Published on Time.com by Kristin Williams, Michelle Barsa - Oct. 17, 2014 Women have been deeply involved in distributing and monitoring humanitarian aid in communities across Syria. To the Islamic State, Syrian women are slaves. To much of the rest of the world, they are victims. It’s time we expose their real identity: an untapped [...]

Published by The New York Times - By ISABEL KERSHNER - OCT. 30, 2014 The Swedish government on Thursday officially recognized a state of Palestine, as the new prime minister, Stefan Lofven, ignoredIsraeli protests and followed through on a pledge he made at his inauguration this month. The Swedish Foreign Ministry posted [...]

Published by Reuters - BY AMY SAWITTA LEFEVRE - BANGKOK - Mon Nov 3, 2014 Thailand's military government vowed on Monday to bring peace to the Muslim-dominated south within a year, despite stalled peace talks aimed at ending an insurgency that has cost thousands of lives in the past decade. Sporadic violence has [...]

Published November 1 - The Jerusalem Post The US Administration is planning to present a proposal to resume the peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians after the mid-term elections for Congress, slated for Tuesday, the Palestinian daily Al-Quds reported over the weekend. The report came as State Department spokeswoman [...]

Published by By The Forward and J.J. Goldberg | Nov. 3, 2014 Israel has the strength and means to reach a two-state solution that doesn't entail a security risk, signatories write in a letter sent to the prime minister. In what appears to be the largest-ever joint protest by senior Israeli [...]

Published on EurActiv.com The President of Colombia Juan Manuel Santos Calderón contributed this op-ed exclusively to EurActiv. He will be on an official visit to Brussels on Tuesday (4 November). The peace process conducted with the FARC guerillas has led profound changes for Colombia, including boosting rural development, the origin of our [...]