In the 77 years since the formation of the Jewish state, and for the 2,000 years since the destruction of the Second Temple, the West has understood peace…
Read more Opinion | Trump Changed the Stakes in the Middle EastCNN — Here’s a look at Kurdish people. Kurds do not have an official homeland or country. Most reside within countries in the Middle East including northern Iraq,…
Read more Kurdish People Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the Taliban, a Sunni Islamist organization operating primarily in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The group’s aim is to impose its interpretation of Islamic…
Read more Taliban Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Here’s a look at the life of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. Birth date: 1935 Birth place: Safed, Palestine Marriage: Amina Abbas Children: Three sons Mazen (died…
Read more Mahmoud Abbas Fast Facts | CNNCNN — Volodymyr Zelensky urged Donald Trump to share his peace plans publicly if the former US president has a way to end the war between Ukraine and…
Read more Zelensky urges Trump to share Ukraine peace plan but says he won’t give territory to Russia | CNN PoliticsCNN — The Vatican is part of a peace mission to end the war in Ukraine, Pope Francis said Sunday. “The mission is in the course now, but…
Read more Pope Francis says the Vatican is involved in a peace mission to end the war in Ukraine | CNNBelfast, Northern Ireland CNN — When President Joe Biden was isolating with Covid in the White House last summer, atop the stack of books on his desk was…
Read more Biden’s trip to Ireland is part homecoming, part diplomacy and part politics | CNN PoliticsCNNE — What began as a hopeful announcement of a six-month ceasefire with the National Liberation Army (ELN) and other armed groups in Colombia, has ended in a…
Read more Why Colombia was forced to backtrack on a promising ceasefire announcement | CNNBUCHAREST — NATO returns on Tuesday to the scene of one of its most controversial decisions, intent on repeating its vow that Ukraine — now suffering through the…
Read more 14 years later, NATO is set to renew its vow to UkraineISLAMABAD — The Pakistani Taliban on Monday ended a monthslong cease-fire with the government in Islamabad, ordering its fighters to resume attacks across the country, where scores of…
Read more Pakistan Taliban ends cease-fire with govt, vows new attacksNAIROBI, Kenya — The latest round of peace talks between Ethiopia’s government and representatives of the country’s Tigray region has been extended as military commanders work out details…
Read more Ethiopia peace talks extended as disarmament, aid discussedKYIV, Ukraine — Ukraine’s president has suggested he’s open to peace talks with Russia, softening his refusal to negotiate with Moscow as long as President Vladimir Putin is…
Read more Zelenskyy open to talks with Russia — on Ukraine’s termsMANAMA, Bahrain — With Russia’s war in Ukraine raging, Pope Francis joined Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders Friday in calling for the world’s great religions work together for…
Read more Pope blasts ‘childlike’ wars at Bahrain interfaith summitRAMALLAH, West Bank — The apparent comeback of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the dramatic rise of his far-right and ultra-Orthodox allies in Israel’s general election this…
Read more As Israel’s far right parties celebrate, Palestinians shrugMOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday to try to broker a settlement to a longstanding conflict between the two…
Read more No breakthrough in Armenia, Azerbaijan peace talks in RussiaNAIROBI, Kenya — Peace talks between warring sides on Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict have been extended into this week, while the country’s prime minister complained in comments broadcast Monday…
Read more Peace talks on Ethiopia’s Tigray conflict are extendedJenin Refugee Camp, West Bank CNN — Four US-made M4 Carbine rifles lean against the back of the sofa. The young men, mostly dressed in black civilian clothes,…
Read more West Bank militants threaten Israel and warn their own leaders as tensions rise | CNNMOSCOW — Russian President Vladimir Putin will host the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan to help broker a settlement to a longstanding conflict between the two ex-Soviet neighbors,…
Read more Putin to host leaders of Armenia, Azerbaijan for talksCANBERRA, Australia — Australia has reversed a previous government’s recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the foreign minister said Tuesday. The center-left Labor Party government Cabinet agreed…
Read more Australia drops recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capitalADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — Diplomats are calling on Ethiopia ’s federal authorities and their rivals in the northern region of Tigray to agree to a cease-fire as heavy…
Read more Calls grow for Ethiopia peace effort as fighting intensifies
