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    US to keep 8,600 troops in Afghanistan after deal with Taliban: Grump

    29 Aug 2019

    "We're going to keep a presence there. We're reducing that presence very substantially and we're going to always have a presence.'

    Pope Francis takes message of peace, reconciliation to Mozambique

    05 Sep 2019

    Thousands of residents, some wearing colourful skirts printed with the pope's image and the words "hope, peace, reconciliation," lined the streets of the capital, Maputo to cheer Francis' motorcade as he headed to the presidential palace to meet with President Felipe Nyusi.

    Step up global efforts to counter intolerance

    17 May 2019

    In a world that is increasingly witnessing divisions between nations and peoples and an unbridled spike in hate speech and hate crimes, not many may have realised that Thursday had been earmarked as the International Day of Living Together in Peace by the United Nations.

    Horrific Easter bombings destroyed Sri Lanka

    18 May 2019

    Violence still continues to haunt Sri Lanka though it has been a decade since the Lankan army defeated the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The defeat of the LTTE ended a violent chapter in the history of the island nation, but the wounds of the past seem to be opening once again for us (“Ten years on, Lanka still in hunt for peace,” May 16, Gulf Today).

    French ‘spiderman’ climbs Hong Kong tower, hoists reconciliation flag amid mass protests

    16 Aug 2019

    Using his bare hands and without a harness, Robert clambered up Cheung Kong Centre and secured a large banner on the building's exterior.

    Sudanese celebrate as army, protest leaders sign transition deal

    17 Aug 2019


    Sudan's military council and protest leaders on Saturday signed a hard-won "constitutional declaration" that paves the way for a transition to civilian rule.

    The days when Woodstock gave peace a chance

    09 Aug 2019

    Fifty years ago, when I was 19, I got the assignment from the trade magazine Billboard to cover the Woodstock Festival because none of the older writers wanted to go. My review the following week rhapsodically began, “About 400,000 rock fans gave peace a chance Aug. 15-18, and it worked.” My assessment of the effect

    Arab International Investor Forum honours Al Jarwan

    19 Sep 2019

    Dr Farouk El Baz, Egyptian astronomer and geologist and President of the Board of Directors of the Arab International Investor Forum, has honoured Ahmed Bin Mohammed Al Jarwan, President of the Global Council for Tolerance and Peace,

    Afghan government, Taliban agree to accelerate peace talks

    19 Mar 2021

    The United States was joined by Russia, China and Pakistan on Thursday in calling on Afghanistan's warring sides to reach an immediate ceasefire, at talks that showed Washington's determination to win backing from regional powers for its plans.

    Pope’s pathbreaking Iraq trip seeks peace

    05 Mar 2021

    Pope Francis, the pioneering head of over a billion Roman Catholics, always takes the road less travelled. He is indeed a unique face of the papacy. On Friday, he started his visit to Iraq, his first sojourn abroad since the coronavirus pandemic broke

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