From the political maelstrom in Washington to the humanitarian disaster in Yemen to the deadly unrest along the Israel-Gaza border, photographers captured a world in turbulent transition.
The Representative of India in the Palestinian National Authority, Zikrur Rahman, said that the mission has been constantly in touch with all the Indian nationals living in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
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Paes and Damm were playing their first match in the hard court tournament after getting a bye in the first round and a walkover in the second.
The Indian lost 6-1, 7-6 to France's Virginie Razzano in the third round in Los Angeles.
The Indian ace beat qualifier Alesandra Wozniak 6-3, 6-2 to set up a second round clash with Martina Hingis.
The government refused on Monday to go ahead with a listed short duration discussion on the ongoing violence in West Bank and Gaza, saying it could impact India's diplomatic ties with Israel and Palestine, both friendly countries.
The medicines were handed over to the representative of presidency by the Indian Representative to Palestine in Ramallah.
Palestinian swimmer Mary al-Atrash can't wait to make a splash at the Rio Olympics in August, but participation, rather than a podium finish, is probably the best she can hope for.
What the ceasefire does is to show the supporters of violence in the Kashmir valley an alternative to militancy, argues Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
'Traditionally, the US tried to tamp down tensions whenever a crisis situation arose and deputed officials from Washington to travel to Delhi to counsel restraint.' 'This time around, no US envoy flew down to Delhi -- not even when tensions spiked and a flashpoint was reached last week,' points out Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
A twitter handle of the Israeli army was taken over by Internet hackers, who posted a message warning that a nuclear facility in Israel has been hit by two rockets, causing a brief torrent of panic.
Of Jerusalem's 700,000 residents, about 230,000 are Palestinians.
Israel, however, still retains control over Gaza's borders.
Troops marched into two West Bank Settlements, Sanur and Homesh on Tuesday to evacuate 2000 armed extremists barricaded there.
He will also order the state department to start the process of planning and building a new US embassy in Jerusalem, but White House officials said that process would take at least three years.
Former Foreign Secretary Romesh Bhandari talks about his friendship with Yasser Arafat.
Israel has acceded to requests by the Palestinian Authority in this regard.
However, the Israeli media has pronounced him dead.
A Chicago court has ordered 3 Islamic charities to pay $156m to the parents of David Boim, a US teenager killed by Hamas in the West Bank in 1996.
The Islamic nations also sought a najor UN role in Iraq.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has clinched an 11th-hour deal with a right-wing party to form a hardline coalition government that could pose a major challenge to any global initiative to break the logjam in peace talks with the Palestinians.
Palestinians, who protested massively along the Gaza border clashed with Israeli forces.
The move follows a devastating suicide bombing in Israel and a retaliatory air strike against Syria.
Women in war-torn countries battle on the front lines
He said India can have a possible role in creating a multilateral forum of negotiations between the Palestinians and Israelis.
United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon has strongly condemned the collapse of a humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, asking Israel and the Palestinians factions to reach an immediate understanding on a durable truce.
Cairo, Egypt's sprawling capital, is a maelstrom of sights, sounds and smells.
In 11 countries with significant Muslim population people hold overwhelmingly negative views about the Islamic State with the exception of Pakistan where most people have no definite opinion on the terror group, according to a new research.
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FIFA chief Sepp Blatter, who is standing for re-election as FIFA president on Friday, added that the investigations will help to reinforce measures world soccer's governing body has already taken.
Israeli foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman today snapped a 20-month political alliance with Prime Minister Benjamin Natanyahu, the first fallout of a simmering discontent over the fractious ruling coalition's response to frequent attacks by Palestinian Hamas militants.
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