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.
Egypt announced Monday evening that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators agreed to extend ceasefire in the Gaza Strip for 24 hours, the official MENA news agency reported.
Myanmar has made important progress in the just-ended fifth round of nationwide ceasefire talks between the government and the ethnic armed groups, overcoming conflicts to reach many consensus and moving towards the finalization of a draft nationwide ceasefire accord.
Myanmar gov't, ethnic armed groups to meet again for nationwide ceasefire talks
Rockets were fired on Friday morning from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel after a 72-hour ceasefire between Israel and the Hamas-led militants ended.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Hamas of violating a ceasefire it had called for itself and pledged to do whatever must be done to protect his country.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused Hamas of violating a ceasefire it had called for itself and pledged to do whatever must be done to protect his country.
The United States Sunday began to push for a ceasefire in Gaza amid an Israeli ground war aimed at halting rocket attacks against Israel's civilian population.
Amid growing calls for a fresh ceasefire in eastern Ukraine, the country's president told U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden on Thursday that both Russia and the separatists were rejecting his efforts in this regard.
Myanmar ethnic leaders are planning to gather again at their summit to have further discussions on a second draft single text document before a next formal meeting between negotiators of the government and the ethnic armed groups, state media reported Wednesday.
Peace negotiation between the government's Peace-Making Work Committee (PMWC) and ethnic armed groups' National Cease-fire Coordination Team (NCCT) continued in Yangon, with the two sides coordinating stances on 45 sticking points left to be agreed upon after previous talks, local media reported Thursday.
The Pakistan Taliban decided not to extend ceasefire but the dialogue process with the government will continue, the group's spokesman Shahidullah Shahid said on Wednesday.
Pakistan military on Monday rejected Indian army chief's accusation that Pakistan is involved in border violation and that India could not be expected to stick to rules if the neighbor was breaking them.
Leaders of 17 ethnic armed groups in Myanmar will gather again in Hlaingbwe, southeastern Kayin state, on Dec. 18 for a three-day conference ahead of their continued ceasefire deal with the government, the local Standard Times Daily reported Monday, quoting a senior leader of the Kayin National Union (KNU).
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla group announced a 30-day ceasefire on Sunday in Havana.
The Myanmar government's Central Peace Making Work Committee and representatives of ethnic armed groups on Tuesday agreed to hold political dialogue soonest, a statement said.
Syria's chemical weapons arsenal can be dismantled as quickly as possible, even without a full ceasefire, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.
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