There is no proof that Bashar al-Assad's regime is using its heavy weapons to bombard Homs, the Russian Foreign Minister is said to have declared yesterday. Sergei Lavrov's comments on the besieged city came during a telephone conversation with the Foreign Secretary, William Hague, as the Syrian opposition reported dozens more dead and injured.

There is more logic to Russia’s and China’s veto of the UN resolution condemning Assad than there is to William Hague’s sixth-former antics.

Foreign Secretary William Hague has hit out at Russia and China's veto of a recent UN Security Council resolution on Syria, describing the decision as "a betrayal of the Syrian people".

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague accuses China and Russia of "betraying the Syrian people" by vetoing a UN resolution condemning violence there.

William Hague defends deployment of warship and Prince William.

William Hague accused the Syrian regime of "cold-blooded cynicism" as reports of one of the bloodiest attacks of the uprising which is reported to have left 200 people dead fuelled calls for United Nations action.

On the first visit to Mogadishu by a Foreign Secretary for 20 years, William Hague says he has seen "the beginnings of an opportunity" for improvement in the failed state of Somalia.

William Hague calls for renewed pressure against Islamist militants, as he becomes the first British foreign secretary to visit Somalia for 20 years.

Foreign Secretary William Hague has called on the United Nations to support moves led by the Arab League to bring a peaceful resolution to unrest in Syria.

Foreign Secretary William Hague has said he is not currently planning on standing in the way of the new eurozone fiscal pact countries using EU institutions.