spot are: Luxembourg, Singapore, Norway, Brunei, UAE, Hong Kong, Switzerland, Netherland, Australia, Ireland, Canada and Kuwait.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could be classified as a war criminal, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said as the United Nations announced more than 7,500 civilians had been killed by his forces since the start of the revolt.
Tunisia would be an unusual and ironic place for Assad, since the country was the first “Arab Spring” nation to depose its own long-time dictato
Iran's foreign minister insisted that the country's nuclear program is not intended to make weapons and called for a resumption of talks, while speaking to the United Nations on Wednesday.
Human rights chief Navi Pillay cited the “rapidly deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation.”
The dramatic spike in state-sponsored killings likely represent an attempt by the authorities to crush dissent ahead of parliamentary elections early next month.
Two hostages were killed by Somali pirates during a rescue operation off of the coast of the Horn of Africa on Tuesday.
The alleged plan would not involve sending land troops into Syria given the formidable power of the Syrian armed forces,
