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Syria peace process moves ahead

A new round of talks will be convened in early September to end the war that has ravaged Syria since 2011, the UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura told a press conference Friday.

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UN Syria talks end with no breakthrough

TheUNSpecialEnvoyforSyriaStaffandeMisturasaidaseventhroundofpeacetalksonFridayinGenevaendedwithoutbreakthrough."Wehavemade,aswewereexpectingandhoping,incrementa

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Syria’s opposition delegation says gov't ‘refusing’ to engage in talks

Nasral-Hariri,headoftheSyrianoppositiondelegationintheGenevapeacetalks,saidonWednesdaythatPresidentBasharal-Assad'sgovernment“refused”toengageinpoliticaldiscuss

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Toshiba in talks with Western Digital, Foxconn over chip unit sale

ToshibaCorp(6502.T)isintalkswithWesternDigitalCorp(WDC.O)andTaiwan'sFoxconn,aswellaswithanalreadypreferredbidder,asitseekstoreviveastalled$18billionsaleofitschi

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EU lawmakers call for freeze in Turkey accession talks

EUlawmakerscalledforasuspensionofTurkey'smembershiptalkswiththeEuropeanUniononWednesday,sayingPresidentTayyipErdogan'scrackdownonopponentsmeantAnkaradidnotmeett

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Russia, Turkey, Iran make progress on Syria de-escalation zones talks

Russia,TurkeyandIranagreedtoformajointworkinggrouponestablishingde-escalationzonesinSyriaduringthelatestpeacetalkswrappedupWednesdayintheKazakhcapitalofAstana.T

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Talks between Philippine gov't, leftist rebels to resume next month

Talks between the Philippine government and the leftist rebels to end the decades-long insurgency in the country will resume next month, the chief negotiator of the Philippine government said Tuesday.

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Fifth round of Syria talks begins in Kazakhstan

Afifthroundoftalksonendingthesix-yearSyrianconflictbeganinKazakhstanonTuesday,focusedonshoringupaplanforsafezonesinthewar-torncountry.Russiannewsagenciesreporte

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Cyprus peace talks enter tough second week at Swiss resort

NegotiatorsinCypruspeacetalksaregearingupforatoughsecondweekataSwissresort,withtherivalsidessubmittingtheirpositionsinwriting.Officialsaretryingtocrackthemostdi

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Cyprus showdown talks seek fix for decades-old crisis

Rival Cypriot leaders meet on Wednesday to resume efforts to solve one of the world's longest-running political crises in what the island's UN envoy billed as the "best chance" for peace.

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Trump's top aides to visit Israel and Palestine this week

US President Donald Trump is sending two top aides to Jerusalem and Ramallah this week to discuss potential next steps in his bid to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

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UK Brexit minister: "No doubt" over Britain leaving the EU

British Brexit minister David Davis heads to Brussels on Monday to open divorce talks with the EU with a message that there should be "no doubt — we are leaving the European Union".

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Syrian army announces 48-hour ceasefire in southern city of Deraa

TheSyrianarmysaiditwouldsuspendcombatoperationsinthesoutherncityofDeraafor48hoursfromSaturdaynoon.ThearmyandIran-backedmilitiaforceshavesteppedupattacksagainsta

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Seoul ready for peace talks if Pyongyang stops nuclear, missile tests

South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Thursday Seoul is willing to hold talks with Pyongyang if the DPRK refrains from conducting further nuclear and missile tests.

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EU, UK plan to start Brexit talks on June 19

The European Union (EU) and the United Kingdom will begin divorce talks on June 19, the two sides announced in a joint statement on Thursday.

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Seoul ready for peace talks if Pyongyang stops nuclear, missile tests

SouthKoreanPresidentMoonJae-insaidonThursdaySeouliswillingtoholdtalkswithPyongyangiftheDPRKrefrainsfromconductingfurthernuclearandmissiletests.Inhismessagetomar

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EU, UK plan to start Brexit talks on June 19

TheEuropeanUnion(EU)andtheUnitedKingdomwillbegindivorcetalksonJune19,thetwosidesannouncedinajointstatementonThursday."MichelBarnier,theEuropeanCommission'sChief