Syrian refugees wait in line for a daily bread ration distributed by the World Food Program at the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan. Photograph: Lynsey Addario/The New York Times

United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has urged world powers to organise Syrian peace talks “as soon as possible”, to seek an end to a c(...)

Alexander Litvinenko, 43, was poisoned with radioactive polonium-210 while drinking tea at the Millennium Hotel in London’s Grosvenor Square in 2006. Photograph: PA.

The widow of poisoned spy Alexander Litvinenko tonight accused a coroner of abandoning “his search for the truth about Russian state responsibi(...)

Free Syrian Army fighters hold their weapons in Raqqa province, east Syria. Photograph: Hamid Khatib/Reuters

Russia has shipped advanced anti-ship cruise missiles to Syria, a move that illustrates the depth of its support for the Syrian government led (...)

Russian president Vladimir Putin  and Israeli prime minister Binyamin  Netanyahu attend a news conference at the Bocharov Ruchei state residence in  Sochi yesterday. Phtotgraph: Maxim Shipenkov/Reuters

Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu flew to the Black Sea resort of Sochi yesterday to make an urgent plea to Russian president Vladimir (...)

Free Syrian Army fighters carry their weapons as their move towards their positions in the al-Ziyabiya area in Damascus earlier this month. Photograph: Ward Al-Keswani/Reuters

Let’s be clear: There are no good options left in Syria. The government of Bashar al-Assad has a large arsenal of weapons as well as the(...)

A man named as Ryan Fogle by the Russian Federal Security Service, lies on the ground during his detention.  Photograph:  Press service of Russian Federal Security Service/Handout via Reuters

Russian security services have held a US diplomat they claim is a CIA agent after catching him trying to recruit a Russian agent. The FSB(...)

Binyamin Netanyahu: following the public outcry, his office announced that the prime minister had been unaware of the cost of ordering the bed. Photograph: Aly Song/Reuters

The decision by prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu to install a double bed on the flight taking him and his wife Sarah to London for Margaret Th(...)

While he always starts a season slowly,  the hope is that Usain Bolt will be on flying form come the World Championships in August. Photograph: Laurent Dubrule/Reuters

Irma Thomas always had it on her side. The Rolling Stones had it covered too. The rest of us just never seem to have enough – and I’m not talki(...)

The Clipper Faith,  detained at Dublin Port since March with 17 crew unpaid since last year

A High Court judge has expressed concern for the 17-member crew of a cargo ship detained in Dublin Port since last March who have not been paid(...)

Italy’s foreign minister Emma Bonino (R) listens as US secretary of state John Kerry answers a question during their joint news conference, after an official meeting in Rome today. Photograph: Mladen Antonov/Reuters.

The United States does not want Russia to sell weapons to Syria and has opposed transfers of missile systems to the country in the past because(...)

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