Russia has told the United States that it will continue to support Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's campaign against foreign-backed militants.
Former US Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates has revealed Washington‘s efforts to oust Afghan President Hamid Karzai by attempting to manipulate the country's election in 2009.
A great number of swans, migrating from Russia's Siberia, have reached the suburbs of Sorkhrood in the center of Mazandaran province, Iran.
Activists say that Syrian militants have seized a compound held by al-Qaeda-linked fighters in a northern town, in some of the most serious infighting between militants battling President Bashar al-Assad.
A Syrian monitoring group has documented the deaths of 41 Palestinian refugees in besieged Yarmouk camp, including women and children, as a result of food and medical shortages.
Several factions of the Syrian opposition have been unable to reach agreement on who should attend an international peace talks on Syria later this month, or whether they would attend at all.
The United Nations Security Council has issued a statement to show support for the Iraqi government’s fight against al-Qaeda-linked militants across the Arab nation.
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) says foreign-backed militants in Syria are hindering the process of aid provision in the crisis-hit Arab country.
The White House has launched a harsh attack on supporters of a Senate bill to impose fresh sanctions on Iran, suggesting that they have a hidden goal of drawing the country into another Mideast war.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has been asked to investigate the actions of former members of the British cabinet and troops over accusations of "systematic torture" in Iraq.