The European Union's top diplomat, Josep Borrell, wants a two-state solution to the conflict in the Middle East to be the bloc's priority with a plan proposed on Monday ahead of a meeting of EU foreign ministers. "I think that we have to stop talking about the peace, the peace process, and start talking more concretely about the two-state solution process," he said on arrival in Brussels. EU foreign ministers are to discuss the war raging between Israel and Hamas in Gaza after the October 7 terr
Akhtar Soomro/ReutersPakistan and Iran agreed to cool tensions after exchanging fire earlier this week, which raised alarm about a possible widening conflict in the Middle East. The two countries’ respective foreign ministers spoke over the phone on Friday, agreeing to strengthen cooperative counter-terrorism measures “and other aspects of mutual concern,” according to a statement by Pakistan’s foreign ministry. “The return of ambassadors of the two countries to their respective capitals was als
Davos is easily mocked. But in current times it is hard to get people together to talk in a room on shared global issues and the value of face-to-face conversations is very real, as the COVID-19 pandemic showed," Bronwen Maddox, director of the Chatham House think tank, said in an e-mail. Here's what to watch for: While Davos is generally big-picture, regional conflict can cast a long shadow — like Ukraine's war did a year ago, prompting organizers to exclude any Russian delegation.
US and British airstrikes against Iran-backed militants in Yemen represent a significant escalation of the conflict in the Middle East – and come despite weeks of efforts by President Joe Biden to head off a wider war.