The Palestinians say they cannot return to peace talks as long as Israel continues to settle Jews on occupied Arab land.

    Speaking in Ramallah on Saturday, senior Palestinian executive Nabil Shaat said an end to Israeli settlement activity must be included into the latest peace push by the Middle East mediators Russia, the United States, the Un...

Viktoria Azarenka of Belarus and Petra Kaitova of the Czech Republic have joined Russia’s Maria Sharapova   and Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki in winning tickets to Istanbul to play in the end-of-season tournament of the Women’s Tennis Association in the six days beginning with October 25th . The four other participants are yet to be picked.

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According to the Russian UN Ambassador Vitali Churkin, the Security Council has referred the Palestinian sovereignty bid to evaluation by experts.

In a formal paper handed a week ago to Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, President Mahmoud Abbas asked the UN to recognize the Palestinian entity as a sovereign state and admit it to full membership.

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Russia’s Marat Safin has defeated Pete Sampras of the US 6-3, 6-4 at a tournament of tennis‘s ex- number ones which opened in Beijing.

Safin topped the world rating table for 9 weeks and triumphed in two Big Slam tournaments. The figures for Sampras are 286 weeks and 14 tournaments.

The Beijing tournament is part of events to inaugurate new courts...

The National Transitional Council of Libya has postponed moves to put together the next Libyan government until after the country is completely free from the remnants of the regime of Muammar Gaddafi.

In an interview for Corriera della Sera Friday, Acting Prime Minister Mahmoud Jibril promised a broad-based, all-inclusive government.

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Eighteen people are dead and over 40 injured after a powerful bomb ripped through a crowded Shia funeral procession in Al Hillah 100 kilometres south of Baghdad.

The authorities suspect an instance of communal violence between the Shias and the Sunnis.

(TASS)

US President Barack Obama has confirmed the death of Anwar al-Awlaki, the radical imam and Al-Qaeda warlord.

US and Yemeni media say that he was killed in the eastern mountain region of Yemen  in a drone strike that hit a car where the preacher was.

Al-Awlaki was first spotted by the FBI in 1999 when he allegedly provided bin Laden with satellite...

With the Russian government flagging a major privatization push, Business RT spoke with Julia Tsepliaeva, Chief Economist for Russia and CIS at BNP Paribas about the factors driving the move, and the key issues for investors.