Ceasefire

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the Islamist movement which controls the Gaza Strip, came into force early Friday after 11 days of deadly fighting that pounded the Palestinian enclave and forced countless Israelis to seek...

Armenia and Azerbaijan agreed to a ceasefire from noon Saturday and to begin “substantive talks” over Nagorno-Karabakh, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced after marathon discussions held in Moscow. Speaking after 11 hours of talks between...

Pope Francis called Sunday for an “immediate” ceasefire in global conflict and urged European nations to show “solidarity” in the face of a coronavirus pandemic that has claimed more than 109,000 lives worldwide. “May Christ our...

Taliban militants headed into cities across on Sunday as they celebrated their Eid ceasefire with feasts and selfies, raising questions about what happens when the ceasefire ends at midnight (1930 GMT). President Ashraf Ghani said he...

News Hour: The UN’s Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura praised a nationwide ceasefire deal announced on Thursday and voiced hope it would help aid reach civilians across the war-ravaged country, reports BSS. “The Special Envoy welcomes...

News Hour: A Russia-declared unilateral ceasefire is to take hold in Syria’s Aleppo on Friday even as rebels stepped up a week-old assault to break a government siege of the city’s eastern districts. Regime ally Russia,...

News Hour: The Malian jihadist group Ansar Dine has denied agreeing to a ceasefire with the government, a Mauritanian news agency and the extremist monitoring group said on Tuesday. It follows the announcement on Monday by...

News Hour: Airstrikes and clashes tested a fragile ceasefire in Syria on Saturday as civilians waited for aid and tensions mounted between the deal’s brokers Russia and the United States. In New York, the UN Security...

News Hour: A barrage of airstrikes on rebel-held areas in Syria have killed scores of people, just hours after the government in Damascus approved a US-Russian plan to halt fighting in the country’s suppurating civil war....

News Hour: The United States and Russia agreed to a deal on Friday to impose a ceasefire in Syria, and if the truce holds they will begin a joint military effort against Islamic jihadists. US Secretary...