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Give diplomacy a chance, says Obama President Barack Obama declared Tuesday that America must move away from a permanent war footing to give diplomacy a chance to resolve some of the world's toughest problems, such as the nuclear standoff with Iran.

29 January 2014

Karzai suspects US behind Afghan bombings: report Afghan President Hamid Karzai suspects the United States may have backed insurgent-style attacks to undermine his government but has no evidence to support his theory.

29 January 2014

LatAm summit lashes out at US spying Cuban President Raul Castro Tuesday railed against US spying as he opened a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders set up by Venezuela's late anti-US leader Hugo Chavez.

29 January 2014

Astana mayor suggests toughening control over visitors and migrants Crimes committed by visitors to the capital city – primarily petty crimes and moderately severe crimes – make up over 30 000 (90%) of all crimes: Imangali Tasmagambetov.

28 January 2014

Aktobe agglomeration to max out at 1.3 million citizens The urban agglomeration of Aktobe in western Kazakhstan can allow no more than 1.3 million people.

28 January 2014

Ukraine PM resigns: government Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov resigned in a bid to ease Ukraine's deadly two-month crisis as lawmakers began an extraordinary session aimed at adopting crucial reforms.

28 January 2014

World court awards Peru swathe of Chile's fish-rich sea Lima cried victory Monday after the UN's top court handed it a wedge of sea under Chilean sovereignty, but Peruvian fishermen nevertheless said they gained nothing from the historic ruling.

28 January 2014

Crunch day in Ukraine after leader offers concession Ukrainian lawmakers meet on Tuesday to debate ways of ending a deadly two-month crisis after President Viktor Yanukovych gave in to a key opposition demand to abolish draconian anti-protest laws.

28 January 2014

Kazakhstan PM calls to prevent labor conflicts in oil and gas Oil and gas companies are going to be held responsible for the labor conflicts occurring on their sites.

28 January 2014

US ship heads out to destroy Syrian chemical weapons A specially-equipped US naval ship departed for Italy on Monday on a ground-breaking mission to destroy Syria's most dangerous chemical agents.

28 January 2014

Hollande heads to crisis-hit Turkey after split from first lady French President Francois Hollande heads to Turkey on Monday on his first trip abroad since his dramatic announcement that he had split from his longstanding partner Valerie Trierweiler.

28 January 2014

UN's Ban hails 'historic milestone' in Tunisia UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed Tunisia's adoption of a new constitution on Sunday, declaring it a "historic milestone" and a model for other countries seeking reform.

27 January 2014

Kazakhstan General Prosecutor discusses anti-drug-trafficking methods with United States Kazakhstan's General Prosecutor's Office will cooperate with the United States in the fight against drug trafficking.

27 January 2014

US forces launch missile strike against Shebab leader in Somalia The US military launched a missile strike in Somalia on Sunday targeting a suspected Shebab militant leader.

27 January 2014

Kazakhstan to coordinate Customs Union import duties with WTO Kazakhstan’s Vice Minister for Economic Development and Trade earlier announced that the average import duty rate within the WTO is 7.9% higher than that currently in place within the Customs Union.

27 January 2014

Fidel Castro meets Cristina Kirchner in Havana Cuban leader Fidel Castro lunched with Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner on Sunday on the sidelines of a summit of regional leaders.

27 January 2014

Magazine that revealed Hollande affair fined for snaps of minister The French magazine that reported President Francois Hollande's affair with an actress has been fined for breach of privacy in a separate case brought by France's culture minister, a lawyer said Friday.

25 January 2014

Nigeria to hold presidential vote on February 14, 2015 Nigeria is to hold its next presidential election on February 14, 2015, the electoral agency said Friday, with incumbent head of state Goodluck Jonathan expected to seek a second term.

25 January 2014

Khodorkovsky associate walks free after decade in jail Former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky's business partner Platon Lebedev walked free from prison on Friday after Russia's Supreme Court ordered his early release.

25 January 2014

Three years before the vote, Clinton machine gears up With the news that America's largest liberal fundraising group is to back a Hillary Clinton presidential bid in 2016, a growing sense of inevitability is building around her prospective candidacy.

25 January 2014

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