The US and South Korea just took a huge step towards peace with North Korea

KCNA via Reuters North Korea has reopened communications with South Korea and the US has agreed to suspend military drills during the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. There will be two and a half months of quiet on the Korean Peninsula, giving the sides time to make peace. But North Korea may be setting a trap to divide […]

Trump threatens to cut aid to Palestinians over failed peace talks

Associated Press/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump said in tweets on Tuesday that the United States may withhold future aid payments to Palestinians.  Trump said Washington gives Palestinians “hundreds of millions” in aid and gets “no respect or attention.”  US Ambassador the UN Nikki Haley echoed Trump’s comments, saying the president doesn’t want to give additional […]

Why Trump moving the US embassy to Jerusalem could finally make peace

Thomson Reuters President Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel will make piece likelier. He’s just not making a convincing argument. The recognition helps rebuff the notion that Jews are invaders or foreign crusaders, an argument that remains an impediment to peace. There’s been no real diplomacy for years, so Trump’s […]

The Peace Diamond 🕊️

DAKAR, Senegal — When a high-profile diamond auction took place on a blustery New York morning this December, an unusual watcher was among the billionaires, collectors and jewelry houses that make up the typical bidders. Emmanuel Momoh, a tall and soft-spoken pastor from Sierra Leone who had traveled outside his country for the first time, […]

North Korea tells UN envoy it’s ‘important to prevent war,’ UN says ‘door ajar’ for peace talks

KCNA via REUTERS A UN envoy to North Korea emerged with the news that Pyongyang said it is “important to prevent war” with the US. The discussion now must move to how to prevent war, and what direction North Korea wants to go. UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. political chief said Tuesday that senior […]

This Presidential Hopeful Wants to Rewrite Colombia's Peace Deal

Aikido, the art of peace. That’s what Colombian Sen. Iván Duque is riffing on at 10 p.m. from the front seat of a bulletproof Toyota as I sit squeezed between two bodyguards. The Japanese martial art is a discipline he mastered as a teenager and, today, as one of the most vocal opponents of Colombia’s […]

US can no longer be peace broker after Trump's declaration – Palestine leader Abbas

Published time: 6 Dec, 2017 19:20 Edited time: 6 Dec, 2017 19:24 The President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, has condemned Donald Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, stating that it nullifies the US right to be a mediator in Israeli-Palestinian conflict. DETAILS TO FOLLOW Let’s block ads! (Why?) RT – Daily […]

Philippines’ Duterte scraps peace talks with communist rebels, calls them terrorists

The Philippines have struggled with communist rebels for almost half a century, and President Rodrigo Duterte just decided to scrap peace talks with them. Duterte will consider the rebels terrorists because hostilities continued during negotiations. The Philippines is also fighting an Islamist insurgency and a drug war that has resulted in thousands of deaths. MANILA […]

Trump says he will get peace in the Middle East ‘done’ by talking to Turkey’s Erdogan

REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque President Donald Trump will speak to Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan about peace in the Middle East on Friday. Erdogan has taken steps to distance Turkey from Europe and NATO and increase ties with Russia. Turkey backs a Russian-led peace initiative in Syria that favors Iran, and Trump may be going along with it. […]