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Aiming to end decades of conflict in Colombia, President Gustavo Petro's administration has been in negotiations with the ELN and EMC rebel groups

Colombia Rebels Move Back Toward Ceasefire With Government

Colombia's ELN rebel group announced on Tuesday it would lift restrictions it imposed on the movement of civilians, after being accused by the government that those actions were violating an ongoing ceasefire in place during peace talks.
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari speaks at a news conference in Islamabad

Pakistan Parties Agree On Coalition Excluding Khan's

Pakistan's two main political parties that joined forces to oust Imran Khan as prime minister in 2022 said Tuesday they would form a new coalition to rule the country, after an election last week failed to produce a decisive winner.
On a visit to the White House, Jordan's King Abdullah II pushed for a full ceasefire to end the four-month-old war

Pressure Mounts On Israel For Gaza Ceasefire

Israel faced growing international pressure on Tuesday to agree to a ceasefire with Hamas, as it planned an incursion into the southern Gaza city Rafah where more than a million Palestinians are trapped.
Intricately designed items have been found at the site of the ancient settlements in recent decades

Roads, Farming Threaten Ecuador 'Lost City' Complex

Shielded by the jungle for hundreds of years, the remains of a massive 2,500-year-old network of Ecuadoran cities are being threatened by road and farm encroachment just as its long-held secrets are being revealed, researchers say.
Former US president and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump is a longstanding critic of NATO

Trump Defiant After Backlash Over NATO Remarks

Former US president Donald Trump defended his record on NATO Monday, saying he had made it "strong" after sparking a firestorm of criticism over comments downplaying his commitment to the alliance.
Graves of fallen Ukrainian servicemen at the Lychakiv military cemetery in Lviv on June 1, 2023, amid the Russian invasion

Toll Of War In Ukraine High, But Just How Much Unknown

The human cost of the war in Ukraine, two years after the Russian invasion, is in the hundreds of thousands, but the exact toll is unknown, with both sides shrouding their losses in secrecy, and Russia covering up civilian deaths in areas it has conquered.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk (left) said he was keen to revive the so-called 'Weimar Triangle' format of French, German and Polish cooperation that was initially created in 1991 to enable concerted European action

Ukraine Allies France, Poland, Germany To Tighten Ties

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk on Monday discussed ramping up security cooperation in Europe with the leaders of Germany and France, as fears grow that Donald Trump's possible return to the White House might threaten Western solidarity against Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
A series of Israeli strikes have injured officials from Lebanese and Palestinian armed groups in southern Lebanon, with the latest incident in Bint Jbeil

Hezbollah Official Wounded In Israeli Strike On Lebanon: Security Source

An Israeli air strike on Monday seriously wounded a local Hezbollah official in his car in Lebanon's south, a Lebanese security source told AFP. Israeli forces and the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, a Hamas ally, have traded near-daily fire since war broke out on October 7 between Israel and the Palestinian militant group in the Gaza Strip.

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