At least two mortar bombs hit Damascus near U.N. team’s hotel
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – At least two mortar bombs struck a wealthy district of central Damascus on Monday, in the same area where a team of United Nations inspectors are staying as they investigate alleged chemical weapons attacks.
France says would be hard to bypass U.N. in action against Syria
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s foreign minister said on Monday no decision had been made yet on whether to take military action against Syria, but doing so outside the auspices of the U.N. Security Council would be problematic.
Britain says Syria response possible without unanimous U.N. backing
LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Monday it would be possible to respond to chemical weapons use in Syria without the unanimous backing of the United Nations Security Council.
Snowden got stuck in Russia after Cuba blocked entry: newspaper
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Former U.S. spy agency contractor Edward Snowden got stuck in the transit zone of a Moscow airport because Havana said it would not let him fly from Russia to Cuba, a Russian newspaper reported on Monday.
Turkey would join coalition against Syria, says foreign minister
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey would join any international coalition against Syria even if a wider consensus on action cannot be reached at the U.N. Security Council, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu was quoted as saying on Monday.
Russia concerned about possible U.S. military response in Syria
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia has expressed its concern to Washington that the United States will respond militarily to a suspected chemical weapons attack by Syrian government forces and urged restraint, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said on Monday.
Trial ends of China’s ousted Bo, verdict to come later
BEIJING (Reuters) – The trial of ousted former senior Chinese politician Bo Xilai ended on Monday, with the verdict due at an unspecified later date, state news agency Xinhua said.
Eyes online, milk powder firms count cost of China probes
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Global milk powder firms are scrutinizing Chinese social media reports up to four times a day to gauge consumer reaction to a high-profile pricing probe and food safety scare that threaten their squeaky-clean image in the $14.5 bil…
U.S. urges restraint as fighting escalates in eastern Congo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States said on Sunday it was alarmed by an escalation in fighting in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo between M23 rebels and Congolese soldiers, and again called on neighboring Rwanda to stop its support for the re…
U.N. experts in Syria to visit site of poison gas attack
BEIRUT (Reuters) – U.N. weapons experts are due on Monday to inspect a site where poison gas killed many hundreds of people in Damascus suburbs, amid calls from Western capitals for military action to punish the world’s worst apparent chemical weapons …
