Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations Tuesday warned there would be consequences to Western diplomats “ very exaggerated, emotional, sometimes rude” reactions to Moscow’s veto of a resolution on Syria. “People when they chose there words, they have to calculate the consequences.” Russian Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told a press conference….

Western diplomats slammed Russia and China for blocking an Arab League plan to end the crisis in Syria Saturday, after a week of intense negotiations yet again failed to produce a resolution condemning the Assad government’s 11 month long crackdown against opposition groups.

Russia’s reported sale of fighter jets and ammunition to the Assad government in Syria drew veiled criticism Tuesday from Western states at the UN Security Council, who urged “supplier countries” to stop selling arms to the regime in Damascus. U.S., French and British Ambassadors alluded to reports of arms sales…

Sudan’s envoy at the United Nations Tuesday dismissed allegations his government is preventing the delivery of aid to civilians in the country’s troubled southern states of South Kordofan and Blue Nile, where fighting between government forces and rebel groups has forced hundreds of thousands to flee their homes and devastated…