BritishPrimeMinisterTheresaMaymeetstheleaderofasmallNorthernIrishProtestantpartyonTuesdayinanattempttosaveherpremiershipandavoidasecondelectionthatwouldthrustBr
TopEUandBritishofficialsheld"talksabouttalks"onBrexitinBrusselsonMonday.Buttheyfailedtonaildownadateforthestartofofficialnegotiations.AsUKPrimeMinisterTheresaMa
TheresaMayistobetoldtheEUwilltakeayeartodraftanewmandateforitschiefnegotiator,MichelBarnier,effectivelykillingtheBrexitnegotiations,ifsheinsistsondiscussingafut
BritishPrimeMinisterTheresaMaysaidFridayshewillformagovernmentsupportedbyasmallNorthernIrishpartyafterherConservativeslosttheirparliamentarymajorityinanelection
China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to enhance cooperation on scientific studies on the Arctic Ocean at a trilateral high-level talks.
JapanesePrimeMinisterShinzoAbehassaidthathiscountryiswillingtocooperatewithChinaontheBeltandRoadInitiativeoncertainconditions.AbemadetheremarksonMondayataforumi
AsTurkeyandtheEuropeanUnion(EU)preparetorevivelong-stalledtiesfollowingastormyperiod,analystsarenotoptimisticaboutthemoveyieldinganysignificantprogressinAnkara'
ThesixthroundofUnitedNations-ledSyriapeacetalksinGenevaseemsnowhereclosertoapeacefulsolutiontothecurrentsituationinSyria.AccordingtoCGTNcorrespondentRichardBest
Syrian peace talks in Geneva edged forwards on Wednesday, for the first time in six days of U.N.-led talks, as both sides saw hope of shaping the agenda to their liking and opposition negotiators met a senior diplomat from powerbroker Russia.
U.N. mediator Staffan de Mistura said on Wednesday he did not expect an immediate breakthrough when Syria peace talks restart on Thursday but wanted productive talks that relaunch the process towards a political solution to end the six-year war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu turned down a regional peace plan pitched to him by then U.S. Secretary of States John Kerry last year, Israeli media reported Sunday.
Talks on the Syrian crisis involving Russia, Iran, and Turkey that were due to start in the Kazakh capital, Astana, on Wednesday have been delayed by one day, Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said without explaining the reason for the delay.
Turkish troops backed by Syrian rebel fighters have entered the centre of the Islamic State group bastion of Al-Bab and will soon capture it, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday welcomed the launch of formal peace talks between the government of Colombia and the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group in Quito, the capital of Ecuador.
Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed Tuesday to bolster a fragile truce in Syria but rebels and Damascus made no progress towards a broader settlement to end the war after two days of talks.
Syria's warring sides met for their first talks in nine months on Monday, with their Russian and Turkish backers pushing to cement a ceasefire that could pave the way for political talks.
Kazakhstan is fully ready to hold talks on Syria in its capital Astana on Jan. 23, Russia's RIA news agency reported on Tuesday, citing the Kazakh Foreign Minister Kairat Abdrakhmanov.
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