As G20 summit starts, the Pope warns US attacks are ‘futile’ British scientists have detected the deadly Sarin nerve agent on the clothing of one of the victims of the gas attack in Syria, David Cameron revealed today. Samples collected from the clothes of one of hundreds of...

US President Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin were Thursday set to argue out their differences on the Syria crisis over dinner at the G20 in Russia as world leaders sought to overcome a deep chasm over a US-led push for military action. Obama prepared to argue his case for punitive strikes...

 China warned on Thursday that a military strike on Syria would hurt the global economy, in particular by causing oil prices to rise, and reiterated its calls for a political solution to the civil war.     "Military action would have a negative impact on the global...

The United States and allies are preparing for a possibly imminent series of limited military strikes against Syria, the first direct U.S. intervention in the two-year civil war, in retaliation for President Bashar al-Assad’s suspected use of chemical weapons against civilians. If you...