( The Guardian )- Malcolm Turnbull has called on Moscow to pull Bashar al-Assad into line, referring to Syria as a client state of Russia. “The onus is now on Russia to pull Assad into line,” Turnbull said in Papua New Guinea before flying to India for his first official visit. “Let’s be...

( Reuters )- U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said in an interview that she sees regime change in Syria as one of the Trump administration's priorities in the country wracked by civil war. Defeating Islamic State, pushing Iranian influence out of Syria, and the ouster of...

( The Guardian )- A warship armed with cruise missiles has joined the Russian battlegroup off the coast of Syria as part of Moscow’s response to US cruise missile strikes on the Syrian airbase of Shayrat. Russia’s angry declarations, a world away from hopes of a rapprochement voiced in...

( AFP )- The army chiefs of Russia and Iran discussed the U.S. strikes in Syria by phone Saturday, and vowed to continue the fight against "terrorists" and their supporters, Iranian media reported. The two chiefs of staff, Major General Mohammad Bagheri and General Valery Gerasimov,...

( Reuters )- North Korea said on Saturday U.S. missile strikes against a Syrian airfield on Friday were "an unforgivable act of aggression" that showed its decision to develop nuclear weapons was "the right choice a million times over". The response by North Korea's foreign ministry, carried...

( AFP )- The U.S. airstrikes this week were aimed at a Syrian air base, but almost certainly got the attention of another adversary — North Korea. Heading into the first talks between President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, North Korea was the front-and-center...

( Associated Press )- The future of hundreds of asylum seekers languishing at an Australian-run detention center in Papua New Guinea remained in doubt Saturday, with the leaders of both countries declining to provide details about what will happen to the men if a deal to resettle them in the...

( AFP )- Three strong earthquakes rocked a coastal region near the Philippine capital within half an hour of each other Saturday, sending people running out of buildings. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quakes, the strongest of which hit the coast close to...

( AFP )- Two traffic policemen were killed Saturday after their vehicle came under fire in Russia's volatile North Caucasus region, investigators said. The local branch of Russia's Investigative Committee said "unidentified people ... fired multiple shots from an automatic weapon" at two...

( Reuters )- A truck ploughed into a crowd on a shopping street and crashed into a department store in central Stockholm on Friday, killing four people and wounding 15 in what the prime minister said appeared to be a terrorist attack. Police said they had detained one person in a northern...

( AFP )- Far-right backers of U.S. President Donald Trump rebelled Friday after he ordered a missile strike to punish Syria for a suspected chemical weapons attack that killed 86 people. Bandying the hashtag #Syriahoax, leaders of the "Alt-Right" white nationalist fringe lashed out at the...

( AFP )- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad bears "sole responsibility" for the US strike on a regime airbase, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said in a joint statement on Friday. "After the chemical weapons massacre of April 4 on Khan Sheikhun in...

( AFP )- Sweden said on Friday it had strengthened border controls after an unidentified attacker ploughed a truck through a crowd into a department store in central Stockholm, killing four people and injuring 15. "I have decided to strengthen our border controls," Prime Minister Stefan...

( Reuters )- Russia warned on Friday that U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base could have "extremely serious" consequences, as President Donald Trump's first major foray into a foreign conflict opened up a rift between Moscow and Washington. The U.S. military launched dozens of...

( The Guardian )- The American ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, says the US “took a very measured step last night. We are prepared to do more but we hope that will not be necessary”. Speaking in her capacity as ambassador and not as the current head of the security council, Haley condemned...

( The Guardian )- At least three people have been killed and eight injured after a truck drove into pedestrians in a busy shopping area of central Stockholm, according to police. Officers said they were treating the incident as terror-related and the prime minister, Stefan Löfven, said...

(The New Arab)- US and Kuwaiti authorities assisted Philippine security services in arresting a Middle Eastern couple with suspected links to the Islamic State group, officials said Friday. The couple are suspected to have been planning bomb attacks in Kuwait and possibly the Philippines....

( AFP )- China Friday warned against "further deterioration" of the situation in Syria, just hours after a U.S. airstrike on a Syrian airbase in response to a suspected chemical attack. The warning came as Xi Jinping met with U.S. President Donald Trump at his Florida resort in Mar-a-Lago,...

( Reuters )- Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday he hoped U.S. missile strikes on Syria would not irreparably damage relations between Moscow and Washington. "This is an act of aggression, on an absolutely made-up pretext," Lavrov told a news conference in Tashkent,...

( Reuters )- Oil prices held near one-month highs on Friday after the United States attacked a Syrian air base but stocks and the dollar recovered early falls when a U.S. official played down the risks of an escalation. The U.S. dollar recouped all of its losses against a basket of major...