23/11/2012 | World

Israeli gunfire kills Gazan near border after truce

Israeli gunfire at the Gaza border killed one Palestinian today and wounded several others, medics said, two days after a ceasefire between the territory's Islamist rulers Hamas and Israel took hold.

16/11/2012 | World

Israel authorises more reservists after rockets target cities

19/11/2012 | World

Hamas: Israel must make first move on ceasefire

21/11/2012 | World

Read: Ceasefire agreement between Israel and Gaza's Palestinians

Following is the verbatim English text of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza that was reached with Egyptian mediation. The text was distributed by the Egyptian presidency.

01/05/2012 | World

Syria violence kills 23 despite UN-monitored truce

Violence erupted in two Syrian provinces today, with a rights group reporting 10 civilians dead in an army mortar attack and 12 soldiers killed in a fire-fight with rebel gunmen as UN monitors sought to shore up a shaky ceasefire.

19/10/2012 | World

Peace envoy Brahimi pushes in Syria for ceasefire

Mediator Lakhdar Brahimi will meet Syrian officials over the next few days in an effort to secure a brief ceasefire in the worsening war between President Bashar al-Assad's government and rebel forces.

26/10/2012 | World

Fighting, attacks across Syria as ceasefire frays

Fighting across Syria and a large car bomb which exploded near a children's playground in southern Damascus killed several people today as a ceasefire brokered by international peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi to mark a holy Muslim day frayed almost before it had begun.

31/03/2012 | World

Libya says 147 dead in week of southern tribal clashes

A week of fighting between rival tribes deep in Libya's south has killed 147 people, the government said today, but it said it had brokered a fresh ceasefire agreement between the two sides.

12/04/2012 | World

Syrian gov't accuses 'terrorists' of roadside bomb attack amid ceasefire

Syria accused "terrorists" of planting a roadside bomb that blew up in Aleppo, killing one officer and wounding at least 24 cadets and officers in an attempt to sabotage a UN-backed ceasefire, state media said today.

13/04/2012 | World

Six die as violence mars Syria truce, protests muted

Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad shot dead five protesters after Friday prayers, activists reported, while the government said an army officer was killed as violence marred a ceasefire brokered by international peace envoy Kofi Annan.

20/01/2013 | Latin America

Colombia's FARC rebels end ceasefire

A unilateral ceasefire declared by the Marxist FARC rebels at the start of peace talks with the Colombian government ended after the government refused to join the truce, the group said.