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Yemen calm as 48-hour ceasefire takes hold ASIA

Yemen calm as 48-hour ceasefire takes hold

Violence subsided on Sunday in Yemen, a day after the beginning of a 48-hour ceasefire declared by the pro-government Arab coalition battling rebel fighters for almost 20 months.

12:20 PM November 24 2016
Yemeni gov't says not interested in Kerry's truce announcement ASIA

Yemeni gov't says not interested in Kerry's truce announcement

Yemeni Foreign Minister Abdel-Male k al-Mekhlafi said on Tuesday his government was not interested in a ceasefire and unity government announcement by US Secretary of State John Kerry aimed at ending the country's nearly 20-month conflict.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Russian-declared ceasefire begins in Syria's Aleppo ASIA

Russian-declared ceasefire begins in Syria's Aleppo

A Russian-declared ceasefire for opposition-held areas of Syria's second city Aleppo took effect on Friday, but hopes were low that civilians or rebels would heed calls to leave.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
‘East Aleppo ceasefire has begun, promises safe exit’ ASIA

‘East Aleppo ceasefire has begun, promises safe exit’

The Syrian military said on Thursday a unilateral ceasefire backed by Russia had come into force to allow people to leave besieged eastern Aleppo, a move that the rebels have said ...

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Russia announces first Syria talks since US freeze ASIA

Russia announces first Syria talks since US freeze

Russia on Wednesday announced the first international talks on the Syria conflict since Washington pulled out of bilateral ceasefire negotiations in protest at Moscow's bombing of Aleppo.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
UN envoy hopes to announce Yemen ceasefire deal soon ASIA

UN envoy hopes to announce Yemen ceasefire deal soon

The United Nations' envoy for Yemen said on Friday after meeting with Houthi forces in Oman that he hoped to announce a ceasefire in the conflict in the next few days.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Fiercest airstrikes on Aleppo after Syria declares offensive ASIA

Fiercest airstrikes on Aleppo after Syria declares offensive

Warplanes launched some of the heaviest air strikes yet on rebel-held areas of Aleppo on Friday after the Russian-backed Syrian army declared an offensive to fully capture Syria's biggest city.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria's Aleppo ablaze ahead of fresh diplomatic efforts ASIA

Syria's Aleppo ablaze ahead of fresh diplomatic efforts

Huge blazes erupted in Syria's Aleppo as the city was rocked by fighting and air strikes on Thursday, ahead of last-ditch efforts by world powers to salvage a failed ceasefire.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Obama backs Syria diplomacy after truce fails ASIA

Obama backs Syria diplomacy after truce fails

US President Barack Obama insisted diplomacy is the only way to end the brutal five-year conflict in Syria on Tuesday, as a ceasefire brokered by Washington and Moscow lay in tatters.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Air strikes, clashes test fragile Syria truce deal ASIA

Air strikes, clashes test fragile Syria truce deal

Air strikes and clashes tested a fragile ceasefire in Syria on Friday as civilians waited for aid and the UN Security Council was to discuss whether to endorse the US-Russian truce.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey welcomes Russia-US Syria truce plan ASIA

Turkey welcomes Russia-US Syria truce plan

Turkey, which has sent dozens of tanks and hundreds of troops into Syria in an unprecedented incursion, on Saturday welcomed a deal between the United States and Russia for a ceasefire in its conflict-torn neighbour.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Fighting rages in Aleppo hours after Syrian peace deal ASIA

Fighting rages in Aleppo hours after Syrian peace deal

Fighting raged on in southern Aleppo on Saturday, the army and rebels said, hours after the United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal to put Syria's peace process back on track.

4:45 AM November 25 2016