21 March 2013 Last updated at 09:10 GMT
The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Probe has reached the edge of interstellar space, where no manmade object has gone before
March 22, 2013
Obama visits West Bank for talks with Mahmoud Abbas
Barack Obama has arrived in the West Bank city of Ramallah for talks with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas.
The Israel-Palestinian conflict is likely to be at the core of the talks with Mr Abbas.
The American leader will only spend a few hours in Ramallah, before heading to Jerusalem to give a speech.
Mr Obama made his first trip to Israel as president on Wednesday, holding talks with PM Benjamin Netanyahu.
The two leaders reaffirmed their commitment to a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
Out of this world: 35 years after mission to boldly go where no spacecraft has gone before - Voyager 1 'exits' Solar System
Probe has reached the edge of interstellar space, where no manmade object has gone before
It is the furthest man-made object in space. It has travelled more than 11 billion miles since it was launched nearly 36 years ago. And now Voyager 1 has boldly gone where no spacecraft has gone before – it has left the outer reaches of the Solar System.
It is the furthest man-made object in space. It has travelled more than 11 billion miles since it was launched nearly 36 years ago. And now Voyager 1 has boldly gone where no spacecraft has gone before – it has left the outer reaches of the Solar System.
Cypriot leaders scramble to create a fresh rescue plan
Discussions between Cypriot finance minister Michael Sarris and Russian authorities in Moscow yield no concrete proposals
Cypriot banks will remain closed until Tuesday, the government confirmed yesterday, as emergency talks on a new bailout proposal ended last night without agreement.
Discussions between Cypriot finance minister Michael Sarris and Russian authorities inMoscow yesterday yielded no concrete proposals, leaving Cypriot officials scrambling to work out an alternative plan to the EU-IMF-ECB deal rejected by the Parliament on Tuesday.
Talks between political leaders will resume today.
TURKEY
New chapter in PKK-Turkey ties?
The recent release of eight prisoners held by the PKK is seen as a move that may mark a change in the decades-long conflict between Ankara and the PKK. Deutsche Welle's Karlos Zurutuza was at the event.
The venue was the tiny village of Sergele, an idyllic mountain village where minarets and churches rise up under the imposing snow-capped peaks of the Iraqi Kurdistan region.
The release of the eight prisoners - six soldiers, a policeman and a civil servant - came after jailed PKK leader Abdullah Ocalan said last month that he hoped "to see prisoners meet their families."
"They are five Turks, two Kurds and an Arab. They are healthy and in good condition," PKK fighter Bahtyar told Deutsche Welle.
ICC 'will not drop charges' against Kenya's president-elect
The ICC will not drop the crimes against humanity charges against Kenyan president-elect Uhuru Kenyatta, the court's chief prosecutor has said.
"We will not drop the charges," Fatou Bensouda told reporters in Paris, saying it was only a question of when, not if, he goes to trial.
Kenyatta (51) stands accused of orchestrating deadly violence that followed disputed polls five years ago. He was named Kenya's new president in a closely-fought election this month, though his main rival has filed a legal challenge against the win.
Bensouda said she deplored the lack of co-operation from the Kenyan government in the International Criminal Court cases related to the East African country, which she said suffered from witness intimidation.
"Kenya is the most challenging situation our office has had to deal with," she said.
Terrorism charges for eight Filipinos over Borneo incursion
March 22, 2013
Floyd Whaley
Eight Filipinos were charged on Wednesday in a Malaysian court with committing terrorism and waging war in connection with their recent incursion on the island of Borneo, the Malaysian state news agency, Bernama, said.
The men entered no pleas during a brief hearing at a court in Kuala Lumpur, the agency said. They face maximum sentences of life in prison or the possibility of the death penalty if convicted.
They were the first to be charged after last month's incursion by gunmen from the southern Philippines into the Malaysian state of Sabah. Subsequent fighting has left at least 71 people dead, including nine Malaysian police and military officers.
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