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Israel to speed up settlement building in West Bank

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has called for the accelerated construction of some 2,000 housing units in ...

Israel slams Palestinian UNESCO membership

Israeli officials on Monday sharply rejected a 107 to 14 vote at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and ...

Iran congratulates Libyans on full liberation of their country

IRI Foreign Minister Ali-Akbar Salehi in a message addressed to Head of Libyan Transitional Council Mustafa Abdul ...

Nine Pakistani troops killed in northwest: officials

Militants ambushed Pakistani troops on Monday, killing nine soldiers in gunbattles that lasted several hours on the ...

Abbas falls short of Colombian support for state bid

Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas left Colombia empty-handed Tuesday after failing to secure support from President Juan ...

Abbas, Sarkozy to meet in Paris

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will meet in Paris in the coming days on the ...

EU asks Israel, Palestinians to meet soon

The European Union said on Sunday it plans to invite Israeli and Palestinian representatives to meet "in the coming ...

Palestine state quest wins first victory in UNESCO vote

Palestine has won a first diplomatic victory in its quest for statehood as UNESCO`s executive committee backed its bid ...

UNESCO executive committee backs Palestinian bid

The executive committee of the United Nations cultural organisation UNESCO on Wednesday (Oct. 5) recommended that the ...

China backs Palestinian UN bid

China on Monday highlighted its support for the Palestinian bid for full membership of the United Nations but called ...

Israel police arrest Hamas lawmaker in e.Jerusalem

Israeli police arrested a Hamas lawmaker on Monday who had been sheltering for more than a year in the International ...

UN Security Council to consider Palestinian bid

The UN Security Council begins consultations Monday on Palestine`s application for full membership of the world body, ...

Nigeria reiterates support for Palestinian statehood bid

The Nigerian government has reiterated it`s decision to support Palestinian`s bid for UN membership as a sovereign ...

RI`s reason for supporting palestine`s UN membership bid

Indonesia is fully supporting Palestine`s efforts to bring its cause to the United Nations because two decades of ...

Ban hands Palestinian bid to UNSC

UN chief Ban Ki-moon has handed over a request for a state of Palestine to be admitted as a full member of the United ...