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World
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Africa
5/28/2023 8:00:50 PM
Peace talks that seek to end armed conflicts are underway in several African countries. Because very few conflicts are resolved on the battlefield, negotiations are fundamental. But they often fail. And even when an agreement is concluded, it doesn’t always last.
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Business
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Economy
5/27/2023 8:07:20 PM
Democrats and Republicans seemed within grasping distance Saturday of a deal to end the US debt ceiling standoff, with both sides playing hardball in the final race for an agreement to avert a potentially catastrophic default.
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World
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International
5/27/2023 11:50:33 AM
President Joe Biden said a deal to resolve the government's debt ceiling crisis seemed “very close” late Friday, even as the deadline for a potentially catastrophic default was pushed back to June 5 and seemed likely to drag negotiations between the White House and Republicans into another frustrating week.
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Sports
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World
5/25/2023 4:24:14 PM
Qatar Sports Investments, the owners of French champions Paris Saint-Germain, are in negotiations over acquiring a stake in Italian club Sampdoria, a source with knowledge of the matter told AFP on Thursday.
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Business
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Economy
5/22/2023 1:25:46 PM
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy will meet face to face Monday after a weekend of on again, off again negotiations over raising the nation's debt ceiling and mere days before the government could reach a “hard deadline” and run out of cash to pay its bills.
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World
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International
5/22/2023 10:30:53 AM
Anxieties were mounting in Washington ahead of President Joe Biden's Monday meeting with Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy over negotiations to raise the US debt ceiling, less than two weeks before a key deadline to avoid a disastrous default.
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World
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Region
5/21/2023 10:49:37 PM
President Joe Biden on Sunday dismissed Republican demands in negotiations to resolve the US debt ceiling crisis but said a solution can still be found before a disastrous default.
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World
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International
5/20/2023 9:33:12 PM
Debt limit talks between the White House and House Republicans stopped, started and stopped again heading into a weekend where President Joe Biden and world leaders watched from afar, hoping high-stakes negotiations would make progress on avoiding a potentially catastrophic federal default.
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Business
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Economy
5/19/2023 8:57:06 PM
Debt limit talks came to an abrupt standstill Friday after Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said it's time to “pause” negotiations, and a White House official acknowledged there are “real differences” that are making talks difficult.
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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World
5/19/2023 8:52:00 PM
As peace negotiations continue in the Saudi city of Jeddah, can the existing Jeddah Declaration on the conflict in Sudan be enforced on the ground
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/17/2023 3:45:24 PM
President Volodymyr Zelensky was expected on Wednesday to receive a special envoy from China who arrived in Kyiv to promote Beijing-led negotiations to end the war in Ukraine.
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Business
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Economy
5/14/2023 9:34:55 PM
President Joe Biden's administration again warned Sunday of "catastrophic" consequences for the US economy including huge job losses if the country defaults, as negotiations to forge a debt deal are expected to resume this coming week.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/9/2023 1:11:36 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said peace negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine were "not possible at this moment," in an interview published by Spanish daily El Pais on Tuesday.
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Sports
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World
5/9/2023 1:08:33 PM
Argentine superstar Lionel Messi will play in Saudi Arabia next season under a "huge" deal, a source close to the negotiations told AFP on Tuesday.
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Business
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Economy
5/8/2023 8:52:45 PM
The White House and Congress could strike a deal to raise the debt ceiling in exchange for budget cuts. Or they could agree to a stopgap measure to keep paying the nation’s bills while negotiations continue. They also could let the negotiations unravel, sending the economy into a chaos.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/8/2023 11:32:00 AM
Ceasefire talks in Saudi Arabia between Sudan's warring generals have yielded "no major progress" so far, a Saudi diplomat told AFP on Monday, dampening hopes for a quick end to the fighting.
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World
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Africa
5/3/2023 3:32:10 PM
Initial talks between Ethiopia's government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) rebel group ended on Wednesday without yielding any agreement, but both sides are willing to continue the dialogue, Addis Ababa said.
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World
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International
5/1/2023 8:39:46 PM
The United States hosted negotiations between Armenia and Azerbaijan on Monday, seeking to quell recent tension over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh.
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War in Sudan
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War in Sudan
5/1/2023 1:49:32 PM
Sudan's warring sides have agreed to send representatives for negotiations, potentially in Saudi Arabia, the United Nations' top official in the country told The Associated Press on Monday.
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World
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Africa
4/25/2023 7:13:36 PM
The first phase of talks between Ethiopia's government and the Oromo Liberation Army (OLA) began in Tanzania on Tuesday, a spokesman for the rebel group told AFP.
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