Search For Keyword.

US downgrades status of de facto Palestinian embassy

The U.S. on Thursday changed the status of its consulate in Jerusalem, placing it under the authority of Washington's embassy in Jerusalem. The consulate for years served as the de facto embassy to the Palestinians, representing the U.S. in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip as...

Putin says former Soviet Republics regret end of USSR

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday said the citizens of many former Soviet Republics regretted the collapse of the USSR, which he described as a "great state". People in the former republics "interpret it in their own way, but all the same they believe that life in the Soviet...