Palestinians ready to resume peace talks

Palestinians ready to resume peace talks

Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister Riad al-Maliki said yesterday/ on Thursday that Palestine was willing and ready to engage in peace process with Israel if it could show more of readiness...
World Radio Day

World Radio Day

(VOVworld)-February 13, 2013 has been designated by UNESCO as World Radio Day— a day to celebrate radio as a medium, improve international cooperation between broadcasters, and encourage major networks and...

France calls for UN peace keeping force deployed in Mali

French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said on Wednesday that France wanted a United Nations peacekeeping force to replace French forces deployed in Mali by April, incorporating troops offered by West African nations. The force would...
Faint stability in Mali

Faint stability in Mali

(VOVworld) - On Monday, French President Francois Hollande declared that Mali’s military forces, supported by nearly 3,000 French soldiers, are pushing north in an offensive against Islamist rebels....
EU to host Mali meeting on Feb. 5

EU to host Mali meeting on Feb. 5

The European Union has offered to host an international meeting on Mali in February 5, a spokesman for EU foreign police chief Catherine Ashton said on Monday
Suicide bombing kills Iraqi MP

Suicide bombing kills Iraqi MP

A suicide bomber on Tuesday killed an Iraqi Member of Parliament (MP), a Sunni Muslim, in the town of Fallujah, west of Baghdad
France continues air strikes on Mali

France continues air strikes on Mali

France's air force launched fresh strikes against Islamist rebel group Ansar Dine in Mali this week. French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian told reporters on Sunday that the raid...
ECOWAS agrees to Mali intervention force

ECOWAS agrees to Mali intervention force

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) at an emergency session on Sunday in Nigeria’s capital Abuja agreed to a military intervention plan to wrest control of northern...

Malians rally against military intervention

Some 2,000 people took to the streets in the Mali capital yesterday/ on Thursday to protest plans for a foreign military intervention to reclaim territory seized by armed Islamist groups...