Syria peace talks in doubt over opposition riftsThe UN-Arab League envoy for Syria says peace talks are in doubt unless a "credible opposition" takes part, overcoming rifts among its factions.
21 October 2013
Top Labor figure lashes out at 'bastard' Australia ex-PMAustralia's former attorney-general has launched a scathing attack on Labor colleague and ex-prime minister Kevin Rudd, calling him a rude and disorganised "bastard" who should quit parliament.
17 October 2013
Senior Dutch diplomat beaten up in Russia: officialA senior Dutch diplomat at the Netherlands embassy in Moscow was beaten up at his home in the Russian capital by unknown individuals who scrawled the letters "LGBT" on a mirror.
17 October 2013
N. Korea warns 'imbecile' Park of confrontationNorth Korea's top military body lashed out Friday at South Korean President Park Geun-Hye, warning that she was leading the Korean peninsula back into confrontation.
04 October 2013
US blasts Russia over Abkhazia, South Ossetia fenceThe United States hit out Wednesday at Russian troops' efforts to build a de facto border in the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
03 October 2013
Maduro warns US all its diplomats could be thrown outVenezuela President Nicolas Maduro lashed out at the United States anew Wednesday, warning after he expelled three US diplomats in Caracas that the rest could be next.
US, Russia break deadlock on Syria chemical armsThe United States and Russia agreed a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, breaking a prolonged deadlock over the country's bitter conflict.
27 September 2013
Syrian militants may come to KazakhstanKazakhstan authorities should give specially attention to internal security until the military conflict in Syria is fully settled: political analyst Aidos Sarym.
25 September 2013
UN wrangles on Syria as Obama urges actionUS President Barack Obama on Tuesday demanded the UN Security Council take tough action against Syria, as Russia wrangled with the West over how to strip Bashar al-Assad of chemical arms.
25 September 2013
Iran president offers to broker Syria talksIranian President Hassan Rowhani said Thursday his government was ready to "help facilitate dialogue" between the Syrian government and the opposition.
20 September 2013
Two former Pentagon chiefs criticize Obama over SyriaTwo former Pentagon chiefs who served under Barack Obama have criticized the president over the Syria crisis and his request to Congress to authorize possible US military action.
19 September 2013
Assad: One year, $1 bn needed to destroy chem armsDefiant strongman Bashar Al-Assad promised Wednesday he would surrender Syria's chemical weapons but warned it would take at least a year to do so and cost one billion dollars.
19 September 2013
McCain op-ed to Russia: Putin 'doesn't believe in you'US Senator John McCain penned a blistering column for Russian media, telling the Russian people that their President Vladimir Putin is a dissent-quashing tyrant who "doesn't believe in you."
19 September 2013
Chevron, Transocean settle over Rio oil spillUS energy giant Chevron and Swiss-based rig operator Transocean signed a deal with Brazilian prosecutors on Friday to settle lawsuits over an oil spill off the coast of Rio de Janeiro.
'Prove it,' US tells Assad on chemical arms vowPresident Bashar al-Assad confirmed for the first time that Syria plans to give up its chemical weapons as the United States urged him and his Russian allies to quickly make good on his promise.
13 September 2013
Putin: Unilateral Syria strike would up-end world orderRussia issued a stark warning Thursday that unilateral US military action could destroy world order, as the rival great powers discussed a plan to remove Syria's chemical weapons.
12 September 2013
Obama vows to give diplomacy a chance on SyriaPresident Barack Obama said it was too early to say if a Russian plan to secure Syria's chemical weapons could forestall US air strikes, but vowed to give diplomacy a chance.
11 September 2013
Obama, Assad go head-to-head in US interview duel Presidents Barack Obama and Bashar Al-Assad will go head-to-head in dueling US television interviews Monday, as a crucial week dawns for the US leader's push for air attacks on Syria.