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Negotiators from Azerbaijan and the breakaway Armenian republic in Nagorno-Karabakh have held talks over the future of the region, with Baku claiming to fully control it after a military offensive this week. Video published by Azerbaijani media earlier showed the delegation from the self-styled...

Colombia’s government and one of the nation’s last remaining rebel groups announced Tuesday that they will start peace talks next month and enter a 10-month ceasefire that is expected to decrease violence against civilians. The agreement between the Colombian government and the rebel group known as...

Yemen's Iran-backed Huthi rebels are to fly to Riyadh for the first publicly announced visit since a Saudi-led military coalition opened hostilities in 2015, government and diplomatic sources said on Thursday. The Huthis' visit, expected in the coming days, will raise hopes of a breakthrough in the...

Azerbaijan has sent new proposals to Armenia in their longstanding attempts to reach a peace deal, but big gaps remain between the two sides, Armenia's state news agency quoted the country's foreign minister as saying on Wednesday. Armenia also submitted a proposal of its own for a withdrawal from...

Tuareg rebels in northern Mali have claimed to have seized control of a military camp and posts in the town of Bourem after weeks of fighting against the national army and Wagner mercenaries, threatening to unravel a 2015 peace deal. Tuesday’s capture of Bourem—situated between the ancient cities of...

Eritrean troops allied with Ethiopia’s government have “committed war crimes and possible crimes against humanity” in Tigray, rights group Amnesty International says. In a report released on Monday, Amnesty detailed how Eritrean soldiers extrajudicially executed civilians and sexually enslaved women...

The United Nations’ top official in Yemen warned Monday that the Arab world’s poorest country will remain a powder keg for renewed war unless its rival factions work out a new cease-fire deal. Hans Grundberg, the UN special representative for Yemen, told The Associated Press the situation in the...

A six-month ceasefire between the Colombian government and the country’s largest remaining armed rebel group has entered into force, in the largest victory for President Gustavo Petro in his push to end decades of armed conflict. The ceasefire, set to run until February, is the product of ongoing...

The Kosovo government said on Tuesday it will scale down the police presence and take other measures to lower tensions in a northern region where hostilities between Albanians and ethnic Serbs have reached their highest level since the country declared independence in 2008. Violence in north Kosovo...

Egypt said on Sunday it would host a summit of Sudan's neighbors on July 13 to discuss ways to end a 12-week conflict between rival Sudanese military factions that has triggered a major humanitarian crisis in the region. The summit in Cairo on Thursday aims to "develop effective mechanisms" with...