North Korea's Kim Jong-un meets South Korea envoys in Pyongyang

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has met high-ranking South Korean officials, South Korean news agency Yonhap said.

North Korea Threatens to 'Counter' US over Military Drills

North Korea threatened on Saturday to "counter the US" if the United States holds joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the drills would harm reconciliation efforts on the peninsula.

Reconstruction de l'Irak: les engagements atteignent 30 milliards de dollars

Les engagements en faveur de l'Irak ont atteint 30 milliards de dollars, soit un tiers des besoins exprimés par Bagdad, lors de la conférence sur la reconstruction de ce pays ravagé par la guerre contre les jihadistes, a annoncé mercredi le Koweït.

Hamas must disarm to join Palestinian unity government : US

The United States says the militant Islamist movement Hamas must lay down its weapons if it is to play a part in a new Palestinian government.

Israel says Palestinian unity gov't not accepted unless Hamas disarms

Israel said on Thursday that it would not recognize the unified Fatah-Hamas Palestinian government unless Hamas disarmed and stopped calling for Israel's destruction.

Hamas announces Palestine reconciliation agreement with Fatah

The leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas on Thursday announced it had reached a reconciliation agreement with its bitter rival, the nationalist party Fatah, following the first round of talks held under Egyptian mediation.

Geneva Talks on Syria postponed until 20 February

Diplomats announced on Tuesday that UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura had informed the Security Council that Geneva talks on the settlement of crisis in Syria have been postponed until February 20.

Lavrov: Solving all problems in Syria should be done by the Syrians themselves without any foreign interference

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stressed that the Russian air force which exists in Syria upon a request by the legitimate Syrian Government, have dealt a serious blow to the foreign-backed terrorists, reiterating that the solution to all the problems in Syria must be reached by the Syrian themselves without any foreign interference.

Syrian opposition coordinator: 'US policy is weak'

More than five years into a brutal civil war, there's still no end in sight for the Syrian people.

Libya PM: Haftar to have voice in government

Libyan prime minister-designate Fayez al-Sarraj says military strongman Khalifa Haftar, who controls the north African country’s main oil ports, should be represented in a new, more inclusive government.

Clashes erupt west of Syrian capital following long truce

After a long truce, clashes erupted Tuesday between the Syrian army and armed "rebels" in a western town of the capital Damascus, eye witnesses told Xinhua.

Fidel Castro, le père de la Révolution cubaine, a 90 ans

Admiré, critiqué et désormais à la retraite: Fidel Castro, entré dans les livres d'histoire en menant la Révolution cubaine, fête samedi ses 90 ans dans une île en plein rapprochement avec son ennemi de la Guerre froide, les Etats-Unis.

Syrian authorities in control of considerable part of country — Russian defense ministry

 A considerable part of Syria’s territory is under government control, Russian Defense Ministry Spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Friday.

Merciful Angel: Serbia never to forget NATO bombing - PM

Serbia will maybe forgive, but will never forget the NATO bombing that took place in 1999, Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic said on Thursday.

Turkey’s shelling of Syrian territory ‘aimed at derailing reconciliation’ – Russian MOD

Russia considers continuing artillery shelling of Syrian territory by Turkey to be a provocative act aimed at derailing reconciliation process in the war-torn country, the commander of the Russian center for reconciliation in Syria said Wednesday.

Dozens Syrian families start entering hotspot near Damascus

Dozens of Syrian families started returning to their homes in a rebel-held district south of the capital Damascus on Wednesday, following a successful truce between the government and the rebels, local media reported.

Pakistan, Afghan leaders agree on action against irreconcilable Taliban

Pakistan's Army Chief General Raheel Sharif and Afghan leaders agreed in talks in Kabul on Sunday to take action against those armed groups refusing to join peace process, the military said.

Turkey says Israel has met only one of its conditions for reconciliation

Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said that while Israel has met only one of three conditions set forth by Turkey for the normalization of relations between the two nations, discussions are moving forward at the professional level to determine how Israel can fulfill Turkey's two remaining conditions.

France demands assurances Assad will leave power

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius on Friday demanded that talks on Syria’s future yield assurances that President Bashar al-Assad will leave power.

DPRK (North Korea) urges US to sign peace treaty before denuclearization talks

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has once again said that a peace treaty should be signed with the United States in the first place before advancing the denuclearization process, according to the official KCNA news agency.