The failure of Kofi Annan's peace plan for Syria “would lead to civil war,” French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday.

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Clinton: Tougher U.N. steps for Syria

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon of the United Nations accused Syria of failing to carry out a peace plan, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton hinted at a NATO role.

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Syria Accused of Failing to Live Up to Peace Plan

It was a year ago this month that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas turned his back on the U.S.-sponsored “peace process” with Israel and embarked on a radically different strategy for achieving Palestinian statehood. It’s time for a reckoning. Read full article > >

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Jackson Diehl: Mahmoud Abbas’s unhappy anniversary

The son of murdered former president Burhanuddin Rabbani is appointed to replace him as Afghanistan’s lead peace negotiator with the Taliban.

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Son succeeds Afghan talks chief

Several people have been shot dead during protests in Syria, activists say, as the UN considers deploying monitors to oversee a peace plan.

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‘Shots fired’ at Syria protesters

Kofi Annan appealed on Wednesday to President Bashar al-Assad’s Iranian backers to support a peace effort.

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Envoy to Syria Seeks Iranian Help As Cease-Fire Deadline Nears

Hillary Clinton says North Korea should not go ahead with its planned rocket launch if it wants a “peaceful, better future” for its people.

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Clinton warns N Korea over rocket

There have been reports of fresh clashes in Syria, shattering hopes for a peace plan, brokered by the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan.

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VIDEO: Inside a refugee camp on Syria border

International envoy Kofi Annan says his peace plan for Syria is “very much alive” despite fresh fighting as a ceasefire deadline passes.

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Annan says Syria plan still alive

TWENTY DAYS have passed since the U.N. Security Council endorsed the Syria peace plan of former secretary-general Kofi Annan. It’s been eight days since Mr. Annan said the regime of Bashar al-Assad had agreed on a deadline of April 10 — Tuesday — to withdraw heavy weapons from cities , and five since the Security Council ratified that date. So the entirely predictable outcome of the initiative ought now to be recognized: Mr. Annan and his backers have merely provided cover for Mr. Assad to go on slaughtering his own people. Read full article > >

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Editorial Board: The U.N.’s failed plan for Syrian peace

BAGHDAD — On the face of it, Iraq’s first springtime since American troops withdrew in December is turning into the most peaceful and promising the country has witnessed in a decade, offering what U.S. and some Iraqi officials say amounts to a vindication of President Obama’s Iraq policy. Read full article > >

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U.S. policy on Iraq questioned as influence wanes, Maliki consolidates power

He spent more than four decades as a news correspondent on “60 Minutes” and described himself as ‘nosy and insistent.” He died peacefully surrounded by family.

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Mike Wallace, veteran CBS journalist, dies at age 93

The Archbishop of Canterbury will call for peace in the Middle East and warn against “downgrading” religious education in secondary schools in his final Easter sermon.

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VIDEO: Archbishop’s final Easter message

Fierce fighting is reported between men loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and rebels, raising questions about the potency of a U.N.-brokered peace plan.

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Clashes cast doubt on Syria peace plan

A U.N. advance peacekeeping team is heading to Damascus to discuss deploying observers to monitor a cease-fire, as violence shows no sign of abating.

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Shelling and raids erupt across Syria