Russia says the United States' pressure on the UN Security Council to agree to a resolution on Syria is illogical, adding that the threat of foreign intervention in the Arab country has been moved aside but not ultimately lifted. Russias Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov made the remark in parliament on Tuesday, saying a resolution on Syria could ...

A meeting of the UN Security Council's permanent members has ended without reaching an agreement to resolve the Syrian crisis. Representatives from the United States, Britain, France, Russia, and China met on Thursday afternoon at the UN headquarters in New York for the second time in two days, but the meeting broke up after less than an hour, with ...