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Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad has submitted his resignation, awaiting President Mahmoud Abbas to approve it, an official from Abbas' Fatah party said.
There will be no winner in the Syrian conflict, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Thursday.
Nearly 1.3 million Syrians are now either registered as refugees or being assisted in Syria's neighboring countries and North Africa.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced his sadness at the loss of life and destruction in the wake of an earthquake in southern Iran, which had killed at least 37 people.
As the UN and the Syrian government were still wrangling about an extended international probe of alleged usage of chemical weapons in northern Syria.
A powerful earthquake struck close to Iran's only nuclear power station on Tuesday, killing 37 people and injuring 850 as it destroyed homes and devastated two small villages.
Iran inaugurated several nuclear-related projects on Tuesday, marking the National Nuclear Technology Day.
US Secretary of State John Kerry is looking to breathe new life into dormant Middle East peace talks in meetings with Netanyahu and other senior officials.
Israel shut down the two main crossing points between the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and Israel following an earlier rockets attack into its southern territories.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday slammed Israel for refusing to present its vision regarding the borders of the future Palestinian state.
Anne Smedinghoff, 25, was killed along with four other Americans in a car bomb blast as their convoy traveled in Zabul province on Saturday.
With differences between Iran and the world powers over the nuclear issue, both sides demonstrate positive will to keep the diplomatic track alive.
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