( Reuters )- A proposed United Nations resolution on a chemical weapons attack in Syria is "unacceptable" for Moscow, Russia's foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying on Wednesday. "We do not believe it is expedient to pass a resolution on...

( Al-Araby Al-Jadeed )- An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck northeastern Iran near the holy city of Mashhad on Wednesday, killing at least two people as residents fled onto the streets and aftershocks shook the region. The epicentre of the quake appeared to be the Sefid Sang...

Arab League chief Ahmed Aboul Gheit said on Wednesday that a suspected chemical weapons attack on a rebel-held town in Syria that killed 72 people was "a major crime." "Targeting and killing civilians with these prohibited methods is considered a major crime and a barbaric act," Aboul Gheit...

( al-Araby al-Jadeed )- Russia defended its ally Damascus on Wednesday in the face of an international outcry over a chemical attack that killed scores of civilians in the rebel-held town of Khan Sheikhun, saying a Syrian airstrike hit a "terrorist warehouse". "According to the objective...