True colours: China summit foments Taiwan's green-blue splitThe colours blue and green symbolise the rift between opposing political parties in Taiwan, an entrenched divide that polarises friends and families, with this weekend's historic China summit adding fuel to the fire.
06 ноября 2015
Germany to speed up repatriations of rejected asylum-seekersGermany plans to speed up repatriations of rejected asylum-seekers from new central hubs, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition allies agreed, vowing to bring order to a record migrant influx.
06 ноября 2015
Nazarbayev arrives in ParisPresident of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has arrived in Paris for an official visit.
05 ноября 2015
Beijing using historic Taiwan meet as decoy: analystsBeijing is casting itself as the peacemaker in this weekend's historic summit with Taiwan, but experts say it is at least partly aiming to draw attention away from its aggressive expansionism in the South China Sea.
05 ноября 2015
Trump steps up insults of rivals on campaign trailRepublican White House hopeful Donald Trump stepped up attacks on his campaign rivals, insisting none of them have the caliber to become the next president of the United States.
05 ноября 2015
Croatia votes as migrants flow in, economy languishesCroatians vote in a general election as the nation faces an ongoing influx of refugees -- a crisis that rival political camps have tried to exploit, while lacking concrete policy pledges to kickstart the sluggish economy.
05 ноября 2015
Romanian PM quits over club blaze, but protesters unsatisfiedRomania's embattled Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned, after a deadly nightclub blaze prompted mass demonstrations, but his move failed to stop tens of thousands from taking to the streets for a second night.
05 ноября 2015
Erdogan seeks new charter to increase his powersTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called for a new constitution that would give him greater powers, heightening opposition fears over authoritarian rule.
05 ноября 2015
Egypt's Sisi calls for NATO help in Libya 'vacuum'Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi called for NATO powers to help rebuild Libya, beset by violence since an uprising backed by the Western military alliance toppled leader Moamer Kadhafi.
Obama says 2016 hopefuls will get seriousBarack Obama says the plethora of candidates vying to succeed him as US president will be forced to exit "silly season" and be "more serious" as the 2016 general election nears.
04 ноября 2015
Canada's new leader to step out on world stageJustin Trudeau takes over as Canada's prime minister, striking out on the diplomatic stage with a fortnight of back-to-back summits leading up to the UN climate talks in Paris.
04 ноября 2015
EU's Tusk seeks 'strong signal' from TurkeyEU president Donald Tusk urged Turkey to show its readiness to work with Brussels on issues such as the migrant crisis following a stunning election win by the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
04 ноября 2015
British PM denies Syria strikes climbdownThe British government denied it was abandoning plans for a parliamentary vote to join air strikes in Syria as an influential committee of MPs advised against action.
03 ноября 2015
Kerry in Tajikistan for talks on Afghan border threatUS Secretary of State John Kerry visited Tajikistan to talk about security threats on its Afghan border, on the fourth leg of a five-nation tour of Central Asia.
Migrant crisis 'may derail' EU budgets: DijsselbloemEurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the fallout from the refugee crisis should be considered when assessing some members' budgets, adding it had already had a major impact on debt-ridden Greece.