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Kerry and Lavrov lock horns over Ukraine crisis US Secretary of State lock horns with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the crisis in Ukraine, as a week of high-stake talks get into full swing.

14 October 2014

Ukraine parliament confirms new defence minister Ukraine's parliament confirmed National Guard chief Stepan Poltorak as the former Soviet state's fourth defence minister.

14 October 2014

Cancellation of Catalonia referendum 'excellent news': Spain PM Spain's Prime Minister hailed the decision by Catalan leaders to call off a planned vote on independence as "excellent news.

14 October 2014

Nationalists win Bosnia's elections Nationalist candidates from Bosnia's Croat, Muslim and Serb communities won the country's three-man presidency, election results showed.

14 October 2014

Britain's Hammond sees Scotland referendum as 'model' for Iraq Britain's foreign secretary said in Baghdad he hoped Scotland's decision to remain in the United Kingdom would inspire Iraqis to remain united.

14 October 2014

Kerry meets Egypt's Sisi to press democracy US Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to press the former military leader to adopt greater democratic reforms.

13 October 2014

Turkey says US can use air bases for IS fight: US official Turkey has granted the United States access to its air bases for the campaign against the Islamic State group.

13 October 2014

Nazarbayev suggests drafting new development strategy for CIS President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has suggested creating a new development strategy for the CIS during Kazakhstan’s chairmanship.

13 October 2014

Australia PM vows to 'shirtfront' Putin at G20 over MH17 Prime Minister vowed to "shirtfront", or confront, Russian President at the G20 summit next month over the loss of Australian lives in the MH17 crash.

13 October 2014

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Advocacy group urges Kazakhstan to abolish death penalty Penal Reform International believes Kazakhstan should abolish the death penalty completely, even though there is a moratorium on capital punishment in the country.

13 October 2014

China's Li in Russia for Putin talks Chinese Prime Minister arrived in Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin as Russia is struggling with its most pronounced isolation since the end of the Cold War.

13 October 2014

Kazakhstan will seek to unleash the potential of CIS: Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan will seek to further tap into the potential of the Commonwealth of Independent States during its 2015 chairmanship.

13 October 2014

West to learn if sanctions softened Russia on Ukraine Western allies should learn if their punishing sanctions on Russia have softened its stance on Ukraine enough to justify Europe's economic recovery.

13 October 2014

Kerry calls for new Middle East peace talks John Kerry called for a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, saying both sides had to be helped to make "tough choices" for lasting stability.

13 October 2014

New Akim of Petropavlovsk appointed Marat Tasmaganbetov has been appointed the new Akim (Mayor) of Petropavlovsk city in northern Kazakhstan.

12 October 2014

Armenia joins Eurasian Economic Union Armenia has joined the Eurasian Economic Union Treaty. The agreement was signed in Minsk, Belarus at the meeting of the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council.

12 October 2014

EurAsEC termination agreement signed in Minsk An agreement on termination of the Eurasian Economic Union (EurAsEC) has been signed by the interstate council in Minsk on October 10.

12 October 2014

Greek PM narrowly wins parliamentary confidence vote Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras won a parliamentary confidence vote, which he called in a bid to rally support.

11 October 2014

White House: no bypass of Congress for Guantanamo closure The White House said it aimed to work with US lawmakers towards closing Guantanamo and was not "drafting options" for circumventing a congressional ban.

11 October 2014