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Kurdish PKK to disband, potentially ending decades of conflict in Turkiye

Move follows February call by jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan for group to lay down its arms.

The US and the Houthis have come to a ceasefire agreement, but Israel continues to trade attacks with the Yemeni group.

“It’s a mission going out from the Church, not in but out, what they call going to the existential peripheries.”

“These are two nuclear-armed states,so there’s a certain amount of deterrence that’s built into the diplomatic process."

The region, which faced the brunt of the India-Pakistan military escalation, limps back to life. But questions remain.

The two countries have said they will issue a joint statement on the talks on Monday.

The statement did not indicate when the 21-year-old Alexander would be released.

A tense ceasefire holds days after the most intense hostilities in decades.

Israel has previously bombed Hodeidah and Sanaa Airport; Houthi missile targeted Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv.

The White House reports $5.1T in promised investments, with $4.3T newly pledged. Experts say $2.1T may not fully happen.