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Ireland awaits count in historic gay marriage vote Ireland waited Saturday to learn the outcome of a historic referendum on same-sex marriage, with crowds of anxiously optimistic "Yes" supporters expected at Dublin Castle to hear the result.

23 May 2015

State Dept releases first Clinton emails on Libya The State Department released a first batch of emails by Hillary Clinton, giving an unprecedented glimpse into the work of the former top diplomat.

23 May 2015

UN chief urges Nigeria to help Boko Haram victims UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on Nigeria to step up medical and psychological aid to survivors of Boko Haram attacks and victims of rape.

23 May 2015

Obama sells Iran deal directly to US Jews President Barack Obama donned a yarmulke and pitched his nuclear deal with Iran and the case for a Palestinian state directly to US Jews.

23 May 2015

Polls open for Irish referendum on gay marriage Polls opened in Ireland for a historic referendum on allowing same-sex marriage that is backed by all the main political parties but opposed by the Catholic Church.

23 May 2015

Japan PM to meet Pacific island leaders to talk aid, disasters Leaders of 14 Pacific island nations gathered in Japan to start a two-day meeting to discuss their development needs.

22 May 2015

Merkel sets tough line at EU summit with eastern partners German Chancellor Angela Merkel told the EU's eastern partners not to expect too much of the bloc and warned Russia to mend its ways over Ukraineю

22 May 2015

Hollande says world must respond to threat to Palmyra French President Francois Hollande said the world must respond to Islamic State jihadists' seizure of Palmyra.

22 May 2015

Obama says US not losing against Islamic State US President Barack Obama has described the loss of key Iraqi territory to Islamic State as a tactical setback, while insisting the war against the jihadist group is not being lost.

22 May 2015

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Eurovision, a stage for geopolitical conflicts? Behind the kitsch, glitz and smoke machines of the Eurovision Song Contest -- hosted by Vienna -- hide more serious international geopolitical tensions.

21 May 2015

Australia PM rules out resettling Asian boat migrants Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott ruled out helping resettle the wave of migrants fleeing to Southeast Asia, saying it would worsen the problem and "encourage people to get on boats".

21 May 2015

Time short for global climate deal in Paris, warns Hollande French President Francois Hollande warned that time was short for a year-end deal on climate change and called on world leaders to unlock the complex process in the months ahead.

21 May 2015

Poroshenko says Ukraine waging 'real war' with Russia Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said in an interview broadcast that his crisis-torn country was fighting a "real war" with Russia that could escalate at any time.

20 May 2015

x-Soviet Georgia urges EU progress, despite Russian pressure Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has warned European Union leaders against letting Russian aggression in Ukraine undermine the bloc's project of building closer links with ex-Soviet nations.

20 May 2015

Britain's Prince Charles meets Irish republican leader Prince Charles became the first British royal to meet Irish republican leader Gerry Adams, on a visit that will take him to the scene of his great-uncle's murder by the IRA.

20 May 2015

Hungary's Orban angers EU over death penalty, migrants Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban angered EU lawmakers and officials by insisting that Budapest had the right to debate closing the door to migrants.

20 May 2015

Kiev shows off captured 'Russian soldiers' to media Kiev showed off two purported Russian soldiers it captured during a gun battle in the separatist east that Ukraine's pro-Western leadership says proves the Kremlin's direct involvement in the war.

20 May 2015

Hollande rejects EU migrant quotas but backs better 'distribution' French President Francois Hollande said that quotas for migrants in Europe were "out of the question" but said he supported a better distribution of refugees between EU countries.

20 May 2015

Kerry plays Russian roulette gambling on easing ties US Secretary of State John Kerry took a risky gamble facing derision and much skepticism when he flew to Russia last week for the first time in two years.

19 May 2015