Published time: 22 Nov, 2017 07:11 The leaders of Russia, Turkey, and Iran will meet on Wednesday in Sochi to discuss joint efforts on how to bring lasting peace to Syria. The three countries previously agreed to be guarantors of the Syrian peace process. Read more Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Turkish President Recep […]
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The Colonial Betrayal That Haunts Colombian Peace
A Spanish executioner swung his hatchet and cracked the bones of a man named Benkos Biohó. Then he tore the victim’s limbs from their sockets and scattered the body parts around the central plaza of Colombia’s colonial city of Cartagena. Gov. García Girón called it justice, insisting that Benkos posed a threat to his mineral-rich, […]
Riyadh 'fuels terrorists, wages war' while Tehran works on regional peace process – Iranian FM
Published time: 19 Nov, 2017 22:13 Iran’s foreign minister has said Saudi Arabia accusing Tehran of “destabilization” can only be described as “ironic,” as his nation is involved in successful talks on the Syrian peace process, while the Saudis are provoking new regional crises. Tehran has been working with international partners, such as Russia and […]
Damascus vows to ‘deal with any illegal invader force’ to restore peace across Syria
Damascus will continue to battle terrorists until it regains full control of Syrian territory and re-establishes security, President Bashar Assad has said. His top adviser, has meanwhile branded all foreign troops present in Syria without authorization as “illegal invaders.” The war in Syria will continue until full “recovery of security and stability to all Syrian […]
The New ‘Peace Corps’ for Journalists
Ben Schreckinger had just experienced the dinner most journalists would die for — especially in light of recent events — and still he was seriously considering law school. The intrepid young reporter had spent the summer of 2013 as a fellow of the GroundTruth Project, a program to provide young journalists with foreign experience. In […]
‘No Trump, no war’: 1,000s of South Koreans rally for peace ahead of US president’s visit
Published time: 5 Nov, 2017 14:35 Edited time: 5 Nov, 2017 14:37 Thousands of South Koreans flocked to streets of Seoul to demand peace with North Korea and protest the upcoming visit by US President Donald Trump, on his first Asian tour. “We oppose war!” around 5,000 protesters chanted in central Seoul, waving banners and […]
Shattered US-Russia ties ‘greatest threat’ to world peace – German FM
Published time: 5 Nov, 2017 12:56 The “completely shattered” US-Russia relationship is the greatest threat to peace across the globe, the German foreign minister warned. The world will see more uncertainty should Moscow and Washington fail to find common ground. Read more Should Moscow and Washington fail to mend ties, “our children will be growing […]
Quitting Iran deal would ruin 12yrs’ work, threaten nuclear war – rep for Nobel Peace Prize-winner
Washington’s threats to walk out of the Iran nuclear deal is a critical moment for global nuclear non-proliferation, as it risks uprooting over a decade of diplomatic work and bring the world on the verge of a nuclear war, Jean-Marie Collin of ICAN France told RT. Read more Collin, coordinator of the International Campaign to […]
Erdogan: Turkey’s working with Syrian rebels to secure Idlib peace zone
Turkey has been implementing the Russian-backed deal to curb violence in Syria’s Idlib province, together with Free Syrian Army anti-Assad rebels, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said, noting that the operation has so far been going smoothly. Read more “Now we are applying the Astana decisions in Idlib,” Erdogan said Sunday, speaking at a meeting […]
Trump: I’ll give Israeli-Palestinian peace 'a shot' before moving US embassy to Jerusalem
Published time: 8 Oct, 2017 03:58 US President Donald Trump said he would halt moving the US embassy to Jerusalem until he sees the result of the Washington’s latest peace proposal for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, which is expected to be laid out in the coming months. Read more Trump made his remark as he was […]