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Germany can't cope with refugee family reunification demands: minister Germany's interior minister called for family reunification rights of Syrian asylum seekers to be limited, saying the country cannot cope with a doubling of its already record refugee numbers.

12 November 2015

Serbian PM pays respects to Srebrenica Muslim victims Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic paid his respects to the Muslim victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, months after he was chased from a ceremony in the Bosnian town by an angry stone-throwing crowd.

12 November 2015

Turkey's Erdogan urges Syria safe zone ahead of G20 Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called on world leaders to rally behind Turkey's plan for a safe zone inside Syrian territory, days before it hosts the G20 summit.

11 November 2015

Catalonia independence threat could benefit PM in polls Catalonia may have voted to kick off a process towards independence but the wealthy region is far from breaking up with Spain, and Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy could actually benefit in upcoming elections.

11 November 2015

EU, African leaders to tackle migration crisis Europe's leaders will offer Africa up to 3.6 billion euros ($3.8 billion) in aid at a summit in Malta in exchange for help tackling the migration crisis rocking Europe.

11 November 2015

Obama takes immigration reform to Supreme Court President Barack Obama's administration asked the US Supreme Court to uphold measures shielding around four million undocumented migrants from deportation.

11 November 2015

Republican rivals rip Trump's immigration plan Donald Trump reiterated his pledge during Tuesday's Republican presidential debate to deport millions of undocumented workers, a plan trashed by rivals including Jeb Bush.

11 November 2015

Netanyahu says no immediate way forward for Mideast peace Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu voiced pessimism about the prospect of peace with the Palestinians, suggesting the current stalemate was likely to remain in place.

11 November 2015

Russia working to pierce 'any missile shield': Putin President Vladimir Putin pledged Russia would build weapons that could pierce any anti-missile shield as he accused the United States and its allies of looking to shackle Moscow's nuclear capabilities.

11 November 2015

'A great European has died', Hollande says of Helmut Schmidt French President Francois Hollande paid tribute to Helmut Schmidtas a "great European" after the former West German chancellor died at the age of 96.

11 November 2015

Obama praises Erdogan on Turkey vote win US President Barack Obama congratulated his counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on recent elections that extended the Turkish president's term in office.

10 November 2015

British PM outlines four objectives for EU renegotiation Prime Minister David Cameron said he was confident of achieving four key objectives in renegotiating Britain's EU relationship but warned the UK would have to "think again" about membership if they were not met.

10 November 2015

Nazarbayev awards Order of Friendship to Francois Hollande Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev had a meeting with President of France Francois Hollande as part of his official visit to France on November 6.

10 November 2015

Catalan parliament begins process of secession from Spain Lawmakers in Catalonia officially kicked off a process to secede fromSpain by 2017, despite impassioned pleas against independence, in an unprecedented showdown with Madrid's central government.

10 November 2015

Croatian parties in tough talks to form government Croatia's political parties faced tough negotiations to cobble together a government after the conservative opposition won a narrow election victory.

09 November 2015

US concerned by 'far from perfect' Myanmar vote The United States welcomed Myanmar's landmark election, but warned of "important structural and systemic impediments" to full democratization in the Southeast Asian nation after decades of military rule.

09 November 2015

EU turns to African leaders to stem migrant crisis EU leaders will push their wary African counterparts to help tackle the migration crisis at a summit in Malta this week, offering them billions of euros in aid in exchange for cooperation

09 November 2015

Catalan parliament to vote on secession in showdown with Madrid Catalonia's pro-independence regional parliament is expected to launch a secession process in Spain's wealthiest region, in a showdown with the central government in Madrid.

09 November 2015

UK seeks extra security abroad in wake of Russian jet crash Britain will push for higher security at foreign airports in risky areas even if it means extra delays for passengers, foreign minister Philip Hammond said.

09 November 2015

Iran appoints first woman ambassador since revolution Iran has appointed its first woman ambassador since the 1979 Islamic revolution, naming foreign ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham to head its embassy in Malaysia.

09 November 2015

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