Thousands of Israeli right-wing protesters, among them parliament members and ministers, gathered in the West Bank Thursday to encourage settlements construction and to protest against the ongoing peace talks, local media reported.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who arrived here on Thursday for his second trip to South Korea in the past year, reiterated his position that the Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will not be accepted as a nuclear state, hoping Seoul and Tokyo could resolve tensions.
Russia's deputy foreign minister on Tuesday dismissed the expansion of U.S. sanctions against Iran as "illegitimate."
A meeting on Syria crisis between the UN mediator and senior officials from Russia and the United States will take place on Friday, a UN official said Monday.
The Syria-based opposition groups have agreed that the ill-representation of the Syrian opposition groups in the Geneva II peace talks was one of the main reasons behind the failure, saying that a broader representation could result in tangible results for a political settlement for the country's three-year-old conflict.
Hopes for success in the Geneve II talks that aim to resolve crisis in Syria are slim, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov discussed the possibility of a ceasefire in Syria ahead of peace talks in Switzerland later this month.
Iran warned against imposition of possible sanctions, saying that any new U.S. sanctions against the Islamic republic will scupper the nuclear talks, Press TV reported on Tuesday.
South Korea and the United States on Tuesday resumed the new round of talks to rewrite a civilian nuclear cooperation accord in South Korea's central city of Daejeon, the Foreign Ministry said.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday postponed a planned announcement of more than 1,000 new housing units in the settlements until after U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's visit to the region, the Ha'aretz daily reported.
The White House said on Tuesday that it welcomed an agreement to peace talks by South Sudan government and rebel leader to end weeks of bloody conflict in the world's youngest country.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will discuss with Israeli and Palestinian leaders a framework for permanent status negotiations during his forthcoming visit to the Middle East, the State Department said Monday.
Israel freed 26 Palestinian prisoners early Tuesday, as part of a U.S.-brokered agreement to resume direct peace talks between the two sides.
Iran's top nuclear negotiator said "little progress" has been made in the ongoing expert-level nuclear talks between the representative of the Islamic republic and six world powers, Press TV reported on Sunday.
The United States is pressuring Israeli officials not to announce the construction of new West Bank settlements following the upcoming release of more Palestinian prisoners on Dec. 29.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday that China upholds its position on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said on Wednesday that China upholds its position on the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
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