The State of Palestine is recognised as a sovereign nation by 147 countries, representing 75 percent of UN members.

On Wednesday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO, recognized cassava and inscribed it on its Intangible Cultural Heritage list as part of a five-country ...

Panama says the U.S. government has recognized the country’s sovereignty over the Panama Canal, but it’s unclear if ...

Although 140 countries and the United Nations have already recognized Palestine, most Western European countries had not. (JTA) — Spain, Norway and Ireland said Wednesday they would formally ...

Armenia became the 148th country to recognize Palestinian independence. Slovenia made the same decision in early June, following Norway, Ireland and Spain, which decided to do so in late May.