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Scotland to make case for independence The Scottish government on Tuesday unveils its legal argument for independence from the United Kingdom, but nationalist leaders face an uphill battle in convincing voters to end the 300-year union.

26 November 2013

Japanese airlines say will obey China's air zone rules Japanese airlines on Tuesday said they would follow rules set by China when it declared an air control zone over the East China Sea, even as Tokyo said they should ignore them.

26 November 2013

New Chairman of Kazakhstan Agency for Sports and Physical Culture appointed Tastanbek Yessentayev has been appointed the new Chairman of the Agency for Sports and Physical Culture of Kazakhstan.

26 November 2013

Vote looms to expel Italy's Berlusconi from parliament Italy's Silvio Berlusconi is in for a tumultuous week that will likely see him booted out of parliament and shift into opposition to a government where he is still formally a coalition partner.

25 November 2013

Nazarbayev ratifies treaty with China on transfer of convicted Kazakhstanis President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has ratified the treaty with China on transferring Kazakhstani convicts to Kazakhstan.

25 November 2013

Iran deal stirs history for Obama, suspicion for foes For US President Barack Obama, the interim deal to cap Iran's nuclear program is a belated down payment on the transformative foreign policy he always envisioned.

25 November 2013

World powers, Iran clinch 'historic' nuclear deal World leaders hailed Sunday a "historic" nuclear deal with Iran as a triumph for diplomacy, but cautioned the hard work was just starting to keep Tehran from building a bomb.

25 November 2013

Conservative Hernandez leading Honduras presidential race: official Conservative Juan Orlando Hernandez was leading in Honduras's presidential vote Sunday, garnering 34.97 percent of the vote.

25 November 2013

UN watchdog demands Uzbekistan halt use of torture Uzbekistan must halt its routine use of torture and cease reprisals against human rights campaigners who expose state abuses, United Nations monitors said Friday.

24 November 2013

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Race for Arctic resources must be conflict-free: Pentagon Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Friday the United States will assert its sovereignty in the rapidly thawing Arctic but called on countries to work together to avoid conflict over the untapped frontier.

23 November 2013

Obama praises leadership of Morocco's Mohammed VI President Barack Obama praised the "leadership" of Morocco's King Mohammed VI on Friday after holding wide-ranging talks with the North African monarch for the first time at the White House.

23 November 2013

West disappointed after Ukraine scraps EU deal Ukraine on Friday faced accusations from the West it had missed a historic opportunity and caved into Kremlin pressure after the government scrapped plans to sign a deal to deepen trade and political ties with the European Union.

22 November 2013

Nurlan Kussainov resigns as Development Bank of Kazakhstan CEO Nurlan Kussainov has resigned as CEO of the Development Bank of Kazakhstan (DBK).

22 November 2013

Venezuelan president tries out new emergency powers Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro exercised new emergency powers for the first time Thursday, signing decrees limiting business profit margins and tightening regulation of imports.

22 November 2013

N. Korea threatens 'sea of fire' for S. Korea president HQ North Korea on Friday marked the anniversary of its shelling of a South Korean border island with a threat to turn South Korea's presidential office into a "sea of fire".

22 November 2013

Chinese cyber spying may justify sanctions: US panel A US panel Wednesday raised the specter of sanctions against China, warning Congress that Beijing has not curbed its rampant spying on American interests, a major national security concern.

21 November 2013

Fiji minister cool on rejoining 'irrelevant' Commonwealth Fiji's foreign minister has labelled the Commonwealth "irrelevant" and said the Pacific nation is in no hurry to rejoin the international organisation that suspended it four years ago.

21 November 2013

US, Afghanistan agree post-2014 troop deal Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday he had nailed down terms governing the presence of US troops in Afghanistan beyond 2014, just hours before Afghan leaders debate the deal.

21 November 2013

Obama, Clinton unite at JFK's grave A pair of Democratic presidents, Barack Obama and Bill Clinton silently honored John F. Kennedy at the former US leader's grave Wednesday, marking the 50th anniversary of his assassination.

21 November 2013