Cyprus' President Nicos Anastasiades and Cyprus presidential candidate Averof Neophytou, head of the governing right-wing Democratic Rally party, wave to supporters during a pre-election rally in Nicosia, Cyprus Feb 2, 2023. (PHOTO / REUTERS) NICOSIA – Cypriots vote on Sunday in a presidential election which has split the political right and is unlikely to produce […]
Colombia's National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla commander Pablo Beltran (left) and Colombian government delegation member Otty Patino (right) listen to the reading of a document after a meeting within the framework of the peace talks at "La Casona Cultural Aquiles Nazoa" complex in Caracas on January 21, 2023. (YURI CORTEZ / AFP) CARACAS – The […]
Britain's Foreign Secretary James Cleverly arrives in Downing Street to attend a cabinet meeting in London, Dec 13, 2022. (KIRSTY WIGGLESWORTH / AP) LONDON – British Foreign Minister James Cleverly will on Monday seek to inject fresh momentum into talks with the EU on resolving disputes over a post-Brexit trade relationship when he hosts the […]
Pablo Beltran, representing the Colombian guerrilla National Liberation Army (ELN) (front left) shakes hands with Ivan Danilo Rueda, High Commissioner for Peace on behalf of the Colombian government, after a press conference at the end the first part of peace talks at the Humboldt Hotel in Caracas, Venezuela on Dec 12, 2022. (MATIAS DELACROIX / […]
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a General Assembly meeting commemorating the 40th anniversary of the adoption and opening for signature of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, at the UN headquarters in New York, on Dec 8, 2022. (ESKINDER DEBEBE / UN PHOTO / HANDOUT VIA XINHUA) UNITED NATIONS – UN Secretary-General […]
People stand in line to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, at the Narok County Referral Hospital, in Narok, Kenya, December 1, 2021. Picture taken December 1, 2021. (REUTERS / BAZ RATNER) GENEVA/LONDON — Developing nations are lobbying for fairer access to treatments than they got during COVID-19 as global talks begin on drafting new health rules […]
Jorge Rodriguez, President of Venezuela's National Assembly and Head of Nicolas Maduro's negotiating team, along with Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son of Venezuela's President, and members of Venezuela's government, talks to the media, in Mexico City, Mexico November 26, 2022. (HENRY ROMERO / REUTERS) CARACAS — Venezuela's socialist President Nicolas Maduro will enter upcoming talks with […]
Ukrainian negotiator Mikhailo Podolyak speaks to media after talks between delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Belarus' Gomel region on Feb 28, 2022. (SERGEI KHOLODILIN / BELTA / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said that Kiev could resume dialogue with Moscow only after the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, the presidential […]
Ukrainian negotiator Mikhailo Podolyak speaks to media after talks between delegations from Ukraine and Russia in Belarus' Gomel region on Feb 28, 2022. (SERGEI KHOLODILIN / BELTA / AFP) KIEV – Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mykhailo Podolyak said that Kiev could resume dialogue with Moscow only after the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine, the presidential […]
Russian and US state flags fly near a factory in Vsevolozhsk, Leningrad Region, Russia March 27, 2019. (ANTON VAGANOV / REUTERS) MOSCOW – Russia and the United States are discussing holding talks on strategic nuclear weapons for the first time since Moscow started its special military operation in Ukraine, Russian newspaper Kommersant said on Tuesday, […]
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrives to deliver a speech at the leaders summit of the COP27 climate conference at the Sharm el-Sheikh International Convention Centre, in Egypt's Red Sea resort city of the same name, on Nov 7, 2022. (JOSEPH EID / AFP) SHARM EL-SHEIKH, EGYPT – United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres […]
(From left to right): South African Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Naledi Pandor, Redwan Hussein, Representative of the Ethiopian government, Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, African Union Horn of Africa envoy and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo, Getachew Reda, Representative of the Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF), and former deputy President of South Africa Phumzile […]
This handout picture released by Colombian President Gustavo Petro's twitter account shows Colombian High Commissioner for Peace Danilo Rueda (in white t-shirt) during a meeting with members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia in Caqueta, Colombia, on Sept 17, 2022. (GUSTAVO PETRO'S OFFICIAL TWITTER ACCOUNT / AFP) Colombian government representatives have met with members […]
Colombian President Gustavo Petro delivers a speech during the First Summit of Mayors from the Colombian Pacific Coast region, in Yumbo, Colombia on Aug 10, 2022. (JOAQUIN SARMIENTO / AFP) HAVANA/BOGOTA – Colombia hopes to restart peace talks with leftist guerrilla group the National Liberation Army in Cuba, the country's Foreign Minister Alvaro Leyva said […]