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U.N. welcomes Houthi pullout from Yemen's embattled Hodeida but says move must be verified
The United Nations welcomed on Sunday any redeployment of Yemen's Houthi forces away from the port city of Hodeida, but said this should be independently verified to ensure it is in line with the Stockholm cease-fire agreement. On Saturday, the Iranian-aligned movement said it had ...
United Nations says a team of cease-fire monitors will be deployed to Yemen within 24 hours
A team including members of Yemen's warring sides will be dispatched within a day to monitor a truce deal in Hodeida city, a United Nations official said Tuesday. "The Redeployment Coordination Committee is expected to start its work within the next 24 hours," said the ...
U.N. force says Israel-Lebanon border tunnels allegedly dug by Hezbollah violate truce
U.N. peacekeepers in Lebanon said Monday that two of the four tunnels discovered by Israel and allegedly dug by the Hezbollah militant group cross the border in violation of the cease-fire agreement that ended the 2006 war. UNIFIL said it has been investigating the tunnels ...
Fighting around Yemen's Hodeida leaves 12 dead, 25 wounded on eve of cease-fire
Yemeni officials say fighting between Shiite rebels and forces loyal to Yemen's internationally recognized government near the strategic Red Sea port of Hodeida has killed at least 12 people and wounded 25 from both sides. They said the fighting south and east of Hodeida began ...
Trump holds out possible extension on 90-day China trade truce
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday held out the possibility of an extension of the 90-day trade truce he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on over the weekend that would freeze tariffs while a broader deal is negotiated. "The negotiations with China have already ...
U.S.-Taliban talks, without official Afghan representation, yield 'very possible signals'
A meeting between a senior U.S. diplomat and Taliban representatives in Doha last week to discuss a possible cease-fire ended with "very positive signals" and a decision to hold more meetings, people with knowledge of the talks said on Sunday. The meeting between a delegation ...
Taliban refuse to extend Afghanistan cease-fire as Islamic State suicide attack kills 18
The Taliban refused to extend a cease-fire beyond Sunday night, dampening hopes for peace after jubilant scenes over the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Afghanistan. The announcement came after a suicide attack in the restive eastern part of the country by the Islamic State group on ...
Pakistan says Indian shelling across cease-fire line in Kashmir killed four of its soldiers
Four Pakistani soldiers were killed on Sunday when their army vehicle was struck by Indian shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) that separates parts of Kashmir held by both countries, the Pakistani military said. India's ministry of defense Lt. Col. Rajesh Kalia said ...
Thai government to resume peace talks with Muslim insurgents
Thailand's military government said on Thursday peace talks with Muslim separatists operating in the far south of the country would resume in Malaysia, but no agreement would be signed unless the insurgents observed a cease-fire. The separatists from the far-south Muslim-majority provinces of Yala, Pattani ...
Philippine president calls off truce after communist rebel attack
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called off a weeklong cease-fire after communist guerrillas killed a government militiaman and failed to declare their own truce by a Saturday deadline he had imposed. It was the first irritant in what has been a blossoming relationship between Duterte, who ...
Airstrikes hit the only road into rebel-held areas of Aleppo city on Sunday in the heaviest bombing since February, a rebel official and monitors said, jeopardizing access where around 300,000 Syrians live. Russian warplanes carried out the attacks on the Castello road, which was still ...
In show of normalcy, Syria lets students leave besieged areas to take finals
The Syrian government allowed hundreds of students to leave two besieged areas near Damascus to take their year-end exams over the weekend, even as other suburbs of the capital came under fierce attack. The government is eager to show that it is still providing services, ...
