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In 2011 the Fatah movement that has control over the West Bank and Hamas whose control spreads to the Gaza Strip, agreed on measures to overcome their splits but failed to implement them.
The latest meeting between the Fatah head - the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas - and Khaled Mashaal took place in Cairo on January 9th .
Voice of Russia, Interfax
Foster parents of Alexey, Anastasia and Svetlana Klimov in the United States have been stripped of their parental rights.
The power of Oklahoma tornado that ripped through the state causing massive damage to property and killing dozens in its way has received a top-of-the-scale rating of EF-5 on the Fujita scale. The energy released by the twister was eight times greater than that of the Hiroshima A-bomb, experts say.
A US court has granted a motion by the defense and prosecution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, suspected of committing the Boston marathon bombings, to postpone the first hearing on the case to July 2, or a later date.
Republicans are trying to block Obama administration overtures to Russia on missile defense, creating a potential obstacle to arms control talks.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry "discussed the situation surrounding Syria, primarily preparations for an international conference on facilitating a political settlement of the internal conflict in this country".
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev is carrying President Vladimir Putin's reply to U.S. President Obama's letter to the United States, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said.
An Israeli government committee concluded in a report presented Sunday that the story, which was broadcast by France 2 in 2000, cannot be substantiated by the pictures.
The tornado that struck the U.S. state of Oklahoma Monday may turn out to be the costliest in U.S. history.
A convicted sex offender accused of abducting two girls aged 12 and 15 from a bus stop in Dayton, Iowa, has been found dead, but one of the girls remains missing, authorities said Tuesday.
Russia has offered the United Nations its help in training peacekeepers and said it is ready to boost its presence in peacekeeping missions.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev considers it necessary to continue with privatization, but it should be done sensibly.
Russia’s Regional Development Ministry has published the list of the most attractive Russian cities. The survey covered 164 cities and the top-lost contained 50 cities.
Russia's joining the World Trade Organization should teach it how to manage production costs, Russia’s Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview with the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda.
The US remains the world’s biggest sovereign debtor. In 2014, its debt is expected to amount to 76% of the annual GDP. By 2018, the figure is likely to go down, but only slightly – to approximately 71% of the GDP.
The US authorities are going to enforce a ban on gold sales to Iran as part of extra unilateral sanctions against the country from July 1. The sanctions suggest a ban on selling gold and other precious metals to private and state-run Iranian companies, as well as to individuals holding Iranian citizenship.
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.
A white-tailed deer crashed through the windshield of a public bus in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was filmed by a surveillance camera. (VIDEO)
Salamanders, known for their keen ability to regrow limbs is what scientists are now researching to uncover how we may use the same technique in the future for humans. A cell in the immune system of salamanders is what allows them to regenerate their limbs, and Australian researchers hope that one day humans will be able to do the same.
Two orphaned Russian siblings Kelly and Cloe, known in Russia as Anastasia and Svetlana Klimov, have been temporarily placed with a new US foster family, after years of abuse by their adoptive American parents.
Around 600 Afghan translators will be offered the chance to apply for visas to come to Britain, bringing children and elderly relatives with them. That would theoretically mean up to 3,000 Afghans would be able to come to the UK.
Sinai kidnappers free Egyptian security personnel - army
