Draft Peace Deal

Five years after signing the framework agreement on the Naga peace deal with the Central government, the NSCN (IM) rebel group has said there is "trust deficit" indicating the group's unhappiness with Nagaland Governor and peace interlocutor RN Ravi.

The US and the Taliban have drafted the framework of a deal which could pave the way for peace talks with Kabul, but major hurdles including a ceasefire and a withdrawal of foreign forces remain.

Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed a draft peace deal stipulating the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan within 18 months of the agreement being signed.

A day after the BJP announced that it would contest the upcoming Nagaland state elections together with the newly formed Nationalist Democratic People's Party (NDPP), Congress president Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the proposed Naga peace accord - a draft peace deal signed between the centre and an armed rebel grou...

There's tension in hill district of Dima Hasao in Assam after two people were killed in police firing during a violent demonstration to protest the reported inclusion of the district as part of Greater Nagaland. The district has seen protests over the last few days after a media report quoted an RSS functionary as saying that the draft of the Naga ...

Afghanistan's government signed a draft peace deal on Thursday with a designated "global terrorist" after lengthy negotiations that could pave the way for a similar accord with the Taliban, who have been waging war on Kabul for 15 years.

A United Nations envoy will hold talks in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the coming days on a draft peace proposal for Yemen with the aim of reaching a "preliminary agreement" with Houthi fighters, a UN spokesman said today.

Libya's warring factions have reacted positively to a draft peace agreement put forward at talks in Morocco, UN envoy Bernardino Leon said today.

Myanmar's president today hailed a draft national ceasefire with armed rebel groups, described by the UN as a "historic and significant achievement" as the country tries to end decades of civil war.

Myanmar President Thein Sein said a draft peace deal with a host of rebel groups would go down in history, in a speech today highlighting the government's eagerness to end decades of civil war.

Arab UN delegations on Monday endorsed a Palestinian proposal to forge a peace deal with Israel within a year and end Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017, despite Israeli and US opposition.

Israel's foreign minister on Thursday described as a gimmick a Palestinian-proposed U.N. Security Council draft resolution that calls for a peace deal within a year and an end to the occupation of Palestinian territories by the end of 2017.

A draft resolution to revive talks on a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement is expected be presented to the UN Security Council by the middle of the month, the Palestinian Envoy to the United Nations said on Monday.

The opposition Syrian National Coalition is willing to negotiate a peace deal under U.S and Russian auspices to end the country's civil war but President Bashar al-Assad cannot be a party to any settlement, a communique drafted for an opposition meeting says.

Five years after signing the framework agreement on the Naga peace deal with the Central government, the NSCN (IM) rebel group has said there is "trust deficit" indicating the group's unhappiness with Nagaland Governor and peace interlocutor RN Ravi.

The US and the Taliban have drafted the framework of a deal which could pave the way for peace talks with Kabul, but major hurdles including a ceasefire and a withdrawal of foreign forces remain.

Taliban officials said U.S. negotiators on Saturday agreed a draft peace deal stipulating the withdrawal of foreign forces from Afghanistan within 18 months of the agreement being signed.

A day after the BJP announced that it would contest the upcoming Nagaland state elections together with the newly formed Nationalist Democratic People's Party (NDPP), Congress president Rahul Gandhi took a swipe at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the proposed Naga peace accord - a draft peace deal signed between the centre and an armed rebel grou...

There's tension in hill district of Dima Hasao in Assam after two people were killed in police firing during a violent demonstration to protest the reported inclusion of the district as part of Greater Nagaland. The district has seen protests over the last few days after a media report quoted an RSS functionary as saying that the draft of the Naga ...

Afghanistan's government signed a draft peace deal on Thursday with a designated "global terrorist" after lengthy negotiations that could pave the way for a similar accord with the Taliban, who have been waging war on Kabul for 15 years.

A United Nations envoy will hold talks in Kuwait and Saudi Arabia in the coming days on a draft peace proposal for Yemen with the aim of reaching a "preliminary agreement" with Houthi fighters, a UN spokesman said today.

Libya's warring factions have reacted positively to a draft peace agreement put forward at talks in Morocco, UN envoy Bernardino Leon said today.

Myanmar's president today hailed a draft national ceasefire with armed rebel groups, described by the UN as a "historic and significant achievement" as the country tries to end decades of civil war.

Myanmar President Thein Sein said a draft peace deal with a host of rebel groups would go down in history, in a speech today highlighting the government's eagerness to end decades of civil war.

Arab UN delegations on Monday endorsed a Palestinian proposal to forge a peace deal with Israel within a year and end Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories by late 2017, despite Israeli and US opposition.

Israel's foreign minister on Thursday described as a gimmick a Palestinian-proposed U.N. Security Council draft resolution that calls for a peace deal within a year and an end to the occupation of Palestinian territories by the end of 2017.

A draft resolution to revive talks on a final Israeli-Palestinian settlement is expected be presented to the UN Security Council by the middle of the month, the Palestinian Envoy to the United Nations said on Monday.

The opposition Syrian National Coalition is willing to negotiate a peace deal under U.S and Russian auspices to end the country's civil war but President Bashar al-Assad cannot be a party to any settlement, a communique drafted for an opposition meeting says.