de-escalation zone

In one's opinion, this is the end of 'intentional' escalation from both sides

Vsit by Britain's Lammy and France's Sejourne comes as new round of Gaza ceasefire talks is underway in Doha

'There was serious risk of miscalculation and now was the time for calm and careful consideration,’ says Keir Starmer

US, Britain, France, Germany, and Italy also reiterate support for trilateral call for cease-fire in Gaza

Top US diplomat’s comments come as tensions are running high in Middle East

Blinken says Washington is "engaged in intense diplomacy " to calm tensions amid fears of Iran retaliation

Washington races to avert a full-blown war between Israel and Hezbollah after attack on the Israeli-occupied Golan

Marcos' instructions came after Manila and Beijing agree on restoring trust to better manage maritime disputes

Philippines hopes for talks to deescalate tensions with Beijing as not to invoke the US defence treaty

Adds that Russian and Syrian warplanes had not carried out raids in the region recently

The group is the first to comply with a requirement to leave a demilitarised buffer zone set up by Turkey and Russia