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Syrian mourners gathering around coffins and bodies during a mass funeral in the flashpoint city of Homs on Saturday after activists said more
than 230 civilians were killed in a barrage of mortar rounds and tank shells fired by regime forces.


‘Syria veto to avert bloodshed’

China’s official Xinhua news agency said yesterday Beijing and Moscow’s veto of a UN Security Council resolution on Syria was designed to prevent more “turbulence and fatalities” in the violence-hit state. Russia and China’s Saturday veto of a resolution condemning Syria’s crackdown on protests has sparked an international outcry, and came just hours after reports that troops in the city of Homs had killed hundreds of civilians.

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Violence claims 48 more deaths in Syria

The violence in Syria has claimed 48 more victims, including 18 soldiers and six army deserters, amid growing outrage following a “massacre” in the protest city of Homs, a rights group said Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights had 24 hours earlier alerted the world to over 200 deaths overnight Friday during an assault by regime forces in the central flashpoint of Homs.

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International outcry over Russia-China veto on Syria

Western and Arab powers have reacted angrily to Russia and China's veto of a Security Council resolution on the Syria crisis, but Moscow and Beijing insisted the text had needed more work. Russia, a long-time Syrian ally, and China had on Saturday vetoed a UN Security Council resolution condemning the Syrian government's deadly crackdown despite reports by Syrian activists that troops overnight had killed 230 civilians in the city of Homs.

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UN Environment agency becomes crunch issue in Rio talks

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) is emerging as a hot issue in preparations for June’s Rio conference, styled as a once-in-a-generation chance to restore a sick planet to good health.

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