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US hit by new spying row amid anger in France, Mexico The US has become embroiled in a new row over its controversial spying programme as allies France and Mexico condemned revelations Washington tapped millions of phonecalls and hacked into leaders' emails.

22 October 2013

Sultan of Brunei introduces tough Islamic punishments The Sultan of Brunei announced the phased introduction of tough Islamic punishments including death by stoning for crimes such as adultery, in the monarchy's latest step towards conservatism.

22 October 2013

Nobel Peace Laureates arrive in Warsaw for summit Polish revolutionary leader Lech Walesa welcomed Nobel Peace Prize winners to Warsaw on Sunday for a three-day summit.

22 October 2013

Hollande under fire for 'emotional' response to Roma girl French President Francois Hollande has been attacked from all sides for offering a deported Roma schoolgirl the chance to return to France without her family.

21 October 2013

UN leader calls for speedy Maldives vote UN leader Ban Ki-moon on Monday joined international opposition to the cancellation of a presidential election in the Maldives that has heightened tensions in the Indian Ocean nation.

21 October 2013

Nearest stage of global development to be extremely difficult: Nazarbayev Kazakhstan citizens should value their stability and predictability of our country's development: Nazarbayev.

21 October 2013

Ex Central Bank Governor on his decision to quit Since Kazakhstan gained independence, there have been 6 governors. President assured the Central Bank’s policy wouldn’t be changed: Gregory Marchenko.

21 October 2013

Kazakhstan mulls admitting foreign companies to its domestic flights Admission of foreign air companies to making domestic flights in Kazakhstan will decrease the air tickets costs.

21 October 2013

Kazakhstan President calls people to learn English and eye Chinese and Russian for future President Nazarbayev has called Kazakhstan to follow the example of India, Singapore and Malaysia and develop three languages - Kazakh, Russian and English.

21 October 2013

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Mexico demands US answers on German media reports of spying Mexico has demanded answers from Washington following a report in a German weekly that US agents hacked into former president Felipe Calderon's email account.

21 October 2013

Afghan peace on the table as Pakistan PM heads to US Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif departed Saturday for talks in the United States, with the Afghan peace process and the prickly issue of Washington's drone campaign likely to top the agenda.

19 October 2013

Mayor of Chinese city of Nanjing fired for corruption The mayor of the Chinese city of Nanjing has been removed from his post for corruption, state media said Saturday, the latest official to fall foul of a crackdown on graft.

19 October 2013

Many LatAm leaders absent as foundering summit opens in Panama Many Latin American leaders were no-shows at the opening of the 23rd Ibero-American summit in Panama, revealing the foundering direction of the annual forum.

19 October 2013

Snowden says he took no secret documents to Russia US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden says he did not bring any secret documents with him to Russia when he fled there, ensuring Moscow had no access to the files.

19 October 2013

Nazarbayev supports introduction of wealth tax in Kazakhstan Rich people should channel their wealth into development of the country that helped them become who they are, Nursultan Nazarbayev.

18 October 2013

Syria says peace talks possible as rebels kill top officer Syria says peace talks could be possible next month amid international efforts to push for a conference in Geneva as a top military intelligence officer was killed in clashes with rebels.

18 October 2013

Kazakhstan Ambassador to Slovenia appointed Kairat Abdrakhmanov has been appointed Kazakhstan Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Slovenia.

18 October 2013

Disputed US checkpoint in Almaty removed Local authorities of Almaty have removed the disputed checkpoint installed by the United States Embassy near the House of Army.

18 October 2013

Japan gives muted welcome to US debt fix Japan's finance minister on Friday gave a muted welcome to the US debt deal, but hinted at the need for a more permanent solution to the warring in Washington.

18 October 2013