( AFP )- Russia wants an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council to discuss U.S. missile strikes on Syria, the Russian Foreign Ministry said Friday, describing the action as "thoughtless". The ministry said in a statement that Russia was also suspending a Syrian air safety agreement...

( Reuters )- President Vladimir Putin believes that U.S. cruise missile strikes on a Syrian air base broke international law and have seriously hurt U.S.-Russia relations, Russian news agencies cited the Kremlin as saying on Friday. The Russian leader, a staunch ally of Syrian President...

( Independent )- Donald Trump is said to be considering the US’ military options in Syria’s civil war as the international fallout over an alleged chemical gas attack on a rebel town escalates. Mr Trump had said that the deaths of more than 70 people in Khan Sheikhoun had changed his opinion...

( Reuters )- Renewed U.S. interest in the Syrian war is welcome if it leads to a fresh U.S.-Russian push for a political solution, U.N. humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said on Thursday after a weekly Syria humanitarian meeting. "I hope that this is a watershed moment," Egeland told...

United Nations on Thursday urged the U.S., Russia, Turkey and Iran to help establish a 72-hour cease-fire in Syria in order to deliver humanitarian aid. "We asked.. Russia, Turkey, Iran and U.S. that we need green lights for the full April and May UN plan which is to reach more than one...

( Daily Star )- The Kremlin Thursday said U.S. allegations that Syrian forces carried out a deadly chemical attack are not based on "objective" information. "We consider a much more measured approach necessary and do not think it is possible to surrender oneself to hasty conclusions about...

( Daily Star )- A homeless Russian man lost his hand Thursday when a homemade device placed in a bag near a school exploded in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don, said Russian authorities cited by local media. The explosion came with Russia on high alert just a few days after a bomb on the...

( Daily Star )- France is still seeking a United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria, the country's foreign minister said Thursday, adding that diplomatic negotiations were a priority over possible military action. "France is still seeking to talk with its partners on the Security...

( Daily Star )- Diplomatic and economic measures taken to rein in North Korea's missile program have not had the desired effect, a senior U.S. military commander said Thursday after the North's latest test triggered a flurry of calls among world leaders. U.S President Donald Trump led calls...

( Reuters )- U.S. President Donald Trump accused Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's government of going "beyond a red line" with a poison gas attack on civilians and said his attitude toward Syria and Assad had changed, but gave no indication of how he would respond. Trump said the attack,...

( Reuters )- U.S. President Donald Trump hopes to sign "several more" measures into law before the end of April to roll back Obama-era regulations under the time-limited Congressional Review Act (CRA), a White House official said on Wednesday. Aggressive use by Republicans in Congress of the...

( AFP )- The United States warned Wednesday that it could take unilateral action if the United Nations fails to respond to a suspected chemical attack in Syria that has left scores dead, including children. The warning came from US Ambassador Nikki Haley during an emergency meeting of the UN...

( Daily Star )- U.S. President Donald Trump reaffirmed his vow to destroy the Islamic State group and "protect civilization" during a White House press conference on Wednesday. Speaking after talks with Jordan's King Abdullah, Trump predicted that the campaign against ISIS in Syria and Iraq...

( Reuters )- Akbarzhon Jalilov, the man suspected of blowing up a Russian metro train, represents a new wave of radical Islamists who blend into local society away from existing jihadist movements - making it harder for security forces to stop their attacks. His pages on the Russian...

( 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...

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...

( The New Arab )- All evidence points to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad being behind the chemical weapons attack which left more than 70 dead in a rebel-held town, British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. "All the evidence I have seen suggests this was the Assad regime......