Syrian Prime Minister Wael Nader al-Halqi says Damascus has other means to inflict pain on its enemies, even without its chemical weapons.
Egyptian security forces have recaptured a town in central Egypt that had been under the control of supporters of ex-president Mohamed Morsi for more than two months, a report says.
The Muslim community in the UK has been ‘disgusted’ by the idea of a possible ban on Muslim women and young grils from wearing veils in public places.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused Western governments of “rewriting” the Geneva agreement on Syrian chemical disarmament after they called for a speedy UN resolution which would permit military action if the Assad government broke its word.
Americans have overwhelmingly supported the diplomatic agreement between the United States and Russia to eliminate Syria’s chemical weapons, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin says the UN report on the chemical attack of August 21 in Syria offers no “bulletproof data or conclusions” on who ordered it.
Engineers in Italy have succeeded in setting the cruise ship Costa Concordia upright, 20 months after it ran aground off the island of Giglio.
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says Bahrain’s law enforcement has made a habit of regularly detaining children, who are forced to undergo humiliation and cruel treatment often bordering on torture.
The Russian naval presence in the Mediterranean Sea will be boosted by another military vessel till the end of September, according to the country’s Black Sea Fleet command.
A picture has emerged of Aaron Alexis, the man accused of killing a dozen people at the Washington Navy Yard, as a decorated sailor with a troubled past and anger issues.