UN chief vows to strengthen peacekeeping missions

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday said the world body is working hard to make peacekeeping stronger, safer and more effective.

Tillerson hints at deal to resolve Arab-Israeli conflict in one swoop, Moscow holds breath

The US secretary of state has a plan to resolve the decades-old conflict between Israel and its Arab neighbors in a single ‘deal of the century,’ his Russian counterpart said, adding that Moscow is eager to see the details of the promised peace plan.
“Rex [Tillerson]… hinted to me that the United States is expecting to strike a ‘deal of the century,’ which would resolve the Palestinian-Israeli problem in one swoop,” Sergey Lavrov said. “We certainly want to understand how they see this happening.”......https://on.rt.com/8u8e
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UN launches record $22.5bn aid appeal due to wars in Africa, Middle East

The UN launched a record annual humanitarian appeal on Friday, asking donors for $22.5 billion to meet the needs of 90.1 million people in 2018.

US Sees Regional Conflicts in Its Interest to Sell More Arms: Iran’s Zarif

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif slammed Washington’s foreign policy on conflicts in the Middle East region, saying the US government considers the crises to be in its interest to sell more weapons to the warring sides.

Syrie : la coalition occidentale entend garder contact avec la Russie pour éviter les accrochages

Après la mise en garde russe consécutive à un incident survenu près de Deir ez-Zor, où des rebelles ont ouvert le feu sur des militaires de l'armée syrienne soutenue par Moscou, la coalition a assuré qu'elle maintiendrait le contact avec Moscou.

Baghdad Not to Recognize Result of Kurdish Independence Vote

The spokesman for Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's office, described holding an independence referendum in the Arab country’s Kurdistan region as an “unlawful” move, stressing that the central government would not recognize the result of the upcoming vote.

Japan approves deal to provide ammunition to allies in combat zones

Japanese lawmakers have ratified agreements to provide U.S., British and Australian forces with ammunition in combat zones.

Historic Responsibility: China warns 'conflict could break out at any moment' over North Korea

A conflict over North Korea could break out "at any moment", China's foreign minister Wang Yi said Friday, warning there would be "no winner" in any war, as tensions soar with the US.

US, China to work to prevent conflict on Korean peninsula, Tillerson says

The United States and China agreed on Saturday that tension on the Korean peninsula has reached dangerous levels and pledged to do everything possible to prevent a conflict in that region, the US Secretary of State said Saturday.

Syrian Conflict Unlikely to End in Near Future: UN Chief

The ongoing civil war in Syria will barely end in the near future, as many of the parties to the conflict consider that they could win the war, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Saturday.

U.S. says will prevent China taking over territory in international waters

The new U.S. administration of President Donald Trump vowed on Monday that the United States would prevent China from taking over territory in international waters in the South China Sea, something Chinese state media has said would require Washington to "wage war."

"If Serbs are killed, we'll send army to Kosovo" : Tomislav Nikolic

Serbian President Tomislav Nikolic warned on Sunday that "any new attempt by Pristina to cause a conflict" would "end badly."

Serbia halts "provocative" train heading to Kosovo

Serbian train decorated with the national colors and plastered with icons and a nationalist slogan left Belgrade on Saturday for Kosovo, the former Serbian province, but was halted just before the border as tensions flared.

New UN Chief Urges Preventive Diplomacy ‘Surge’

New United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who has said conflict prevention will be his top priority, laid out his vision Tuesday for re-tuning the organization’s work from largely responding to conflicts back to preventing them.

U.N. appeals for record $22.2B humanitarian funding in 2017

The United Nations on Monday appealed for $22.2 billion in funding to cover humanitarian relief projects to aid 93 million people and 33 countries in 2017.

Conseiller clé de Trump: la guerre aux djihadistes, la paix avec Moscou

Michael T. Flynn est le nouveau conseiller de Donald Trump pour la sécurité nationale. Elément clé de la campagne électorale du candidat républicain, cet ancien lieutenant-général est connu pour avoir toujours promu la lutte acharnée contre Daech et le rapprochement avec la Russie.

UN: 'Arab Spring' cost Middle East economies $600bn

The so-called Arab Spring of 2011 has cost the region's economies an estimated $614bn of growth because of governmental changes, continuing conflict and falling oil prices, according to a United Nations agency.

La victoire de Trump est un cruel camouflet pour Obama

L'électrochoc de la victoire de Donald Trump est un cruel camouflet pour Barack Obama, élu il y a huit ans à la Maison Blanche sur message d'espoir et la promesse d'un pays réconcilié.

Trump: nous aurons des relations honnêtes avec les autres pays

Après son élection, Donald Trump s’est dit prêt à travailler avec tous les pays qui y sont disposés et à rechercher le partenariat plutôt que le conflit.

Solutions agressives pour le règlement du conflit syrien: Le meurtre de Bachar el-Assad au programme du Congrès US

Washington semble n’avoir jamais abandonné l’idée d’une méthode radicale pour le règlement du conflit syrien.