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The message was delivered to Moscow by the Palestinian President’s special envoy Saleh Raafat later in the day.
In Thursday’s exclusive interview with the Voice of Russia, Raafat confirmed the Palestinian authorities’ appreciation of Moscow’s “active efforts” within the UN Security Council, which finally adopted a resolution urging Israel to halt its military operation in Gaza.
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The Saturday bomb attack in Makhachkala could have been committed by Madina Aliyeva (Salakhanova), a city resident, who had been considered missing since May 13, a Dagestani law enforcement source told Interfax.
Russia did not forward documents to Interpol on declaring Hermitage Capital co-founder and CEO William Browder wanted, a Russian Interior Ministry spokesperson told Interfax on Saturday.
UK security service MI5 tried to recruit London attack suspect Michael Adebolajo about six months ago, the suspect’s friend has said. (VIDEO)
The United States is contented with the outcomes of Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev's visit to Washington and expects to have positive discussions on missile defense with Russia.
The US still does not have enough evidence to say who used chemical weapons in Syria, US Acting Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Rose Gottemoeller said on Echo of Moscow radio station on Saturday.
Peace between Israelis and Palestinians is "still possible", Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said on Saturday, hailing US Secretary of State John Kerry's efforts to revive stalled talks.
A 24-year-old woman has died after she was attacked by a tiger inside an enclosure at a zoo in Cumbria.
Community patrols and a beefed-up police presence helped to calm violence around Stockholm overnight on Saturday but 20 to 30 cars were still torched in poor immigrant suburbs and serious incidents were reported outside the capital for the first time.
German Interior Minister Hans-Peter Friedrich has called for ridding Europe of Islamists. In his opinion, not only Islamic militants but those who openly support the extremist ideology should be driven out. France has already begun to do this. It could soon be joined by Britain, particularly in connection with the killing of a serviceman in southeast London, and Sweden, where migrants have sent the country into havoc. Other European may also choose to shoo radically minded individuals. Analysts say Europe is making the right choice in favor of discarding the so-called ‘double standards’.
Russia did not forward documents to Interpol on declaring Hermitage Capital co-founder and CEO William Browder wanted, a Russian Interior Ministry spokesperson told Interfax on Saturday.
The Saturday bomb attack in Makhachkala could have been committed by Madina Aliyeva (Salakhanova), a city resident, who had been considered missing since May 13, a Dagestani law enforcement source told Interfax.
The Flame of the 27th Summer Universiade has arrived in Sochi.
The European Union will emerge from the current crisis stronger than before if the EU governments pursue their previously set agendas and discard their self-serving interests.
After the end of World War II the US dollar replaced the British pound as the main reserve currency of the world. The currency reserves of the world’s central banks are mostly kept in dollars and most of the commodities essential to the functioning of the world economy are priced in dollars.
The Cyprus government "is determined to fight money laundering and terrorist financing and is constantly improving measures in this area", according to a statement made by the Ministry of Finance of the Republic.
On Thursday, the Japanese stock market experienced its biggest one-day plunge since 2011 caused by an earthquake coupled with a giant tsunami. This time, the cause of the crash had nothing to do with a natural disaster.
Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, is starting to attract the attention of the US government. It seems that the American authorities would like to destroy the digital currency before it could become a widespread alternative to the US dollar.
David Cameron's woes are continuing this week with plans to legalize same-sex marriage to be debated in Parliament today and tomorrow. The issue is hugely divisive, not least within the Tory Party which seems to have been in open rebellion in the last couple of weeks over everything from the E.U. to the next election. And on Sunday 34 current and former local party chairmen delivered a letter to Downing Street opposing the policy as "flawed, un-Conservative and costing us dearly in votes and membership". Gay marriage is causing a heated row across the political and public spheres.
Albania introduced four-month visa-free travel for Russians today.
The Vice-Admiral Kulakov large anti-submarine ship of the Russian Northern Fleet has arrived in Liverpool on an unofficial visit.
Turkmenistan has won a sixth mention in the Guinness Book of World Records.
Palestinian-Israeli peace deal 'still possible': Abbas
