International

By Steve Gutterman and Matt Spetalnick ST. PETERSBURG, Russia | Fri Sep 6, 2013 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama defied pressure from fellow world leaders to abandon plans for air strikes…

By Mark Hosenball and Phil Stewart WASHINGTON | Thu Sep 5, 2013 (Reuters) - Secretary of State John Kerry's public assertions that moderate Syrian opposition groups are growing in influence appear to…

By Kim Palmer CLEVELAND | Wed Sep 4, 2013 (Reuters) - Ariel Castro, sentenced to life in prison for the kidnapping, rape and beatings of three Cleveland women he held captive in his house for a…

By Jeff Mason and Yara Bayoumy WASHINGTON/BEIRUT | Wed Sep 4, 2013 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama won the backing of key figures in the U.S. Congress, including Republicans, in his call for…

President Barack Obama has won backing from key US political figures on his plans for a military strike on Syria. Mr Obama said a "limited" strike was needed to degrade President Bashar al-Assad's…

By Jeff Mason WASHINGTON | Tue Sep 3, 2013. (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Congress on Tuesday to act quickly on a resolution authorizing use of military force against Syria, as he ramped up…

(Reuters) - Syria has asked the United Nations to prevent "any aggression" against Syria following a call over the weekend by U.S. President Barack Obama for punitive strikes against the Syrian…

By Alexandria Sage and Roberta Rampton PARIS/WASHINGTON | Sun Sep 1, 2013 (Reuters) - France said on Sunday it could not act alone against Syria after the United States stepped back from the brink,…

By Erika Solomon BEIRUT | Sat Aug 31, 2013 5:35am EDT (Reuters) - U.N. experts left Syria on Saturday after investigating a poison gas attack that killed hundreds of civilians, and the United States…

By Andrew Osborn and Oliver Holmes LONDON/BEIRUT | Fri Aug 30, 2013 (Reuters) - Britain will not join any military action against Syria after a stunning parliamentary defeat on Thursday of a…

By Mark Hosenball and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON | Thu Aug 29, 2013 (Reuters) - The U.S. and its allies have "no smoking gun" proving Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad personally ordered his forces…

By Khaled Yacoub Oweis and William Maclean AMMAN/BEIRUT | Tue Aug 27, 2013 (Reuters) - Western forces could attack Syria within days, the United States and its allies have told rebels fighting…

By Lesley Wroughton and Erika Solomon WASHINGTON/BEIRUT | Tue Aug 27, 2013 (Reuters) - The United States put Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on notice on Monday that it believes he was responsible…

By Erika Solomon BEIRUT | Mon Aug 26, 2013 (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors left central Damascus on Monday to investigate sites of an alleged chemical weapons strike on the outskirts of the Syrian…

WASHINGTON (AP):Tens of thousands of marchers kicked off the 50th anniversary commemorations of the march on Washington, honouring the civil-rights progress made since Martin Luther King Jr delivered…