A roundup of what has happened in the past 24 hours.
British Foreign Secretary William Hague on Monday accused Russia and China of betraying the interests of the Syrian nation, British Sky News television reported.
The United States hopes Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov will advise Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to resign from his post, U.S. Department of State spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said.
Anders Breivik, the Norwegian right-wing extremist who killed 77 people in twin attacks in July, asked an Oslo district court on Monday to release him immediately, Norway media said.
Russian gas supplies to Bulgaria, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Poland and Greece reached normal levels over the weekend and gas deliveries to Romania, Germany and Italy are rising, European Commission press secretary Marlene Holzner said on Monday.
The director of a Moscow training center lost her job for refusing to ensure her employees’ attendance at a weekend rally in support of Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s presidency bid, Novaya Gazeta reported on Monday.