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Spain to assist Kazakhstan in developing green economy Spanish exports to Kazakhstan have substantially grown for the last three years. The figure doubled in 2011 and grew by 68% in 2012. In the H1 2013 the figure reached 209 million Euro, exceeding the level of 2012.

30 September 2013

Ecuador becomes visa-free for Kazakhstan citizens Kazakhstan and Ecuador has mutually cancelled the need for visas.

30 September 2013

Voters reject Portugal austerity policies in local elections Portugal's opposition Socialists inflicted a stinging defeat on the Social Democrats in local elections as voters displayed their frustrations at the government's austerity measures.

30 September 2013

Kazakhstan PM calls to increase pension contributions Kazakhstan Prime-Minister Serik Akhmetov believes that Kazakhstan’s pension system requires further reformation.

30 September 2013

Do or die as US, Congress face government shutdown Lawmakers have one final day to try to prevent the first US government shutdown in 17 years, but a deal appeared remote Monday as congressional leaders showed little intent to compromise.

30 September 2013

Malaysian protesters rail against security proposal Around 30 people protested Monday against a Malaysian parliamentary proposal that critics say allows detention without trial, denouncing it as a broken promise by the government to scrap oppressive laws.

30 September 2013

Obama hails 'great friend' Singh, India ties US President Barack Obama on Friday hailed Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as a "great friend," saluting his role in the warming of ties between the world's two largest democracies.

29 September 2013

Spain denies accord to get Britain to leave Falklands Spain on Friday denied Argentina's claims that the two countries had clinched an agreement to get Britain to negotiate the future of the Falkland Islands and Gibraltar.

28 September 2013

Obama and Iran's Rouhani hold historic phone call US President Barack Obama and Iran's President Hassan Rouhani spoke by phone Friday in the historic, first direct contact between leaders of their estranged nations since the 1979 Islamic revolution.

28 September 2013

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Deal needed 'soon' on post-2014 force in Afghanistan: US A top Pentagon official said Friday it would be a "tragedy" if Afghan and US negotiators failed to clinch a deal allowing US troops to stay in the country after 2014.

28 September 2013

UN Council orders Syria chemical arms destroyed The UN Security Council unanimously passed a landmark resolution Friday ordering the destruction of Syria's chemical weapons and condemning a murderous poison gas attack in Damascus.

28 September 2013

New Iranian president wants 'empty prisons' Iran's newly elected moderate president said Thursday he hoped for the freedom of more prisoners after the recent release of prominent reformists.

28 September 2013

US lawmakers propose reforming NSA spying powers Lawmakers overseeing US spy agencies on Thursday proposed stricter limits on the government's electronic surveillance while also calling for bolstering its authority to track terror suspects coming to America.

27 September 2013

Ubiquitous Kerry casts shadow on Clinton record In rolling the dice on Iran, Syria and Middle East peace, President Barack Obama has made Secretary of State John Kerry the chief executor of his foreign policy legacy -- a role denied to Hillary Clinton.

27 September 2013

Iran's Rouhani warns of Syria Talibanization Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Thursday that Syria could become an extremist haven like Taliban-era Afghanistan as he called for cooperation to end the country's civil war.

27 September 2013

First woman stands for Tajik president backed by Islamic party A woman is for the first time bidding for the presidency in Tajikistan after an opposition bloc including an Islamic party chose a respected female rights lawyer as its candidate in the majority Muslim country.

27 September 2013

UN Security Council passes first resolution on small arms trade The UN Security Council passed its first resolution Thursday on restricting the trade in illicit small arms, but Russia refused to back the measure.

27 September 2013

US, Russia break deadlock on Syria chemical arms The United States and Russia agreed a draft UN Security Council resolution Thursday on destroying Syria's chemical weapons, breaking a prolonged deadlock over the country's bitter conflict.

27 September 2013

US should look south for strategic interests: Colombia The United States' key strategic partnerships lie to its south, but President Barack Obama failed to mention them in his address to the United Nations.

27 September 2013