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As it nears a historic peace deal to end a long civil war, Colombia’s leaders say the key was giving the victims of the conflict a seat at the table. It created a tender mutuality and compassion that eased the peace process.
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos visits the White House at a time when his country is on the verge of a historic peace deal with leftist rebels known as the FARC.
The U.S. Institute of Peace added Salih Booker as its vice president for external relations. Booker most recently served as an adviser to the executive secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. • The W.K ...
Iran celebrates the anniversary of the Islamic Republic by purchasing some shiny new planes.
At a recent conference held by Muslim scholars to confront violence in the Islamic world, a representative of the Yazidi religious minority in Iraq and Syria said his people desperately needed protection from the Islamic State.
El presidente colombiano Juan Manuel Santos iniciará este miércoles una nutrida visita a Washington, donde se reunirá con su homólogo Barack Obama, enfocado en discutir un nuevo “Plan Colombia” para un país en transición hacia la paz.
The Syrian opposition coalition is refusing to negotiate with President Bashar al-Assad until the government agrees to end a siege against civilian areas, including the town of Madaya, where many are reportedly starving. On Sunday, a double suicide bomb killed at least 45 people just south of the Syrian capital of Damascus.
In the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Moadhamiya, residents say a renewed Syrian government siege there and bombardment of the neighboring town of Daraya have cut off the last food-smuggling routes, forcing many to subsist on one meal a day.
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I am currently in Marrakesh, Morocco for the Marrakesh Declaration and Call to Action, a three-day gathering of prominent Sunni and Shia scholars from around the world who have come together in order to affirm the rights of minorities within Muslim-majority contexts and mobilize action to protect them.