Talks aimed at bringing a peaceful end to the civil war in Yemen ended Saturday after the Houthi delegation failed to show. The United Nations’ mediator Martin Griffiths vowed to keep pushing for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
Talks aimed at bringing a peaceful end to the civil war in Yemen ended Saturday after the Houthi delegation failed to show. The United Nations’ mediator Martin Griffiths vowed to keep pushing for a diplomatic solution to the crisis.
South Sudan’s deadline for a peace agreement was missed over the weekend, leading citizens to worry about the impending famine as civil war in the nation continues.
Egypt has again called for peace talks between Israel and Gaza. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Sameh Shukri met with Secretary of State John Kerry yesterday to discuss a ceasefire possibility.
The Israel-Gaza conflict has now continued for one week. Thousands of people have fled the region in pursuit of safety as rocket fire comes from both sides.
With the last round of peace talks between the Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority stalled, some are hoping that a visit by Pope Francis to the Holy Land in May will breathe new life into the peace process.
U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations Martin Indyk reports that in the attempted peace talks between Israel and Palestine, neither nation seemed to want peace enough to compromise.
South Sudan President Salva Kiir has agreed to meet with rival former vice president Riek Machar in an effort to cease violence that has continued for six months.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is petitioning the United Nations for membership, a move that threatens peace talks that had been going on with Israel.
John Kerry held two meetings in a period of 12 hours with Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss the peace talks with Palestine that had been halted.
