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Israel boosts security ahead of Palestinian UN bid

Israel on Friday will raise its level of security alertness in case unrest accompanies Palestinian president Mahmud ...

Turkey criticises Sarkozy proposal on Palestinians

Turkey`s Deputy Prime Minister Bulent Arinc dismissed a proposal by French President Nicolas Sarkozy for the United ...

Iran`s Ahmadinejad attacks west, prompts walk-out

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad flayed the West on Thursday for a catalogue of misdeeds, but his address to the ...

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 ...

How the Palestinian votes line up at the UN

Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas is set to ask the United Nations on Friday that the Palestinians are granted UN ...

Obama speech shows bias towards Israel: Palestinians

Palestinians on Thursday slammed US President Barack Obama`s United Nations address a day earlier, calling it a ...

Hamas slams Obama`s UN speech

The Gaza Strip ruler, Islamic Hamas movement, slammed on Wednesday (Sept. 21) U.S. President Barack Obama`s speech at ...

Syria death toll now over 2,700: UN

Over 2,700 people have been killed in Syria`s bloody crackdown on protestors, the Office of the United Nations High ...

S. Africa voices support for Palestine`s statehood

South African President Jacob Zuma on Wednesday voiced his country`s support for Palestine`s statehood, urging the UN ...

France`s Sarkozy proposes 1-year mideast peace map

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday proposed the United Nations give the Palestinians status as an observer ...

UN chief urges Israeli `restraint` over Palestinian bid

UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday urged Israel`s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to act with "restraint" and ...

South Africa `fully supports` Palestinian UN bid

South Africa, a key UN Security Council member, "fully supports" the Palestinian bid for full membership of the United ...

Lebanon backs Palestinian UN bid

Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on Wednesday threw his country`s backing behind the Palestinian drive for full UN ...

Twenty-three Myanmarese apply for asylum seeker status

Twenty-three Myanmarese have applied for asylum seeker status to the United Nations High Commission on Refugees ...

Venezuelan president pledges full support for Palestinian statehood

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Tuesday sent a letter to the UN chief, expressing his full support for the ...