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“It is a proud day”, Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said.

He also noted with concerns allegations of excessive use of force against protesters by Palestinian security forces in Bethlehem on Friday, and welcomed the decision by the Palestinian Authority to set up an investigative committee into the conduct of police during this demonstration.

Despite having been in the presidency-seeking game for two years, the grasp he’s displayed of those issues is laughable. Like other Carson supporters we interviewed, Karen Mihalic, 61, loves that the neurosurgeon’s “not like your typical politician”. The...

Meanwhile, France said it was “curious” that Russian airstrikes in Syria on Wednesday had not targeted ISIS militants and a diplomatic source added that Moscow’s action appeared aimed at supporting President Bashar al-Assad against other opposition groups in the...

And he looked back on the huge crowds and cheering reception during his stops in Washington, New York and Philadelphia.

PRESIDENT Petro Poroshenko says Ukraine today has to implement so much needed systemic reforms while opposing the Russian aggressor that tries to undermine the democratic European development the Ukrainian people have chosen.

[Obama and Jinping] agreed not to conduct or knowingly support cyber theft of trade secrets or competitive business information.

Speaking through a translator, President Xi, who recently visited a few of Silicon Valley’s leading technology companies, said that the United States and China would not “knowingly support” such practices and said they would both abide by “norms of...

The Russian minister of defense announced Wednesday that his country’s military jets have launched their first targeted airstrikes against the Islamic State.

Fabius said any air strikes must target IS and other “terrorist groups, not civilians or the moderate opposition”.

The guest list is out for President Obama’s state dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping (shee jihn-peeng) and it’s a high-powered mashup of Hollywood, diplomacy and big business.

If Abbas were to go through with his demand that Israel assume responsibility for the Palestinians as the occupying power in the territories, this arguably would require dissolving the Palestinian Authority and Abbas’ resignation. “It is a proud day”.

The latest state department report said: “Iran continued its terrorist-related activity in 2014, including support for Palestinian terrorist groups in Gaza, Lebanese Hezbollah, and various groups in Iraq and throughout the Middle East”.

He spoke of only two possible outcomes for a settlement in Syria, saying a transitional council reached through a political process would be the “preferred option”.

“This was one of the reasons why we were witnessing more and more refugees moving onwards because it was impossible to sustain their lives in their first countries of asylum”, added Guterres, a former Portuguese Prime Minister who is soon exiting the role after nearly...