War In Context
The parties altered a draft agreement proposed by Kofi Annan, the envoy for the United Nations and Arab League, after Russia objected to language that would prohibit Assad and members of his inner circle from being part of a transitional government.
The Guardian
Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images Before Saturday's United Nations summit on Syria , some supporters of the country's opposition had their own plan of sorts to stop the unfolding catastrophe. It ignored the ongoing high-stakes diplomacy and any other...
Scoop
In a statement, the Group called for all parties to immediately re-commit to a sustained cessation of armed violence, to fully cooperate with UN monitors, and to implement the six-point plan put forward by Mr. Annan without waiting for the actions of...
Miami Herald
Even foul balls are turning into disasters for Jonathan Sanchez. The San Diego Padres optioned catcher Nick Hundley to Tucson on Saturday and recalled catcher Yasmani Grandal from the Triple-A club. This wasn't Little League, so Dewayne Wise wasn't...
Yedioth Ahronoth
Breaking News Opposition activists said Syrian forces killed more than 30 people on Saturday when they fired a mortar bomb into a funeral procession for a man who died in shelling a day before. They said amateur video footage, posted on a website,...
Asian Wall Street Journal
Violent storms in the eastern U.S. left at least nine people dead, while more than two million people were without power overnight amid a heat wave. The large East Coast storms disrupted power for Amazon.com Inc. cloud-computing operations, causing...