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UN faces tough task to get Cyprus peace talks restarted

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NICOSIA, Cyprus — Normally, trying to get the two sides on ethnically divided Cyprus to sit down for yet another round of talks is...

Colombia peace court alarmed over killings of former rebels

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BOGOTA, Colombia — Colombia’s postwar reconciliation tribunal said Monday that violence against former guerrilla fighters and community leaders is increasing in rural areas and...

Biologists defy Cyprus’ ethnic cleave to protect environment

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NICOSIA, Cyprus — There’s something regal in the sprightly step and curious gaze of the long-horn sheep that roam the hills near Varisia, an...

UN chief: Sudan-South Sudan dispute will keep UN in Abyei

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UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has informed the Security Council that he couldn’t provide options to reduce and terminate the nearly 3,700-strong...

UN chief proposes targets to lift South Sudan arms embargo

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UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Wednesday for implementation of the 2018 peace agreement in South Sudan, disarmament of former combatants and establishment...

Embattled Central African Republic president begins 2nd term

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BANGUI, Central African Republic — President Faustin Archange Touadera was sworn in for a second term Tuesday in Central African Republic as he faces...

EXPLAINER: Stakes high as Moscow opens 1st of 3 Afghan meets

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ISLAMABAD — Russia is to host on Thursday the first of three international conferences aimed at jump-starting a stalled Afghanistan peace process ahead of...

Afghan bomb kills at least 8; UN slams high civilian deaths

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KABUL, Afghanistan — A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and injured 47 in Afghanistan's western Herat province, officials said Saturday. ...

Armenian opposition supporters surround government buildings

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YEREVAN, Armenia — Hundreds of opposition supporters surrounded government buildings in Armenia's capital on Saturday to push for the resignation of the country’s prime...

South Sudan faces conflict, a humanitarian crisis and famine

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UNITED NATIONS — The director-general of the International Committee of the Red Cross warned that South Sudan is “a forgotten conflict” facing a “humanitarian...