Brent crude slips towards $66 on Saudi plan to halt Yemen bombing

Last Updated: Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 10:13

Brent crude oil futures slipped by 8 cents to $66.37 a barrel by 0215 GMT, after touching a 2015 high of $67.10 on Monday.

Ukraine anti-government protesters call brief truce for new talks

Last Updated: Thursday, January 23, 2014, 18:19

Anti-government protesters in Ukraine agreed on Thursday to a truce of several hours in clashes with police while new talks took place between opposition leaders and President Viktor Yanukovich, Interfax news agency said.

South Sudan rebels say no truce unless allies released

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 17:44

South Sudan`s rebels indicated today that there would be no imminent truce in the country unless the government freed a group of suspected rebels currently being detained.

Egyptian Islamist groups seek truce

Last Updated: Monday, August 26, 2013, 22:13

Two of Egypt`s former militant groups are offering an initiative to halt the country`s political violence, in which supporters of the ousted Islamist president will stop street protests if the military stops its crackdown on them.

Pak violates truce, targets Indian soldiers in J&K

Last Updated: Monday, July 8, 2013, 19:18

Violating the ceasefire, Pakistani troops on Monday fired at Indian soldiers while they were trying to rescue two porters who were wounded in twin blasts along the LoC in Jammu and Kashmir`s Poonch district.

Truce reached among fighting climbers on Everest

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 1, 2013, 20:10

A truce has been reached between three foreign climbers and Nepalese Sherpa guides who were involved in a fistfight on Mount Everest, officials said today.

Sharif believed Pak Army would get him for Kargil truce

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 20, 2013, 22:24

Nawaz Sharif believed that the powerful Pakistani army would "get" him for brokering a truce.

Pakistan rejects Taliban truce offer

Last Updated: Thursday, December 27, 2012, 23:04

Malik said the Taliban`s offer of conditional respite was "unacceptable".

Islamic cleric in Gaza says violating truce would be a sin

Last Updated: Monday, November 26, 2012, 14:11

A religious legitimacy was accorded to the truce and gave the Gaza government strong backing to enforce it.

Gaza truce takes hold; new era in Hamas-Israel ties?

Last Updated: Thursday, November 22, 2012, 15:27

Gazan streets were packed with the merry-makers jubilant over the news of ceasefire yesterday night.

UN chief in Cairo for truce negotiations as Gaza death toll shoots up

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 20, 2012, 09:32

UN Chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday arrived in Cairo to help broker a ceasefire in the violence-stricken Gaza strip by supporting Egyptian-led efforts to strike peace between Israel and the Palestinian militants.

UN chief urges Gaza ceasefire as Israeli strikes continue

Last Updated: Monday, November 19, 2012, 09:13

With Israeli strikes on Gaza entering into sixth day killing more than 70 people, UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Sunday re-emphasized on the urgency to end the ongoing violence, appealing both the sides to reach an immediate truce.