PM Benjamin Netanyahu offered Palestinians a trade off to revive peace talks they quit a new freeze on building in settlements if they recognise Israel as a Jewish state.
Rescuers will start evacuating 33 trapped miners late on Tuesday and have successfully tested a capsule to hoist them to the surface to end their two-month ordeal, officials said.
Shaikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Chairman of the Dubai Executive Council, inaugurated the Dubai Sports Complex, which is built at a cost of Dh1.1 billion.
Milestone man Sachin Tendulkar struck an unbeaten 191 and starred in a marathon 308-run stand with Murali Vijay to fuel Indias robust reply in the second Test against Australia.