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The above resolutions were adopted on Friday shortly after Palestine was granted a non-member observer status in the United Nations Organization.
Though non-binding, the resolutions by the UN General Assembly reflect the majority of the world nations’ attitude towards what is going on in the Middle East.
The Golan Heights, once part of Syria, were seized by Israel during the 1967 Six-Day War.
Voice of Russia, RIA
Russian and foreign investors will search new sources of economic development and work out recommendations for the leaders of the G20 countries at an International Economic Forum which will open in St. Petersburg today.
The United States has no specific plans to establish a working relationship with Russia on order to implement previous proposals by U.S. President Barack Obama to further reduce nuclear weapons.
Brazil's two biggest cities revoked an increase in public transportation fares, Sao Paulo Governor Geraldo Alckmin and Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes said on Wednesday, following the largest protests seen in the country in 20 years.
U.S. Secretary of State, John Kerry and the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the Armed Forces of the United States Martin Dempsey disagreed on the issue of attacks on Syrian territory during a meeting at the White House.
On Wednesday the United States attempted to salvage plans to hold talks with the Taliban while Russia threw its support behind President Hamid Karzai after he angrily cancelled security talks with Washington.
The United States has no specific plans to establish a working relationship with Russia on order to implement previous proposals by U.S. President Barack Obama to further reduce nuclear weapons.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation has allegedly foiled an intricate assassination plot against President Barack Obama who was to be the target of an X-ray weapon, ABC reports.
Six ancient sites in Syria were on Thursday added to the list of endangered World Heritage, UNESCO said, including the city of Aleppo which has suffered considerable damage since a revolt started in March 2011.
China's second female astronaut, Wang Yaping, has delivered the country's first-ever video lecture from space. Speaking to students via live video, Ms Wang used spinning tops, a ball, water and a fellow astronaut to explain physics in zero-gravity.
Russian and foreign investors will search new sources of economic development and work out recommendations for the leaders of the G20 countries at an International Economic Forum which will open in St. Petersburg today.
The head of the Russian Gazprom giant gas company Alexey Miller says that the construction of the underwater part of the “South Stream” gas pipeline will start in the second quarter of 2014.
Russian prosecutors have charged Sergei Udaltsov and Leonid Razvozzhayev with plotting mass riots during a demonstration in Moscow last May, their lawyers said on Wednesday.
Media reports saying that the Cypriot government wants to renegotiate its agreement with the Eurogroup regarding its assistance program are not true stated the President of Cyprus Nikos Anastasiadis.
The decline in production and consumption, insufficient investments and currency risks top the agenda of the St.Petersburg International Economic Forum, which will take place in St.Petersburg between June 20th and 22nd . Given that these issues of global concern could lead to a new wave of economic crisis, the participants in the forum, which will be attended by President Vladimir Putin, say that it’s time to act and call for ‘decisive action’
The World Bank on Wednesday warned that severe hardships from global warming could be felt within a generation, with a new study detailing devastating impacts in Africa and Asia.
The Fitch rating agency is concerned about the unregulated part of the Chinese banking sector. The so-called “shadow banks” pose systemic risks for the country’s economy.
The Iranian economy is experiencing severe stress caused by the international sanctions against Tehran. An unofficial estimate of the Iranian inflation rate is almost three times the official annual inflation figure.
The foreign exchange market is now in the crosshairs of the global financial regulators in the aftermath of the rate-rigging scandals in currency rates and interest rates markets.
Christine Darlene Calderon was fatally stabbed on Hollywood Boulevard, after snapping a picture of a beggar’s sign. As she breezed down the boulevard with a colleague, she saw a sign, being held by a bum, asking for a dollar, and took a picture with her camera phone. Three men are being held in custody as a result of the violence which took place just days ago, authorities claiming these men harmed Calderon.
Coins of various currencies are now flooding the Amazon.com marketplace. , as they are named can hide a micro SD card inside of the metal. The company who sells the product claims it is “hand-machined from actual coins”, allowing the user to split the coin open, revealing the secret hiding place.
Employees at the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals Trust may be poles apart about the newest video of their boss dressed as Superman. Phil Morley, chief executive of the National Health Services (NHS) Trust in the UK has released a short 2 minute motivational clip, made to inspire workers to be more active during their shifts at the hospital. While some believe the idea is “brilliant”, other are disgusted calling the move “insulting”. (VIDEO)
FBI foils assassination plot against President Obama – TV 
