( Reuters )- Russia denied on Wednesday that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was to blame for a poison gas attack and said it would continue to back him, widening a rift between the Kremlin and Donald Trump's White House, which initially sought warmer ties. Western countries, including the...

( al-Araby al-Jadeed )- International donors pledged billions of dollars in aid for war-ravaged Syria as the UN Security Council convened on Wednesday for emergency talks over a suspected chemical attack that killed dozens in a rebel-held province. At a donor conference in Brussels, UN...

( 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...