On Feb. 6, 1899, Congress approved the Treaty of Paris, which also ceded the Philippines, Puerto Rico and Guam to the U.S.

More than 75 years of efforts to broker a two-state solution have failed—and the odds of success have only grown longer.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the meeting "outlined further steps to achieve foreign policy goals, and set priorities for joint efforts by the government and the legislature" ...