EU`s Ashton to hold Middle East `Quartet` talks

Last Updated: Saturday, February 1, 2014, 00:29

EU foreign affairs head Catherine Ashton will chair a meeting of top international officials working on the Israel-Palestinian peace process Saturday, saying "bold" decisions are needed.

Sharif chairs meeting of Taliban talks` committee

Last Updated: Friday, January 31, 2014, 14:22

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday chaired a meeting and issued guidelines for holding negotiations to the four-member committee formed to facilitate talks with the Taliban.

Israel minister apologises to PM over peace talks jibe

Last Updated: Thursday, January 30, 2014, 02:34

Israel`s hard-right economy minister apologised for public attacks on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over US-backed Middle East peace talks.

Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 17:10

A former Norwegian minister nominated fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden for the Nobel Peace Prize today in a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee.

UN fails to break deadlock in Syria talks

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 11:50

The UN failed to break a deadlock at Syrian peace negotiations in Geneva with talks interrupted after the regime railed against Washington instead of dealing with a transition of power.

Syria talks to continue despite deadlock over power transfer

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 01:10

Syrian peace talks in Geneva were deadlocked Monday over the issue of transferring power, but neither side walked away and the UN said the question of a political transition would be back on the table.

Pakistan refuses entry to peace bus from India

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 18:18

Authorities in Pakistan-administered Kashmir Monday refused to allow a bus from India to enter, thereby continuing the deadlock over the cross-LoC trade and the peace bus service in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said.

Syria to allow women, children to leave besieged parts of Homs

Last Updated: Monday, January 27, 2014, 00:57

The Syrian regime has agreed to allow women and children to leave besieged rebel-held areas of the central city of Homs, UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi said Sunday at peace talks in Geneva.

Syria peace talks to focus on prisoners

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 18:38

Syria`s regime and opposition are expected to discuss prisoner releases at a second day of face-to-face peace talks in Geneva on Sunday.

Algerian Islamists to boycott presidential election

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 03:48

Algeria`s main Islamist party, the Movement for the Society of Peace (MSP), on Saturday announced a boycott of the presidential election due to be held April 17.

Omar calls for restoring dialogue to achieve `permanent peace`

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 20:46

Asserting that gun is no answer to any problem, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Saturday stressed the need for "restoring" dialogue between India and Pakistan and particular political groups in the state and the Centre so that issues are addressed in a peaceful manner.

Divisions erupt as Columbia rebels criticize their own

Last Updated: Saturday, January 25, 2014, 02:49

In the latest sign of division amongst Colombia`s FARC rebels as peace talks continue, the group`s leadership on Friday made a rare condemnation of an attack by some of its own guerillas.