Senior Afghan peace envoy killed in blast

The Taliban assassinated a member of the Afghan High Peace Council in a complex ambush in Helmand province today. The Taliban have now assassinated three senior members of the peace council since the end of the summer of 2011. Malim Shah Wali, ...

ISTANBUL—The Turkish government is negotiating a peace agreement it hopes will end the decades long problems of terrorism and the plight of the Kurdish people. To communicate with the public, it has created an independent Wise Council—a group ...

ISSUES of global security, peace and economy are to be discussed in the annual plenary meeting of the InterAction Council set to convene in Manama on Thursday. Under the patronage of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown ...

Kerry and Lavrov, who met for an hour on Tuesday night on the sidelines of a meeting of the eight-nation Arctic Council, emphasised they were working in tandem on the Syria plan. World Bulletin/News Desk U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and ...

A FEDERAL High Court has ordered the police to end their 10 days barricade of the Obio-Akpor local council secretariat in Rumudomaya, Rivers State. Scores of irate youths loyal to the deposed Obio-Akpor council chairman, Timothy Nsirim, his vice ...

The flawed tripartite Cease-fire Agreement-(CFA) signed with the Achik National Volunteer Council (ANVC) on July 23, 2004, resulted in a split in the outfit. More Columns Pakistan: Targeting Hazaras Bangladesh: Talibanised Surge Bihar: Conflicting ...

The thumping and third consecutive win of Nagaland People’s Front in the assembly election which recorded a very high polling of over 83 per cent, has reflected the people’s desire in the troubled state for continuation of the prevailing peaceful atmosphere. Neiphiu Rio-led NPF government has been able to facilitate a peaceful atmosphere in the State which used to be a hot bed of rebellion and where the smell of gun power was omnipresent in the air because of frequent showdown ...

As much as 92.38 per cent polling was recorded in the election to the Legislative Council from the Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam teachers constituency on Thursday. This was much highe...

High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay. UN Photo/Violaine Martin 2 May 2013 The United Nations human rights chief today expressed concern over the recent crackdown on mass demonstrations in Papua, Indonesia this week and called on the ...