  Scores killed in shelling of Syrian city of Homs
| BEIRUT — Activists say Syrian troops have continued shelling residential neighborhoods in the central city of Homs for the fifth straight day, killing scores of people. Pro-Syrian regime protesters hold...
Russia U.N. veto on Syria aimed at crushing West's crusade
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia's veto of a Security Council resolution on Syria goes far beyond mere protection for a close ally and arms buyer - it showed Moscow's determination to crush what it sees as a...
Russia U.N. veto on Syria aimed at crushing West's crusade
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia's veto of a Security Council resolution on Syria goes far beyond mere protection for a close ally and arms buyer - it showed Moscow's determination to crush what it sees as a...
Russia U.N. veto on Syria aimed at crushing West's crusade
| UNITED NATIONS — Russia's veto of a Security Council resolution on Syria goes far beyond mere protection for a close ally and arms buyer - it showed Moscow's determination to crush what it sees as ...
Russia U.N. veto on Syria aimed at crushing West's crusade
| UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Russia's veto of a Security Council resolution on Syria goes far beyond mere protection for a close ally and arms buyer - it showed Moscow's determination to crush what it sees as a...
Signer: Defending Obama on defense
| There's a great scene in Clint Eastwood's "Unforgiven" where a novice gunfighter loudly proclaims his toughness. "I'm a killer myself," he boasts to the grizzled old bounty hunter Eastwood portrays. Eastwood'...
Syria's carnage: Outside forces must press to end the violence
| Whatever the prospects are for diplomacy by Russia to end the Syrian conflict, the tragedy is that the bloodshed will continue while that occurs. | The fighting -- now near civil war -- has gone on for 11 mon...
Syrian Crisis: Embassy closure, UN Security Council vetoes intervention
| In a move highlighting the precarious nature of revolutionary fervor in the Middle East, the US State Department announced on Monday that is has suspended operations of its embassy in Syria. The stateme...
US should mull arming Syrian opposition: McCain
WASHINGTON ' Warning that 'diplomacy is pretty well exhausted,' top Republican US Senator John McCain said Tuesday the time has come to consider arming the outgunned opposition to President Bashar Al Assad. | '...
For China, Non-Interference Has a Shelf Life
China’s decision to veto a condemnation of Syria’s regime at the United Nations Security Council is just the latest signal that illustrates the need for a fundamental change in Chinese foreign policy. | The...
Fears Defence Cuts Leave Britain 'Ineffective'
| Debate continues as to how effective British Armed Forces - fourth biggest in the world - will be in future | Sam Kiley, defence and security editor Britain's parliamentary defence committee is warning that i...
Fears Defence Cuts Leave Britain 'Ineffective'
| Britain's parliamentary defence committee is warning that it may no longer be possible to conduct operations such as the intervention in Libya last year after severe cuts imposed by a 39bn debt in the Minist...
UN Food Voucher Scheme Aims To Help Vulnerable Libyans
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 3:37 pm | Press Release: UN News | New York, Feb 7 2012 4:10PM | A new United Nations food voucher scheme aims to help vulnerable families in the Libyan port city of Benghazi get the...
International Humanitarian System Must Go Local To Cope
Wednesday, 8 February 2012, 3:31 pm | Press Release: Oxfam NZ | The international humanitarian response system will fail to cope with the expected rise in the number of people exposed to crises unless more reso...
UK's Libya mission could be a one-off, MPs warn
The government faces "difficult decisions" on deploying its military resources if it wants to launch another mission on the same scale as the operation in Libya, MPs have warned. | The defence committee says re...
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