Bolivian President Evo Morales questioned on Sunday the United States' stated motives for a military strike against Syria, saying access to oil or regional control of the Middle East may be the real reason.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday urged Congress to support President Barack Obama's push for military action in Syria.
Syrian Defense Minister Fahed al- Fraij said Thursday that the army will "decisively" respond to any form of foreign military action, the state-TV reported.
Amid signs the U.S. is ready to attack Syria, 140 members of the U.S. House of Representatives have signed onto a letter, demanding President Barack Obama get authorization of Congress before going ahead with the military strike.
Britain's House of Commons on Thursday voted to reject a government motion on military action against Syria after eight hours of intense debate.
After last week's alleged chemical attack in rebels-held suburbs of Damascus, some western leaders insisted the use of force as they believed Syrian government was behind the attack.
U.S. officials said on Tuesday that the options considered by President Barack Obama in the wake of a chemical weapons attack in Syria aim not at regime change and that there is no military solution to the protracted conflict there.
U.S. President Barack Obama is weighing a limited military strike against Syria in response to its purported use of chemical weapons in internal conflict, The Washington Post said on Tuesday.
British Prime Minister David Cameron on Tuesday said no decisions had been taken on Syria but Britain and its allies must decide whether limited military action was needed to "deter and degrade the future use of chemical weapons."
Osaka Mayor Toru Hashimoto, who is also co-leader of the opposition Japan Restoration Party, revealed that he has asked the San Francisco Board of Supervisors to retract its resolution condemning his remarks on the so-called "comfort women" in the Japanese military during World War II, saying he has never justified the use of such women under the military regime, local press reported on Friday.
U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Thursday had a phone conversation with Egypt's Minister of Defense Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, saying military relations with Egypt will continue, even after President Barack Obama cancelled a joint military exercises as violence rages in that country.
Crowds of anti-Japan demonstrators gathered in Central district on Thursday.
Cambodia's Ministry of Defense confirmed on Tuesday that it has postponed military programs with the United States in order to follow the government's policy and current situation.
Myanmar released 68 more child soldiers from the armed forces recently, signifying that it is moving further to end recruitment of under-age children in the armed forces.
The shooter accused of killing 13 and injuring more than 30 others at the Fort Hood Army Base in the U.S. state of Texas in 2009 admitted to committting the violence in front of a jury on Tuesday.
Egyptian Defense Minister Abdel- Fatah al-Sisi met Monday with visiting U.S. Deputy Secretary of State William Burns, who praised the army's response to the will of the people, state-run al-Ahram Online reported.
About 160,000 servicemen early Saturday participated in Russia's largest snap combat readiness military exercise since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia's defense minister said.
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