Colombia peace talks to continue, for now, after Santos re-election
It's evident a week after President Juan Manuel Santos won re-election with 51 percent of the vote that his government's peace negotiations with the FARC, in progress for 18 months, will be continuing.
In Okinawa, anti-base mayor's re-election sends a message
In Okinawa's Nago City mayoral election, which centered on the plan to construct a new U.S. military base in the city, anti-base incumbent Inamine Susumu won with a wide margin.
Colombian peace a distant dream for David Ravelo and Credhos
Negotiations in Cuba between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) aimed at ending 50 years of war have continued now for a year.
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela: 1918 - 2013
The world mouns the passing of elder statemen and freedom fighter, Nelson Mandela.
Patriotic Union revival signals hope for Colombian peace
"We are arriving in the country we want to change to become a country at peace, a democratic country, a tolerant country."
What does the UN Syria report really say?
UN weapons inspectors, in their long-awaited report on the alleged chemical weapons attacks in the Damascus area, did not determine who perpetrated the attacks.
Appeals to White House: Don't bomb Syria
In a letter dated Aug. 28, 18 human rights, peace and religious organizations appealed to President Obama to reject military intervention in Syria.
Goal is Israeli-Palestine pact in 9 months, Kerry says
"Our objective will be to achieve a final status agreement over the course of the next nine months," Secretary of State John Kerry said Tuesday after Israeli-Palestinian talks opened for the first time in three years.
Mali agreement signed but root problems remain
On June 18, the interim government of Mali and the Tuareg separatists of the National Movement of Azawad signed a tentative peace deal.
Afghanistan: Is it really the end game?
There is nothing that better sums up the utter failure of America's longest war than getting ambushed as you are trying to get the hell out of the county.
