The Taliban has denied a news report that it recently restarted peace talks with the Afghan government.
Regional powers agreed to try to revive Afghanistan's stalled peace process after almost 40 years of conflict, the EU's foreign policy chief said on Wednesday ...
The US pressed Russia on Thursday for a "true cessation of hostilities" in Syria ahead of a expected high-level peace talks in Geneva, warning that its patience is running thin.
Israel approved on Wednesday 284 new housing units in Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank at a time of heightened international concern over a construction drive on land Palestinians seek for a state.
The Philippines on Saturday restarted peace talks with the country's largest rebel group, the first under President Rodrigo Duterte aimed at ending decades of violence that has claimed tens of thousands of lives.
Saudi-led coalition warplanes launched fresh air strikes against Shia rebels across Yemen on Wednesday despite international concerns over the escalation after the suspension of peace talks.
Saudi-led coalition warplanes have resumed air strikes on Yemen's capital for the first time in three months, killing 14 people on Tuesday and shutting the airport after UN-brokered talks were suspended.
The UN suspended talks between Yemen's warring parties Saturday after the Iran-backed Shia rebels and their allies appointed a council to run the country in a blow to the peace process.
Seven Saudi troops and dozens of Houthi fighters were killed in heavy fighting on the border with Yemen, SPA reported, as the main combatants in Yemen's war prepared for a further week of peace talks in Kuwait.
Russia called on Tuesday for a swift resumption of stalled Syrian peace talks, saying it was the only way to halt ‘massive violations’ of human rights perpetrated in the five-year-old conflict.
The United Nations will not hold another round of Syria peace talks in Geneva until officials on all sides agree the parameters for a political transition deal, which has an August 1 deadline, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura said.
President Bashar al-Assad vowed on Tuesday to fight on in what he called Syria's war against terrorism, showing no sign of compromise in his first major address since peace talks broke down in April.
