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Senior EU officials said on Thursday that Ukraine is making progress on political reforms to open the way for European Union membership talks but still needs to progress in five important areas. The assessment, by the EU’s executive…

Kazakhstan said Wednesday it will stop hosting talks aimed at resolving Syria’s 12-year-old conflict. The abrupt announcement surprised Russia and other participants as they wrapped up the 20th round of talks in the capital of Astana.…

Yemeni government and Houthi delegations met in Amman on Saturday for the second day of a new round of prisoner swap talks, raising hopes for the release of hundreds of captives. The discussions, sponsored by the UN and the International…

The United States is holding talks with Iran to sketch out steps that could limit the Iranian nuclear program, release some detained US citizens and unfreeze some Iranian assets abroad, Iranian and Western officials said. These steps…

Sudan’s warring factions are not taking advantage of talks initiated by the US and Saudi Arabia meant to yield a permanent ceasefire as they originally agreed, a senior US State Department official said on Tuesday. The US is consulting…

Yemeni government negotiators said they will boycott any further UN-mediated negotiations with the Houthis over prisoner exchanges until the militia reveals the whereabouts of detained politician Mohammed Qahtan and allows his family and…

Sudan’s army has suspended talks over a cease-fire and enabling humanitarian access, according to a Sudanese diplomatic source, raising fears of fresh bloodshed. The talks with the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) began in…

The second round of prisoner swap talks between the Yemeni government and the Houthis, which was scheduled to begin this month, has been postponed after both parties traded accusations over prison visit delays. During the first round of…

European Council President Charles Michel and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen are set to visit Seoul on Monday for a summit with South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol. The European leaders, who have just attended the…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken held a phone call with Sudanese army leader Gen. Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan to discuss efforts to reach “an effective short-term cease-fire ” in the country, the State Department said on Saturday. “I…