Russia and China were almost universally lambasted for vetoing a resolution by the UN Security Council to officially condemn Assad
A pro-government Saudi columnist recently called for a massacre against a Shiite town in Saudi Arabia claiming that the anti-government protestors are controlled by the Shiite Iran.
Western and Arab countries on Friday will demand that Syria allow aid to be delivered to desperate civilians, despite the lack of international resolve to intervene to end a crackdown on foes of President Bashar al Assad's regime. Violence during the uprising has claimed thousands of Syrians' lives.
Gowan also added to the news service that Despite Annan's personal profile, the key to successful mediation is for him to have genuine political support from across the international system. If the Russians and Chinese don't give him sufficient support, Assad and his supporters are likely to refuse to talk seriously.
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Countries opposed to an EU law forcing the world's airlines to pay for greenhouse gas emissions agreed on a basket of retaliatory measures, adding to a series of threats that have raised the prospect of the globe's first carbon trade war.
The European Commission wants euro zone leaders to overcome German objections and back a bigger rescue fund to nudge the IMF into helping troubled European economies, the EU's top economic official said on Thursday.
At least 6,000 people have died in Syria since last March, including at least 500 children, the UN estimates.
Clinton and Prime Minister Cameron were joined by other heads of state, Arab Sheikhs and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon as well as representatives from several Somali factions.
A confidential list of top Syrian officials suspected of ordering crimes against humanity including murder, abductions and torture has been given to the United Nations for possible future prosecution, U.N. investigators said on Thursday.
The European Commission wants euro zone leaders to agree to a bigger rescue fund to nudge the IMF into backing debt-stricken European economies, despite German resistance to boosting it, the EU's top economic official said on Thursday.
Taiwan and China are engaged in a kind of “metaphysical battle” for Lin’s identity.
Russia has thwarted efforts by the West to officially condemn and sanction Syria and force Assad to step down
Celebrated American war reporter Marie Covlin died in a shelling attack in Syria on Wednesday. Known for her ardent willingness to report from the front lines for Britain's Sunday Times, the 55-year-old reporter had covered conflicts in dangerous war zones. Colvin was killed when a shell attack hit a Syrian army building that had been turned into an impromptu press center in the Baba Amr area of the besieged city of Homs, Syria. Take a look at her last dispatches from Syria.
The Parchin locale is believed to have been the site of nuclear testing in recent years.
The International Telecommunication Union could pass new anti-Internet regulations by the end of the year, threatening new controls to stifle free speech. Starting at the end of February, Russia, China and many other countries will gather representatives in Geneva, Switzerland, to re-work a 1988 decision that has given rise to the open Internet many around the world have greatly benefited from.
With the situation in Syrian continually worsening, the United Nations is still trying to select who will serve as a special envoy to the county.
Police in Lille are holding the former banker after prostitutes said they had had sex with Strauss-Kahn during 2010 and 2011 in a string of luxury hotels in Pairs and Washington D.C.
Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief is being questioned today by French police for his involvement in a prostitution ring. Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former International Monetary Fund (IMF) chief is being questioned today by French police for his involvement in a prostitution ring.
The rebel spokesman added that the captured men are safe, but did not disclose their exact location.
Arming Syrian dissidents who are battling a brutal government assault would help to safeguard America's interests in the Middle East, two U.S. senators said.
The People's Daily also warned that in the event of a civil war in Syria, foreign military intervention will likely be required.
