Category Archives: International Relations

Ending Mideast Visit, Kerry Calls for Leadership

Posted on May 24, 2013 by By MICHAEL R. GORDON and ISABEL KERSHNER

After meetings with Israeli and Palestinian officials, Secretary of State John Kerry urged them to “demonstrate leadership” to find a way back to direct peace talks.
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Kerry Holds Talks in Bid to Revive Mideast Peace Process

Posted on May 24, 2013 by By ISABEL KERSHNER and MICHAEL R. GORDON

Secretary of State John Kerry ramped up efforts, saying, “This moment is a critical one for the region and particularly for Israel, for Palestine and for Jordan.”
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Posted in Abbas, Mahmoud, International Relations, Israel, Kerry, John, Livni, Tzipi, Netanyahu, Benjamin, Palestinians, Peres, Shimon, Top News, United States International Relations, World news | Comments Off

World Briefing | Africa: Congo: U.N. Leader on Peace Mission

Posted on May 24, 2013 by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

The United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, said Thursday that security must go hand in hand with development in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s eastern city of Goma.
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Posted in Ban Ki-moon, Congo, Democratic Republic of (Congo-Kinshasa), Goma (Congo, Democratic Republic of), International Relations, Kim, Jim Yong, United Nations, World news | Comments Off

Memo From Jerusalem: Israel Is Drawn Into Syria’s Turmoil

Posted on May 23, 2013 by By JODI RUDOREN

Israelis are asking what their options are, as if they feel it has become impossible to avoid deeper involvement in Syria.
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Posted in Hezbollah, International Relations, Israel, Jerusalem (Israel), Lebanon, Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ), Syria, World news | Comments Off

North Korean Envoy Visits Beijing Amid Strained Relations

Posted on May 23, 2013 by By JANE PERLEZ and CHOE SANG-HUN

Kim Jong-un sent a top official to China as ties between the two countries remained strained over Pyongyang’s nuclear program.
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Afghanistan’s Karzai Says ‘No Circumstances’ Allow Him to Seek Another Term

Posted on May 22, 2013 by By GARDINER HARRIS and MATTHEW ROSENBERG

President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan has sought to dispel talk that he will find a way to stay in power beyond the two-term limit imposed by the constitution.
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Iran and Hezbollah’s Support for Syria Complicates U.S. Strategy on Peace Talks

Posted on May 22, 2013 by By MICHAEL R. GORDON and STEVEN LEE MYERS

The stepped-up support President Bashar al-Assad of Syria has received from Iran and Hezbollah appears to have fortified his belief that he can hang on to power and prevail militarily.
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In New Delhi, Chinese Leader Promotes Trade Ties

Posted on May 21, 2013 by By GARDINER HARRIS

Speaking to business leaders in the Indian capital, Prime Minister Li Keqiang said a “few clouds in the sky” couldn’t disrupt the Asian giants’ relationship.
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North Korea Releases Chinese Fishing Crew

Posted on May 21, 2013 by By CHRIS BUCKLEY

The boat and crew, seized May 5, were heading home, Chinese news reports said Tuesday, but they did not say if the North had received a payment, as it had demanded.
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Indian and Chinese Premiers Pledge Cooperation on Border Issues

Posted on May 20, 2013 by By GARDINER HARRIS

The prime ministers of India and China papered over their recent border dispute on Monday with a friendly joint statement and an array of promises.
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