Peace Talks

Afghan team prepares for peace talks after freeing 200 Taliban inmates

The stalled release of prisoners has delayed talks between Afghanistan's government and the militant group but negotiations are expected to begin once the inmate impasse is overcome.

Yemen's Southern Transitional Council abandons self-rule

Yemen's leading separatist group, the Southern Transitional Council, has abandoned its declaration of self-rule in the country's south and pledged to implement a stalled Saudi-brokered peace agreement with the government.

US opens first round of resurrected peace talks with Taliban

While US peace envoy Khalilzad is talking to the Taliban about reducing violence, the US military says its air strikes killed 37 Taliban and operations by the Afghan National Security Forces killed another 22 of the militants.

As talks resume, this is what we know so far about the Afghan peace process

Peace may be closer than ever in Afghanistan, as the Taliban and the US get ready for talks on June 29 with the aim of reaching a peace deal before the country’s presidential elections in September.

UN chief joins Yemen peace talks as pressure builds for port deal

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is joining the final day of peace talks being held in Sweden between representatives of the Yemeni government and Houthi rebel group.

Yemen rebels refuse Sanaa airport reopening as domestic hub

Yemen’s warring sides had earlier agreed to a broad prisoner swap at the start of crucial peace talks in Sweden which aims to end a devastating conflict that has pushed millions of people to the verge of starvation.

UN envoy stresses 'critical opportunity' as Yemen talks start

The talks mark the first attempt in two years to broker an end to the Yemen conflict, which has killed at least 10,000 people since 2015 and triggered what the UN calls the world's worst humanitarian crisis.

UN envoy in Yemen to push for peace talks as famine looms

Under heavy Western pressure, the Hadi government and its Saudi-led military backers have largely suspended a five-month-old offensive on the Red Sea port city as United Nations envoy Martin Griffiths spearheads the biggest peace push in two years.

Trying to make Yemeni child smile like tickling a ghost: UN food chief

UN Yemen envoy Martin Griffiths says all warring parties have given firm assurances to attend peace talks which will be held soon in Sweden as 8.4 million people, including children, are on the brink of starvation in the warring country.

Oslo Accords 25 years on: false hope, broken promises

25 years after first of the historic Oslo Accord agreements were signed on September 13 1993, peace hopes crumble among Palestinians.

Yemen peace talks collapse in Geneva after Houthi no-show

The UN special envoy to Yemen sought to downplay the significance of the failure of peace talks to start, saying on Saturday that he would head back to Yemen "within days" to try and agree on a new date.

Yemen's warring parties willing to restart talks: UN envoy

Both Yemen's Shia rebels, known as Houthis, and the country's Saudi-backed government confirmed their willingness to come to the table to restart negotiations with the UN Security Council.