STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Dec. 10 (UPI) -- The winner of this year's Nobel Peace Prize, Martti Ahtisaari of Finland, says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama should concentrate on the Middle East.
CAIRO, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- Egypt is increasing its diplomatic presence in war-ravaged Sudan to help restart the stalled process of implementing the comprehensive peace agreement.
KATHMANDU, Nepal, Nov. 1 (UPI) -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Saturday he will continue the United Nations' support for Nepal.
OSLO, Norway, Oct. 10 (UPI) -- Finland's former president Martti Ahtisaari won the Nobel Peace Prize Friday for his mediation in hot spots around the world, the Nobel Foundation announced.
NEW YORK, Sept. 25 (UPI) -- Indian and Pakistani leaders, meeting in New York, agreed to continue the peace process even as relations between their countries remain strained.
OSLO, Norway, Sept. 15 (UPI) -- A delegation from the Philippines traveled to Norway to discuss reviving the peace process with the country's communist and separatist movements.
BRUSSELS, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- According to a report from the International Crisis Group, as Hamas gains more control in the Gaza Strip, sustainable peace in Israel remains a challenge.
TACLOBAN CITY, Philippines, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- The president of the Philippines is trying to make good on her promise to implement a new strategy for peace in ongoing negotiations with rebel leaders.
MANILA, Philippines, Aug. 25 (UPI) -- The military offensive sent to quell rebel violence in the south of the Philippines is only to aid the peace process, the country's president said.
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt, June 28 (UPI) -- Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak met Saturday with U.S. Rep. Gary Ackerman, head of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia.
UNITED NATIONS, June 26 (UPI) -- Sudan's government of National Unity and the government of Southern Sudan signed an agreement Wednesday that would reintegrate 180,000 Sudanese ex-combatants.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland, May 21 (UPI) -- Brian Keenan, who played a key role in the Irish Republican Army's peace negotiations, died of cancer Wednesday in Belfast.
DAMASCUS, Syria, May 9 (UPI) -- Syrian President Bashar Assad says his country won't sever ties with Iran and the militant group Hezbollah, despite Israel's demands to do so.
JERUSALEM, April 18 (UPI) -- Opponents of Israel's plan to build 100 new housing units in a West Bank settlement charge the project will deliver a deadly blow to the peace process.
KAMPALA, Uganda, April 15 (UPI) -- Officials are calling for a redoubling of efforts after a failed attempt to reach a permanent peace agreement in the war-ravaged north of Uganda.
