United Nations member states met informally on Thursday to begin talks on key issues of reforming the body's powerful Security Council. Many countries want to see the 15-member council expanded to include broader regional representation and addition...
By Benjamin Sand Islamabad 10 July 2007 Negotiations to end the stand off have apparently broken down and a military assault has reportedly begun. A senior military official says the security forces have entered the compound. Hospital officials say a...
By Tom Rivers London 11 May 2007 A day after Tony Blair told Britain that he would be stepping down from office in June 27, the prime minister met Iraqi President Jalal Talabani in London. For VOA, Tom Rivers has details. Tony Blair meets with Iraq's...
By Paula Wolfson Guatemala City 12 March 2007 President Bush says he is hopeful there can be U.S. congressional action by August on immigration reform. VOA's Paula Wolfson reports the controversial issue dominated his talks in Guatemala City with Gu...
By Peter Fedynsky Washington, DC 29 November 2006 watch Talks with Iran Syria President George W. Bush, 27 Nov 2006 President Bush's meeting with the Prime Minister of Iraq Nouri al-Maliki on Wednesday follows earlier talks in Tehran between the pre...
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 07 November 2006 The speaker of Somalia's transitional government and members of the Islamic Courts Union are meeting near the Somali capital one week after negotiations between the government and the Islamists collapsed in...
By Noel King Khartoum 31 October 2006 Peace talks in Khartoum between Somalia's transitional government and Islamists who control much of the country have stalled for a second day. Islamists say they will not meet with the government delegation unle...
By Noel King Khartoum 02 September 2006 Peace talks between leaders of Somalia's interim government and the Islamist group that controls the capital, have resumed in Sudan. Both sides expressed a desire to put an end to violence that has divided the...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 27 June 2006 Vladimir Putin delivers a speech in Moscow, June 27, 2006 Russian President Vladimir Putin is calling for new talks with the United States on key weapons reductions issues, three years before the Strategic Arms Re...
By Lisa McAdams Moscow 20 February 2006 Russian and Iranian negotiators are holding talks in Moscow on a Russian compromise that is seen as a last chance to spare Iran from being called before the U.N...