The Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) on Sunday said it is open to declaring a unilateral truce with the administration of President Duterte who lifted a government ceasefire with the communists on Saturday.
The special representative of the UN secretary-general for South Sudan, Ellen Margrethe Loj, strongly urged all parties to adhere to a ceasefire called by both President Salva Kiir and Vice President Riek Machar in South Sudan' s capital Juba.
The newly-announced cessation of hostilities in Syria marks a major step forward towards a political solution to the country's crisis, but analysts warn the ceasefire could be very fragile considering the complexity of Syria's situation.
The recently-agreed upon cessation of hostilities in Syria has high chances of success, despite the fact that its implementation will not be an easy task, analysts say.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura told press on Monday that intra-Syrian talks initially planned to start on Monday have been delayed until Jan. 29.
Myanmar's Union Parliament on Tuesday approved the Nationwide Cesaefire Accord (NCA) signed between the government and eight ethnic armed groups in mid-October, parliament sources said.
Colombia's rebel group Thursday extended a one-month unilateral ceasefire, as peace talks with the government entered a crucial stage.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday that 65 government soldiers were killed and 243 wounded since the truce in eastern Ukraine came into force more than two months ago amid continuing ceasefire violations.
European leaders and U.S. President Barack Obama said they would consider a "strong reaction" if the Feb. 12 Minsk agreement was not respected, according to an official statement from the French president's office on Tuesday.
French President Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday said any country that failed to respect the Minsk agreements would face sanctions, recalling the need to fully impose the ceasefire deal as fighting escalated in eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said Monday that Kiev has asked Moscow to sign a schedule for implementation of the Minsk ceasefire agreement designed to bring peace to eastern Ukraine.
Moscow hoped coordination on the division line between conflicting sides in eastern Ukraine would support the ceasefire regime and the withdrawal of heavy armaments, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Tuesday.
Islamic Hamas movement said on Sunday that Israel's killing of a Palestinian man in the northern Gaza Strip violated an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire reached between Israel and Gaza Hamas-led militants.
Hostilities and related human rights violations and abuses continued in eastern Ukraine despite the announcement of the Sept. 5 ceasefire, said a latest report released by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on Thursday.
The United States said on Tuesday that the ceasefire reached days ago is "mostly holding" in eastern Ukraine, but Washington will decide on new sanctions against Russia over the next few days.
1st LD Israel accepts Egyptian ceasefire proposal: reports
An important breakthrough has emerged in indirect Palestinian-Israeli negotiations on a durable ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, a source in Islamic Hamas movement said on Monday.
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