Egyptian diplomat and former UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali died at aged 93 nearly two decades after stepping down from UN’s top job.
Syrian peace talks entered a new low after UN mediator announced a three-week halt to proxy negotiations in Geneva, Switzerland.
UN-brokered Geneva peace talks are underway as Syrian opposition-appointed negotiators confirmed participation.
In a step forward, the Afghan government is meeting the Taliban in the next few days for peace talks.
Various heads of state gathered in Minsk, Belarus to try and reach some kind of an agreement that would halt the continuing fighting in eastern Ukraine.
A new round of peace talks between the Ukrainian government and pro-Russian separatists have begun even as both sides were in the midst of intense battles throughout eastern Ukraine.
Peace talks between the government of Colombia and leftist rebels known as the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) are set to resume after an agreement to free a kidnapped Colombian general was reached.
