Trump Thanks Troops in Afghanistan, Says Taliban Want a Deal

JILL COLVIN / The Associated Press Nov 29, 2019 The president in a surprise holiday visit says peace talks have restarted; Taliban spokesman says their stance on cease-fire is unchanged. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Generals From Rival Koreas End Talks With No Agreement

HYUNG-JIN KIM / The Associated Press Jul 31, 2018 Top delegates say they had a meaningful discussion on easing the decades-long military standoff between the two countries. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Former Colombian Rebels Blame U.S. for Leader’s Arrest

JOSHUA GOODMAN / The Associated Press Apr 10, 2018 Leaders of Colombia's disbanded FARC rebel army accuse the U.S. of trapping a prominent rebel negotiator on a drug warrant in order to sabotage the country's already struggling peace process. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump Says Palestinians Must Return to Talks to Receive U.S. Aid

CATHERINE LUCEY / The Associated Press Jan 25, 2018 The president makes the threat in Switzerland at the World Economic Forum, also attended by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Trump: U.S. May Cut Aid to Palestinian Authority

ZEKE MILLER and JILL COLVIN / The Associated Press Jan 2, 2018 The president tweets that the U.S. pays "the Palestinians HUNDRED OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS a year and get[s] no appreciation or respect." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

You’re Fired

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Get Ready for Yom Kippur With This List of Political Sins

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Oct 1, 2014 Jews around the world this Friday night will ask God for forgiveness. Don Futterman, writing in Haaretz, says this year Jews of all political persuasions, no matter where they live, have much to atone for. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Two State Solution

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Kerry

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Middle East

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‘Left, Right & Center’: Foreign Affairs Troubles and a Nevada Rancher

Staff / Truthdig Apr 26, 2014 Truthdig Editor-in-Chief Robert Scheer and the other "Left, Right & Center" panelists" discuss the 700-page economics text about inequality currently leading the best-seller list on Amazon, rising tension in Ukraine, reports of chlorine gas attacks in Syria, the disastrous turn in conservatives' love affair with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, and more. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel, U.S. Complain About Not Being Able to Divide and Rule the Palestinians

Juan Cole / Truthdig Apr 24, 2014 This week the Fatah Party (secular Arab nationalist) of Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas met in Gaza with members of the Hamas Party (fundamentalist Muslim), seeking a reconciliation and a government of national unity. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )