In a report on Wednesday, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said there has been no improvement in the access of foreign aid for millions of desperate Syrians, thereby violating a resolution passed in the Security Council two months ago. In the resolution, the first such humanitarian resolution on the Syrian civil war, the Security Council demanded that the armed opposition …

Pakistan said on Wednesday that it was “encouraged” by comments from India’s election front runner Narendra Modi, who said he would co-operate with foreign governments if he were to be elected as the nation’s Prime Minister. The Hindu nationalist hardliner Narendra Modi and his party, the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), are widely tipped to come back into power after …

On Wednesday, several rockets landed in the eastern region of Bekaa in Lebanon, as a Syrian warplane had earlier raided the outskirts of the town Arsal. According to reports, a rocket had landed between Brital and al-Taybeh reigions, two rockets near the farm Qassem Mazloum, and another rocket in the Ain al-Jawzeh area in Bekaa. There have been no reports …

On Wednesday, members of the UN Security council called for an investigation into the latest claim of chlorine gas chemical attacks in a rebel-held part of Syria, expressing their apprehension over the reports. The briefing of the fifteen member organization had taken place behind closed doors and was conducted by Sigrid Kaag, who is co-ordinating the mission which oversees the …

On Wednesday, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Western leaders should set their differences aside with Russia regarding Ukraine so that they can focus on the growing hazard of Islamic terrorism. In a speech, the Middle East envoy said that expansion of extremist ideology in the region along with in Afghanistan, North Africa and Pakistan “represents the biggest threat …

On Wednesday, a police brigadier general was killed by a bomb planted under his car; the attack is the fifth such targeted blast in Cairo this week. The attack, in the upscale suburb of 6th October City, killed commander of Egypt’s central security forces Ahmed Zaki, who spearheaded a crackdown on Morsi supporters. Morsi supporters have launched several attacks, mostly …

New claims have surfaced that President Bashar Assad’s regime launched chemical attacks with an industrial chemical agent earlier in the month, despite its international agreement to get rid of its entire chemical arsenal. The latest evidence, cited by French and US authorities, comes as Syria announced its plant to hold a presidential election on June 3, which the Syrian opposition …

Syrian opposition condemned Monday’s announcement of the presidential election to be held on June 3rd, expected to keep President Bashar Assad in power despite the several thousand deaths in anti-regime revolts since 2011. Speaker of the Parliament Mohammed al-Lahham had announced that the election would be held on June 3 and that Syrians living outside the country can vote on …

On Tuesday, Egyptian prosecutors submitted new evidence against the defendants in a trial of Al-Jazeera journalists, accused of having connections to the banned Muslim Brotherhood. The defendants’ lawyers have disputed the new evidence, which include audio tapes as well. In the trial’s last hearing, prosecutors aired video footage and showed random photographs which were not connected to the case. Authorities …

The US is sending 600 troops to Poland and the Baltics to show its commitment to its NATO allies, as tensions between Ukraine and Russia rise over the Ukrainian crisis. To show its continual support to its allies, 150 soldiers from the US Army’s 173rd Airborne Brigade based in Vicenza, Italy will be in Poland by Wednesday, and 450 troops …