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CNN
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An Iranian official says the government wants the United States to stop its "savage attacks" in Iraq before its envoys hold more talks with U.S. and Iraqi officials, Iran's Fars News Agency reported. "Under the current circumstances and given the U.S. wid..
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FOX News
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South Korean and Afghan officials searched for a meeting place Thursday after agreeing to hold face-to-face talks with the Taliban to seek the release of the remaining 21 South Korean captives, a chief negotiator said.
A delegation of eight South Korea..
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CBS News
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Delegates at talks on disarming North Korea's nuclear program voiced impatience Wednesday that the negotiations remained stalled for a second day over a dispute on when US$25 million of Pyongyang's funds will be released from a Macau bank.
North Korea..
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USA Today
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By Mari Yamaguchi, AP writerBEIJING Talks on North Korea's nuclear program stalled again Tuesday with Pyongyang refusing to take part until US$25 million (euro19 million) frozen in a Macau bank is released, Japan's chief envoy said.
Kenichiro Sasae..
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Reuters
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The top Iranian official attending a regional conference on Iraq said on Saturday he had no one-to-one talks with U.S. officials but he did call for a withdrawal of U.S. forces and rejected charges of interference.
"There were no one-to-one meetings, e..
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CBS News
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The United States and the Iraqi government are launching a new diplomatic initiative to invite Iran and Syria to a "neighbors meeting" on stabilizing Iraq, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Tuesday.
"We hope that all governments seize this oppor..
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CBC
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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday Iran would be willing to shut down its nuclear program, but only on the condition that other Western nations hold "fair" talks by abandoning their own nuclear programs. "We shut down our nuclear fuel c..
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USA Today
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Envoys at talks on North Korea's nuclear program neared a tentative agreement after marathon talks, the Associated Press reports from Beijing. It says that Chinese officials said today that the reported "draft agreement" could set the stage for Pyongyang..
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Reuters
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North Korea will feel compelled to announce plans for another nuclear test if a financial dispute with Washington is not resolved, a source said on Wednesday, a sign of Pyongyang's impatience with a lack of progress in talks...
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Yahoo News
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North Korea has said that talks in Berlin this week with the United States over its nuclear programme were positive and resulted in an agreement...
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Times Online
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Bashir Assad, the President of Syria, has repeatedly offered peace talks with Israel. Most recently he has added that he has no preconditions for negotiations — he is not even demanding that Israel promise in advance to return the Golan Heights. The res..
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BBC News
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Israel and Syria have said they are holding indirect talks to reach a comprehensive peace agreement.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office said both sides were talking "in good faith and openly".
The Syrian foreign ministry also confirmed the..
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MSNBC
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, after NATO meetings in Brussels, was asked about Egyptian-brokered truce talks. "I talked with the Egyptians and we fully expect the Egyptians to carry out the efforts that they said they would carry out to try to brin..
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BBC News
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has held talks with Egyptian officials, the first stage of a trip aimed at saving Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas broke off contacts with Israel in protest at its recent offensive..
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BBC News
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Ex-UN chief Kofi Annan has announced considerable progress in talks between Kenya's government and opposition aimed at ending the political crisis.
Talks have been adjourned until Friday, as negotiators consult on a compromise which the BBC's Adam Myno..
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BBC News
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A leading militant group in the Pakistani region of South Waziristan is reported to have declared a truce and be willing to enter peace talks.
Few details have emerged about the terms of the truce, announced on Wednesday by Tehrik-e-Taleban Pakistan, a..
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BBC News
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Kenya's government and opposition are due to begin full negotiations to try to end the crisis resulting from last month's disputed presidential election.
President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga have each appointed three-man teams to di..
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BBC News
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The Palestinian and Israeli leaders are preparing for talks to try to stop the peace process being overshadowed by a row over Jewish settlement activity.
Mahmoud Abbas will press Ehud Olmert to halt settlement construction plans in Israeli-occupied Eas..
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SF Gate
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators began their first full-fledged peace talks since 2001 on Wednesday, but the session was marked by tensions over an Israeli construction project in East Jerusalem and fresh rocket attacks by Palestinian militants based i..
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BBC News
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Israeli and Palestinian negotiators have started the first formal peace talks in seven years.
The meeting comes two weeks after pledges by the two sides' leaders at Annapolis to seek a deal on a Palestinian state by the end of 2008.
A BBC correspond..
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