Peace Negotiations
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:27
Israel promoted plans or approved tenders for nearly 14,000 new settler homes on occupied Palestinian land during the nine months of peace talks, an Israeli monitor group said as the negotiation period formally ended.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:22
Two sides set to meet in Ethiopian capital, as UN's top human rights official arrives in Juba to investigate situation.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:18
The second phase of a reconciliation conference for communities in Jubba and Gedo regions opened in Kismayo on Sunday (April 27th) and will continue for two weeks, UN-funded Radio Bar-Kulan reported.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 08:05
JERUSALEM — There were late-night video conferences with Secretary of State John Kerry, including one from beneath mosquito netting in an Indonesian hotel. Mr. Kerry met a total of 34 times with President Mahmoud Abbas of the Palestinian Authority, and about twice that with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - 07:19
MANILA — President Obama, stung by criticism of his response to turmoil from Eastern Europe to the Middle East, defended his approach to foreign policy as a slow but steady pursuit of American interests while avoiding military conflict, and he lashed out at those he said reflexively call for the use of force.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 12:21
JERUSALEM — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Saturday that he is willing to continue negotiations with Israel, speaking two days after Israel broke off the latest round of peace talks following the conclusion of a deal between Abbas’s moderate Fatah faction and the militant Islamist group Hamas to form a unity government.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 09:23
Stepped-up rebel attacks, clashes fuelled by local political rivalries, and mass displacement sparked by the abuses of a pro-Government militia have again left long-troubled Darfur at a crossroads, said the United Nations peacekeeping chief today, appealing to the Security Council and its African Union (AU) counterpart for political support to move the warring factions towards lasting peace.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 09:18
Over the past week, details have emerged about atrocities committed by various groups in Bor and Bentiu, two state capitals in South Sudan’s Upper Nile region.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 09:17
Move seen as boost to peace talks but justice minister says charges against ex-vice president Riek Machar still stand.
Monday, April 28, 2014 - 08:20
US special envoy for the two Sudans and the leader of the opposition Reform Now Party (RNP) were at the venue of stalled peace talks on Saturday between the government and the rebels of Blue Nile and South Kordofan states.