High-level military discussions between North and South Korea made no progress on disputed issues such as the maritime border between the two neighbours, the government in Seoul said, according to a media report Thursday. The two sides reached no agreement on their de facto maritime border in the seas west[…]
Hong Kong’s government has called off talks with pro-democracy students aimed at ending nearly two weeks of protests and mass sit-ins that have paralysed parts of the city. Chief Secretary Carrie Lam, seen as the government’s second highest official, said that talks scheduled for Friday would not go ahead because[…]
Hong Kong protest leaders have agreed to hold talks with the pro-Beijing government as their numbers dwindled and they faced growing pressure to end their sit-in. As day breaks over the Chinese autonomous region on Tuesday, only a hundred or so protesters have remained at the central business district, significantly[…]
Opposing political factions in Libya are due to meet for UN-brokered talks to heal a rift that has left the country with rival parliaments. Members of Libya’s internationally recognised House of Representatives said on Monday they were due to meet deputies from Misrata who had boycotted the parliament in favour[…]
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has arrived in Maseru, Lesotho, for talks to restore stability in the mountain kingdom, his office said on Monday. “The deputy president is expected to spend two days in the country to facilitate a peaceful resolution of the political and security challenges facing the country, as[…]
The Durbanville Islamic Society are to host an evening of discussions and debates on Saturday, with the aim of providing insight on the humanitarian tragedy that is the Palestine/Israel conflict. The talks will be the first of what organizers hope to make a quarterly event. Speakers will include UCT Department[…]
Hamas’s former Gaza prime minister Ismail Haniya said on Saturday the Palestinian group would not hold any direct talks with Israel. There would be “no direct negotiations with the Zionist enemy”, Haniya said in a public address in the Gaza Strip, and called on Western-backed Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to[…]
US President Barack Obama has arrived in Estonia on a visit apparently aimed at showing Washington’s solidarity with the three Baltic states, one day before a NATO summit in Wales, where Russia’s involvement in Ukraine is expected to be the main topic. Obama will meet with the leaders of Estonia,[…]
Pakistan’s powerful military has called for talks to resolve a week-long political drama as tens of thousands of protesters marched on parliament in a bid to depose the prime minister. Men, women and children of all ages staged a sit-in outside the parliament building after defying a government ban on[…]
Palestinian negotiators have warned they will leave Cairo on Sunday unless Israel agrees to return to Egyptian-mediated negotiations to end the fighting in Gaza without setting conditions. “We told the Egyptians that if the Israelis are not coming and if there is no significant development, we are leaving today,” Palestinian[…]
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