Blog
UN inspectors resume Syria chemical weapons probe
Two days after their convoy was shot at by unidentified snipers, UN arms inspectors resumed their probe into Syria chemical weapons attack ...Britain takes draft resolution on Syria to UN Security Council
Britain says it plans to introduce a U.N. Security Council resolution Wednesday that condemns the alleged chemical attack by Syrian forces and ...Measles-like virus linked to dolphin deaths along US east coast
A virus that is similar to measles in humans is suspected of killing hundreds of Atlantic bottlenose dolphins since July, US officials ...UN helicopters attack M23 rebels in eastern Congo
United Nations helicopters have fired on rebels fighting Congolese troops just outside the city of Goma, ratcheting up the UN\'s role in ...US court martial sentences Fort Hood shooter to death
A US military jury has sentenced former army psychiatrist Nidal Malik Hasan to death by lethal injection for killing 13 people in ...Obama says no decision yet on Syria strike
U.S. President Barack Obama says he has not yet decided on how to respond to the chemical weapons attack in Syria.US postpones meeting with Russia on Syrian crisis
The US State Department postponed a meeting scheduled tomorrow in The Hague between senior diplomats from the United States and Russia due ...Teenager dies of bubonic plague after eating infected barbecued meat
A Kyrgyzstan boy died from bubonic plague nine days after eating barbecued marmot, a health official said, giving assurances "there will be ...Taliban shoot dead aid workers in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say insurgents have shot and killed 12 civilians, including six aid workers working on government projects, in two separate incidents.Russia, Iran warn US against Syria strike
Russia and Iran have given fresh warning to the United States and its allies against a military intervention in Syria.