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TEHRAN -- Chairman of Afghan peace council Abdullah Abdullah, who is in Tehran to hold talks with top Iranian officials, held talks on Sunday with Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif [...]

TEHRAN - Abdulla Abdullah, the head of Afghanistan's peace council, plans to visit Iran after making a visit Islamabad, Pakistan. He also plans to make trips to New Delhi, Ankara, [...]

TEHRAN - A senior Iranian lawmaker condemned on Saturday a normalization deal between the United Arab Emirates and Israel, saying such a deal will not prevent the collapse of Israel. [...]

The Taliban made the three-day truce offer to mark the Eid al-Fitr holiday that started Sunday -- a move swiftly welcomed by the government, which reciprocated by announcing plans to [...]

If there is peace and stability in the Middle East, then there is a good chance that new waves of migration will not set out in the direction of Europe, [...]

Kyaw Moe Tun, Permanent Representative of the United Nations, addressed the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Burma on 13 July 2020 and 14 July 2020 during [...]

Permanent Representative of Myanmar U Kyaw Moe Tun made a statement on 13 July 2020 during the Interactive Dialogue with Mr. Thomas H. Andrews, Special Rapporteur on the Situation of [...]

(JURIST) - Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani agreed Wednesday to a phased release of thousands of imprisoned Taliban fighters. This decision follows an earlier refusal that threatened to thwart the recently [...]

TEHRAN -- Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani on Wed., in a letter sent to the Parliament speakers of the Islamic states, urged Islamic countries to counter US-proposed so-called 'Deal of [...]

The political aspects of the peace initiative have been closely guarded. Only the economic proposals have been unveiled, Reuters reported. Trump discussed the timing of the plan's release with two [...]

'To be honest, nobody has taken that so-called seven-point plan as a plan... it's rather a wishlist,' Abdullah said in an interview with AFP in his sprawling official compound next [...]

United Nations Special Envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen met with Zarif in Tehran on Tuesday for talks on the latest developments in Syria and grounds for cooperation to help the [...]

Ghani inaugurated the new parliament on Friday, almost six months following the controversial elections last year in the war-ravaged country as well as long delays, unresolved disputes and political bickering. [...]

The Government of Liberia welcomes the unveiling of a new Peace plan for the Middle East, which aims to find a lasting solution to one of the world's longest and [...]

Kuwaits National Assembly on Wednesday slammed the US Middle East peace plan, calling on the government to remain steadfast in rejecting it. The plan neglected the rights of Palestinians, Arabs [...]

U.S. Senator Tom Udall (D-N.M.), senior member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) joined 10 Senate Democrats in a letter to President Donald Trump [...]

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu withdrew his request for immunity from prosecution on Tuesday, hours before parliamentary proceedings on the subject were set to begin. Netanyahu, who was visiting Washington [...]

Ashraf GhaniAfghanistan's politicians are on the warpath with government over peace talks with the Taliban, a situation that threatens to disrupt the fragile political environment in the run up to [...]

TEHRAN - Afghanistan's politicians are on the warpath with government over peace talks with the Taliban, a situation that threatens to disrupt the fragile political environment in the run up [...]

Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan H.E. Idrees Zaman met with Germanys State Secretary at the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, Mr. Martin [...]

The ambassador to Afghanistan, Liu Jinsong, met with the leader of the former Afghan interim government and the leader of the Islamic Party (Gulbuddin, HIA), Hikmatyar. The two sides held [...]

During this meeting, both sides talked about the current situation in Afghanistan, current strives for peace, and the conduct of the presidential election in its time. NATO's civilian representative, while [...]

U.S. Senator Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, travelled to Colombia last week to assess opportunities to advance the U.S.-Colombia partnership. In his first visit to [...]

Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered the following remarks at the start of a classified hearing this morning titled, The Reconciliation Process in [...]

At the opening of the new Congress, one-time rebels for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) filed into the lower house where they prepared to be sworn in collectively [...]

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said the Wednesday's summit with his Russian and Turkish counterparts should pave the way for a subsequent congress for Syrian-Syrian talks about the future of the [...]

Syrian Ambassador to Tehran, stressing that only the Syrian nation has the right to decide for the future of Syria, said the presence of terrorists at the negotiating table is [...]

The World Bank Group announced a new strategy of support for Libya focused on restoring key services to citizens and promoting economic recovery as a critical contribution to the ongoing [...]

Legislative efforts to quell threats to national security continue as the House of Representatives adopted on Wednesday House Resolution 2339, urging President Rodrigo Duterte to resume peace talks with the [...]

The House Special Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity chaired by Rep. Ruby Sahali (Lone District, Tawi-Tawi) on Wednesday approved a substitute resolution which urges President Rodrigo Duterte to resume [...]

The House Special Committee on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity chaired by Rep. Ruby Sahali (Lone District, Tawi-Tawi) on Wednesday adopted House Resolution 1803 which urges President Rodrigo Duterte to resume [...]

As Germany and France try to revive the Russia-Ukraine peace process, hard-left French MPs have protested at a visit by Ukrainian parliamentary speaker to the National Assembly, accusing him of [...]

Senator James Lankford (R-OK) made the following statement on the US Embassy dedication ceremony and recognition of Jerusalem as Israeli capital on the 70th anniversary of Israels founding: After more [...]

In line with the conduct of the two-day Indigenous Peoples (IP) Leaders Summit held recently here with guest speaker Secretary Jesus Dureza of the Office of the Presidential Adviser on [...]

Summary: A lawmaker has expressed his âÃÇoeguarded optimismâÃÇÃ¥ on President Rodrigo DuterteâÃÇÃÖs order to revive the foiled peace talks between the government and the National Democratic A lawmaker has expressed [...]

Deputy Foreign Minister, Mr. Hekmat Khalil Karzai briefed the members of the House of Representatives on Afghanistan peace process and the process of Afghanistan Pakistan peace talks today. Mr. Karzai [...]

Summary: Bayan Muna Partylist Representative Carlos Zarate (CDN PHOTO/CHOY ROMANO) Crossing party lines, 61 members of the House of Representatives signed a resolution urging President Rodrigo Duterte Bayan Muna Partylist [...]

In Colombia, partial results from Sunday's general election showed the largest vote share going to right-wing parties opposed to a historic 2016 peace deal with former rebel group Farc. While [...]

The United Nations and Yemeni Houthi Ansarullah movement have reached an agreement to restart a new round of peace talks with negotiators from the resigned government of former president Abd [...]

A senior Iranian lawmaker has welcomed the upcoming peace negotiations over the Syria crisis stressing that intra-Syrian talks are the best solution to the years-long conflict in the Arab nation. [...]

A senior Iranian lawmaker says the Islamic Republic supports a political solution to the almost six-year-long conflict in Syria through negotiations between the country's conflicting sides. Alaeddin Boroujerdi, the chairman [...]

Colombia's Congress has unanimously ratified a revised peace deal reached between the government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) group, in an approval that is almost certain to [...]

Summary: Yemen's Houthi Ansarullah movement and the General People's Congress (GPC) party of the former president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, have set conditions for the resumption of talks to end the [...]

Summary: South Sudan's government urged Sudan and regional states on Tuesday not to let opposition leader Riek Machar launch a new rebellion, after he threatened a return to the battlefield [...]

Mary Lou McDonald, the new leader of Ireland's Sinn Fein party, has raised the possibility of a referendum on Irish reunification partly in response to the United Kingdom's decision to [...]