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US image to go down if fund to UNESCO terminated

The image of the United States in the eyes of international community would go down if that country decided to stop ...

Canada freezes voluntary contributions to UNESCO for Palestine admission

Canada is deeply disappointed by the decision taken by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Israeli FM criticizes Palestinian president`s UN speech

Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman slammed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas` address to the United Nations ...

Quartet sets timetable for new Mideast talks

The "Quartet" of Middle East mediators proposed on Friday that Israel and the Palestinians should meet within one ...

Palestinians meet in Slovakia to support statehood bid

Palestinians living in Slovakia`s capital Bratislava met Friday to support the Palestinians` bid for statehood in the ...

RI FM asks NAM members to give Palestine solid support

Foreign Affairs Minister Marty Natalegawa has called on member countries of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) to be solid ...

Abbas to hand over un state bid friday

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas will hand over a formal application for the state of Palestine to be granted full ...

RI wants to see Palestine gain statehood through UN by fardah

The Indonesian government has expressed its support for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas`s intention to secure ...