Russia will seek guarantees that Nato will exclude Ukraine from membership and that Ukraine will remain neutral in any peace deal, a Russian deputy foreign minister said. “We will demand that ironclad security guarantees become part of this agreement,” Alexander Grushko told Russian media outlet Izvestia. “Part of these guarantees should be the neutral status … Read more
Britain and France have promised to muster a “coalition of the willing” to secure a peace agreement between Ukraine and Russia. Now comes the acid test for Europe: How many countries will step up, and does that even matter, given Russia’s rejection of such a coalition as part of any settlement? Prime Minister Keir Starmer … Read more
Deal between Israel and Hamas seeks to end 15 months of war. Israeli attacks have killed dozens of Palestinians in Gaza after mediators announced that a ceasefire agreement was reached to end 15 months of war. The ceasefire is expected to come into effect on Sunday, a day before US President-elect Donald Trump’s return to … Read more
Nihon Hidankyo, the Japanese atomic bomb survivors’ group, has accepted the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize “for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons”. Now in their 80s and 90s, members of the group who survived American bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki accepted the award at a ceremony in Oslo’s City Hall … Read more
NATO’s new top diplomat suggested on Tuesday that Ukraine should put off any peace talks with Russia until Western allies can send enough military aid to help Kyiv push ahead on the battlefield and garner a stronger negotiating position. Mark Rutte, the NATO secretary general, said it was up to Ukraine to decide when it … Read more
Pause in hostilities renews a push to end Israel’s genocide in Gaza. A day after announcing the Lebanon ceasefire, US President Joe Biden said he would resume efforts with international partners to end Israel’s war on Gaza. Qatar and Egypt have shown a willingness to join the negotiations. The Palestinian armed group Hamas has indicated … Read more
For Gómez-Suárez, if Colombia’s conflict is regional, then the solution should be too. He draws a contrast between his approach to the Comuneros and the way the Colombian government previously negotiated peace with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), once the largest rebel group in the country. In 2016, under then-President Juan Manuel Santos, … Read more
A Democratic state representative, who opposes US support for Israel, fights to pass a ceasefire resolution for Gaza. Madinah Wilson-Anton is the first Muslim State Representative elected in President Biden’s home state of Delaware. She advocates for her community as a politician and challenges perceptions of it in her free time as a budding stand-up … Read more
Leaders gather in Doha for yet another round of ceasefire talks, with hopes are running high. Gaza ceasefire talks have restarted in the Qatari capital, Doha, after being stalled for months. Israel’s Mossad foreign intelligence agency chief and the head of the CIA have met with the Qatari prime minister in hopes of moving negotiations … Read more
World leaders meet at the United Nations amid growing fears of an all-out regional war. The United Nations General Assembly is under way in New York. After almost a year of Israel’s war on Gaza, world leaders continue to talk about bringing an end to the conflict. But with the largest Israeli assault on Lebanon … Read more