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Former New Zealand PM hints at run for UN top job Former New Zealand prime minister Helen Clark has hinted that she wants to become United Nations secretary general when Ban Ki-moon steps down, saying it is time for a woman to fill the role.

18 June 2014

Japan minister apologises for Fukushima money gaffe A Japanese cabinet minister apologised after appearing to suggest people in nuclear disaster-hit Fukushima could be persuaded to put up with contaminated waste if the government threw cash at them.

18 June 2014

Secretariat of CICA to move to Astana Secretariat of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia will move from Almaty to Astana.

17 June 2014

Bishkek negotiates with Astana $177 mln aid to join Customs Union Kyrgyzstan is negotiating a $177 million financial aid with Kazakhstan to adapt to the conditions of the Customs Union.

17 June 2014

Kazakhstanis will wait for housing for a lifetime: Senator Kazakhstanis will have to wait for the government to solve their housing problems for their entire life.

17 June 2014

Nazarbayev meets General Electric Oil & Gas President Kazakhstan President had a meeting with Lorenzo Simonelli, CEO of General Electric Oil & Gas company.

17 June 2014

Test for Hollande as French rail strike drags on France's longest rail strike in years was set to go into a seventh day Tuesday after unions said a first meeting with management failed to address their demands.

17 June 2014

Jordanian prince becomes UN's next rights chief The UN General Assembly Monday approved the nomination of Jordan's Prince Zeid al-Hussein as the next human rights chief, making him the first Muslim and Arab to hold the post.

17 June 2014

US top court rules 'straw' gun purchases are illegal The US Supreme Court ruled it was illegal to buy a gun on behalf of someone else who did not go through the background check.

17 June 2014

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Pentagon temporarily grounds F-35 fighter jets The US military temporarily grounded its entire F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet fleet at the weekend after an apparent engine oil leak, the latest glitch for the much-vaunted program.

16 June 2014

NATO releases photos of suspected Russian tanks in Ukraine NATO released photographs Saturday of what it said were suspected Russian tanks in eastern Ukraine, having warned earlier that confirmation of their presence would mark a "serious escalation" of the crisis.

16 June 2014

G77 plus China eye end to poverty by 2030, new UN role A summit of G77 leaders plus China wrapped up Sunday with a call for an end to poverty by 2030, after a demand by Bolivia's President Evo Morales to eliminate the UN Security Council.

16 June 2014

Chinese premier hopes to 'change misperceptions' on UK trip Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to Britain on Monday, hoping to "change misperceptions" about his country and improve diplomatic relations with London.

16 June 2014

Santos, Colombia's would-be peacemaker Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, who was re-elected Sunday, is seen as his country's best hope for a potential peace deal with Marxist rebels.

16 June 2014

New Iran nuclear talks as time runs short Iran and world powers' high-stakes nuclear talks enter a critical fifth round in Vienna on Monday, with both sides still far apart on crucial issues five weeks before a deadline for a deal.

16 June 2014

Abdullah slams Afghan election officials for 'fraud' Afghan presidential candidate Abdullah Abdullah accused senior election officials of serious fraud, opening a dispute over the vote count that could threaten a smooth transition of power.

16 June 2014

Estonia to represent NATO in Kazakhstan Estonian Embassy in Astana will represent NATO in Kazakhstan starting from January 1, 2015.

15 June 2014

49 killed in east Ukraine plane downing Pro-Russian gunmen shot down a Ukranian military transport plane Saturday in the separatist east, killing all 49 people on board in the biggest single loss of life in the two-month insurgency.

14 June 2014

Argentina's ex-president Menem to testify on death of son Argentina's former president Carlos Menem has been ordered to testify at a new inquiry into the 1995 death of his son in a helicopter crash, judicial sources said.

14 June 2014