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Record 107,500 migrants at EU borders in July: Frontex EU border agency Frontex reported a record 107,500 migrants at the European Union's borders last month, as the 28-member bloc struggles to cope with a refugee crisis

19 August 2015

Putin dives in mini-sub to shipwreck off Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin burnished his action man image by diving down in a mini-submarine to explore a shipwreck off the coast of the Crimea peninsula that Moscow seized from Ukraine last year.

19 August 2015

Pro-IS video urges Turks to rise up against 'traitor' Erdogan A pro-Islamic State jihadist video has urged Turks to rise up against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, accusing him of being a traitor who has sided with the United States and Kurdish militants.

19 August 2015

Victorious Sri Lanka PM urges unity after election Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe welcomed "the victory of the people" and appealed for unity after an election which seems certain to return his United National Party (UNP) to power.

18 August 2015

Dozens of Clinton emails deemed classified: State Dept Dozens of emails sent or received by Hillary Clinton during her time as secretary of state, from the 3,500 already made public, have been classified as "confidential."

18 August 2015

Impeaching Rousseff could imperil Brazilian democracy Brazilians clamoring for President Dilma Rousseff's overthrow should think twice, analysts say, warning that the trauma of impeachment could undermine 20 years of building democracy.

18 August 2015

UN chief 'alarmed' by upsurge in Ukraine fighting UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed serious alarm over the upsurge in fighting in Ukraine and called for urgent steps to de-escalate the violence.

18 August 2015

Putin slams 'external control' over Ukraine on Crimea visit Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed alleged "external control" over Ukraine's government as he made his third visit to the Crimean peninsula.

18 August 2015

Turkey PM says all coalition options exhausted Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said he had exhausted all options to form a coalition government, leaving the country facing snap elections just months after the June 7 polls.

18 August 2015

Germany's Steinmeier urges EU-Swiss talks on planned immigration limits German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier urged the European Union to negotiate with Switzerland on Bern's plans for new quotas on immigration from the bloc.

18 August 2015

Iran's excess uranium may be stored in Kazakhstan Excess stockpiles of enriched uranium of Iran may be stored at the international nuclear fuel bank in Kazakhstan.

17 August 2015

Mayor of Almaty replaced with fresh face: analysis Experts discuss the replacement of Akim of Almaty Akhmetzhan Yessimov with a young career official Baurzhan Baibek.

17 August 2015

Fate of nuclear deal still 'not clear': Iran's Khamenei The fate of Iran's nuclear deal with world powers is still not decided but it will not leave the country vulnerable to US influence, supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said.

17 August 2015

Canada's Harper a no-show at Montreal's gay pride parade Huge crowds attended Sunday's gay pride parade in Montreal, including several candidates in the upcoming general elections, though Prime Minister Stephen Harper was conspicuously absent.

17 August 2015

UN aid chief 'horrified' by attacks on civilians in Syria The UN's humanitarian chief fiercely condemned attacks against civilians in Syria at a press conference in Damascus on Monday.

17 August 2015

Indian premier discusses cooperation with UAE Prime Minister Narendra Modi held talks Sunday with Abu Dhabi's crown prince on bolstering cooperation with the United Arab Emirates at the start of a two-day visit.

17 August 2015

In departure from Republicans, Trump wouldn't 'rip up' Iran deal US Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump took a strong departure from his party's rejection of the Iran nuclear deal, saying he would not necessarily "rip up" the accord.

17 August 2015

Germany touts Greek change of heart ahead of key bailout vote German Chancellor Angela Merkel and her hardline Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble on Sunday hailed a dramatic change in Greece's approach to its debt crisis.

17 August 2015

Corruption eating away at India 'like a termite': Modi Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Saturday that corruption was eating away at India "like a termite".

15 August 2015

Trump to report to jury duty in NY on Monday Even trash-talking billionaire candidate Donald Trump, who has upended the US Republican presidential campaign with one controversial comment after another, cannot escape jury duty.

15 August 2015

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