The US says an independent Palestinian state should be established through direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and not through UN action
More than 62,000 migrant arrivals in Greece last month: IOM
The total number of migrants and refugees arriving in Greece in January topped 62,000, the International Organisation for Migration said on Tuesday.
Published : 2 Feb 2016, 11:27 AM
Updated : 2 Feb 2016, 11:27 AM
"(It) is many, many times what we saw a year ago in the previous January," IOM spokesman Joel Millman said.
He added that there were more than 360 deaths among migrants in the waters off Greece, Turkey and Italy during the month.
RELATED STORIES
The aircraft, which had been on a visit to troops deployed in northwest Kenya to combat endemic cattle-rustling, came down just minutes after leaving Cheptulel Boys Secondary School in West Pokot Coun ...
A council resolution needs at least nine votes in favour and no vetoes by the US, Britain, France, Russia or China to pass
A senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander said that Iran could review its "nuclear doctrine" amid Israeli threats
