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World
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1/17/2023 9:29:17 AM
Amid Yemen’s longest-ever pause in fighting — more than nine months — Saudi Arabia and its rival, the Iranian-backed Houthi rebels, have revived back-channel talks, hoping to strengthen the informal cease-fire and lay out a path for a negotiated end to the long civil war, according to Yemeni, Saudi and U.N. officials.
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International
1/7/2023 1:35:06 PM
Ukraine's president is praising the United States for including tank-killing armored vehicles in its latest multibillion-dollar package of military aid, saying they are ``exactly what is needed'' for Ukrainian troops locked in combat against Russian forces.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/6/2023 4:38:32 PM
An uneasy calm in Kyiv on Friday was broken by air raid sirens that also blared out across the rest of Ukraine despite a Russian cease-fire declaration for the Orthodox Church Christmas that Ukrainian officials scorned.
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World
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War in Ukraine
1/5/2023 5:05:37 PM
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church called Thursday for a 36-hour Christmas cease-fire in Ukraine at the end of this week, but his appeal looked unlikely to bring any breakthrough in halting the war that began nearly 11 months ago with Moscow's invasion.
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World
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Africa
12/7/2022 7:07:08 PM
Basic services like electricity and telecoms have been restored to key parts of Ethiopia's Tigray region following the signing of a cease-fire deal a month ago, but most areas are still cut off from the world.
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World
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Africa
11/24/2022 1:32:39 PM
Leaders called for a cease-fire to take effect later this week in eastern Congo following a summit in Angola on Wednesday that included Congo's president and Rwanda's foreign minister but not the M23 rebels whose rapid advance has sharply escalated tensions between the two countries.
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World
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Region
11/15/2022 4:43:24 PM
The U.S. Navy said Tuesday it found 70 tons of a missile fuel component hidden among bags of fertilizer aboard a ship bound to Yemen from Iran, the first such seizure in that country's yearslong war as a cease-fire there has broken down.
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World
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Region
10/6/2022 10:49:15 AM
The US envoy to Yemen on Wednesday blamed rebel Houthi leaders for the recent failure to extend the country's cease-fire agreement, accusing them of making last-minute `maximalist demands' that derailed constructive negotiations.
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World
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Region
10/2/2022 10:40:35 PM
The United Nations said Sunday that negotiations between Yemen's warring sides failed to extend a nationwide cease-fire, after an agreement was not reached before a deadline on Oct. 2. In a statement, the U.N.'s envoy to Yemen called on all sides to refrain from acts of provocation as the talks continue.
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World
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Region
8/8/2022 12:58:51 PM
Gaza's sole power plant restarted Monday after fuel trucks passed into Gaza following the start of cease fire brokered by Egypt ending three days of Israeli aggression.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/7/2022 10:43:53 PM
A Cairo-brokered ceasefire between the Israeli and Palestinian sides in the Gaza Strip has come into effect on 11:30 local time (8:30 GMT) as previously announced, according to media reports.
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World
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Region
6/5/2022 4:59:27 PM
Yemen's warring parties resumed talks Sunday on reopening roads in Taiz and other provinces, the United Nations said, after they agreed to renew a nationwide cease-fire.
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World
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International
5/26/2022 7:24:52 PM
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz expressed hopes Thursday for global cooperation on climate change, hunger and war, while dozens of climate activists demonstrated in the Swiss town of Davos as a meeting of global elites ended with many words but little concrete action to solve the world's most pressing crises.
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World
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International
5/18/2022 5:45:33 PM
The Pakistani Taliban on Wednesday said they are extending a cease-fire with the government until May 30, after the two sides held an initial round of talks hosted by the Afghan Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
5/4/2022 10:16:36 PM
Russia said its forces would cease fire at the Azovstal steel plant in the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol and open a humanitarian corridor for civilians for three days beginning Thursday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
4/2/2022 12:30:29 PM
Egypt welcomed an announcement made by UN Special Envoy to Yemen Hans Grundberg regarding implementing a two-month cease-fire in the wartorn country starting 2 April — this year’s first day of Ramadan.
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World
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Region
3/30/2022 12:36:00 PM
A Saudi-led coalition battling rebels who hold Yemen's capital began a unilateral cease-fire Wednesday in the yearslong war, even as the insurgents said they rejected the proposal.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/29/2022 2:46:00 PM
An adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the talks under way with Russia in Istanbul are focusing on security guarantees for Ukraine and hopes of a cease-fire.
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War in Ukraine
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Diplomacy
3/27/2022 9:13:10 PM
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stressed the need for a cease-fire in Ukraine in a telephone call Sunday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Erdogan's office said.
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War in Ukraine
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Humanitarian
3/24/2022 6:34:23 PM
The U.N. General Assembly has overwhelmingly approved a resolution blaming Russia for humanitarian crisis in Ukraine and urging an immediate cease-fire and protection for millions of civilians and the homes, schools and hospitals critical to their survival.
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