Middle East
US-Russian talks on Syria chemical weapons deal enter third day
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, are meeting for a third day Saturday in Geneva for ...Al-Qaeda chief calls for US attacks, economic boycott
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri called for attacks on the United States in order to drain the country economically, in an audio message ...Obama welcomes Syria deal, warns action if diplomacy fails
U.S. President Barack Obama has welcomed the deal to strip Syria of chemical weapons but says much remains to be done and ...Syrian opposition elects interim prime minister
Syria\'s main Western-backed opposition grouping has elected an interim prime minister as it seeks to boost its standing as a credible political ...Syria rebel chief rejects US-Russia chemical arms deal
The head of the opposition Syrian Supreme Military Council said on Saturday a U.S.-Russian agreement to eliminate Syria\'s chemical weapons was a ...US, Russia start talks on Syrian chemical weapons
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov started talks late Thursday in Geneva aimed at getting Syria ...Putin writes to Americans on US strike against Syria
Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Wednesday against a U.S. strike on Syria, saying such action risked escalating the conflict beyond that ...Iraq officials say blasts at Shiite mosque kill 39
A suicide bombing against a Shiite mosque as worshippers streamed out was the bloodiest of attacks across Iraq that left at least ...Syria hopes rise as Russia hands weapons plan to US
Russia has now handed over to the US its plans for making Syria\'s chemical weapons safe, Russian media say.Suicide bombings kill 11 Egyptian troops in Sinai
Twin car bomb blasts on Wednesday targeting Egypt\'s army killed at least eleven soldiers in the restive Sinai peninsula, where the military ...