As the 2nd round of Mideast peace talks gets underway in Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is warning he'll leave the table if Israel resumes building in West Bank settlements. His negotiating partner, Israeli P.Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is facing intense pressure from his right-wing allies to let the partial settlement freeze expire.For both men, it's a fine balance between conceding too much and letting what some are calling the last, best hope for peace, collapse.
Back to the negotiating table - Benjamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas meet in Washington for direct talks. But both face a difficult job convincing audiences at home. In Iran, two more people face definitive sentences to death by stoning. We look at the countries that still practice this form of punishment. And a controversial TV show in Egypt. It tells the story of the Muslim Brotherhood - but some say it is biased, and call it simple government propaganda.
Can the Middle East give peace a chance? A meeting in Washington marks the second time in two years that almost all parties have got together to discuss a peaceful way forward. There is of course a notable absentee: Hamas. Can a solution be found if one important part of the problem is not even in the room?
Can the Middle East give peace a chance? A meeting in Washington marks the second time in two years that almost all parties have got together to discuss a peaceful way forward. There is of course a notable absentee: Hamas. Can a solution be found if one important part of the problem is not even in the room?
An international treaty banning cluster munitions, which have killed nearly 500,000 people worldwide, comes into force on Sunday. Patrice Bouveret, director of a French disarmament NGO, tells France 24 what to expect.
Arch-rivals India and Pakistan are trying to clear the air nearly two years after the deadly attacks in Mumbai. The Indian and Pakistani foreign ministers agreed to keep talking, but two main obstacles lie in the way: the disputed territory of Kashmir, and the struggle for influence in Afghanistan.
Israel and Syria have officially been at war since 1948. But for the first time writers from both countries have been able to communicate, through a website set up to find out what each side perceives as the other’s obstacles to peace.
In today’s culture, our book and ideas editor Sylvain Bourmeau analyses the launch of J Call, a petition launched by a group of European Jewish intellectuals and associations to call Israel's government ‘to reason’ in its conflict with the Palestinians.
Armenia has suspended a parliamentary decision to adopt an historic peace accord with Turkey, as both countries accuse each other of trying to undermine the US-brokered reconciliation plan.
Today, there are conflicting reports as to whether the Sudanese government and the most powerful rebel group in Darfur, known as the Justice and Equality Movement, will officially sign off on a peace deal. But even if it does go ahead, the agreement may not be enough to bring stability to this war-torn nation.
