By Peter Murphy for Reuters Africa Thu Jun 12, 2014 Colombians pick a new president on Sunday in a tight runoff election fought over whether peace talks with leftist guerrillas or a renewed military offensive stand the best chance of ending 50 years of war in the Andean country. President [...]

By Steve Almasy, CNN, Mon June 9, 2014 Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Shimon Peres committed themselves to the quest for peace Sunday during a meeting of key figures in the Middle East peace process. But unlike previous attempts to achieve a resolution to the region's turmoil through [...]

Voice of America News 10 JUNE 2014 As regional leaders gathered in Addis Ababa Tuesday for a summit focussed largely on South Sudan, 14 African elder statesmen penned a letter to South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and opposition leader Riek Machar, urging them to end the fighting in their country [...]

By NICHOLAS BARIYO June 11, 2014 Wall Street Journal Online South Sudanese President Salva Kiir and rebel leader Riek Machar agreed to form a transitional government in the next 60 days, a big step in efforts to resolve a devastating six-month conflict in the world's youngest nation, mediators said on Wednesday. Government [...]

6/10/2014 Forbes.com - OPINION The United States and Europe do not know how to read Vladimir Putin. He is, for the Western mind, a strange laboratory specimen, who grew up in the KGB world of conspiracy and repression of enemies who are everywhere. We do not understand him and what he is [...]

By Maureen Vaught Rotary News 29-MAY-2014 It may be the start of winter in Sydney, Australia, but things are heating up down under as more than 18,000 Rotary members from over 150 countries arrive for their biggest international event of the year, the Rotary Convention. The four-day event, held 1-4 [...]