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UN chief wants more peacekeepers for CAR UN chief Ban Ki-moon is seeking to boost the UN force in the Central African Republic by 1,030 peacekeepers as the country prepares for elections.

06 February 2015

Australia PM Abbott vows to fight party vote to oust him Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Friday he would fight a Liberal party vote next week that could remove him from power.

06 February 2015

Merkel, Hollande take Ukraine peace plan to Putin German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande were due in Moscow after getting Kiev's tentative backing for a crunch peace plan.

06 February 2015

Democrats, Republicans urge Obama to arm Ukraine US senators from both parties renewed calls Thursday for President Barack Obama to boost military aid to Ukraine.

06 February 2015

NATO agrees to boost defences in eastern Europe NATO defence ministers agreed to immediately set up six bases in eastern Europe and establish a spearhead force of 5,000 troops in response to Russian aggression.

06 February 2015

Mexico leader gets no applause, and plenty of online flak Mexico's embattled President Enrique Pena Nieto has sparked a social media storm over an off-the-cuff remark he made about not getting applauded.

05 February 2015

Kazakhstan ranks above world average in Economic Freedom Kazakhstan ranks 69th in the annual Index of Economic Freedom, better then France and Italy.

05 February 2015

Greece defence minister reassures NATO over Russia ties Greece's new government remains committed to its NATO role despite close ties with Russia that have worried its allies.

05 February 2015

Kazakh Minister of Agriculture may stop subsidising grain exports The Minister of Agriculture of Kazakhstan has proposed to abandon subsidization of grain exports in favour of other developments in agriculture.

05 February 2015

Chinese expansion in Kazakhstan's energy field? China has been increasing its presence in the oil and gas sector of Kazakhstan. There is no consensus on whether this is a positive or a worrying development.

05 February 2015

Kazakhstan's WTO accession hampered by Mongolia and Ukraine: Deputy PM Deputy Prie Minister of Kazakhstan Bakytzhan Sagintayev said that Kazakhstan's accession to the World Trade Organisation was hampered by two countries - Ukraine and Mongolia.

05 February 2015

Australian PM Abbott defiant as MPs call for his head Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was fighting for his job after backbenchers publicly called for a Liberal Party leadership challenge following months of tensions.

04 February 2015

Obama dismissive as US House votes to repeal 'Obamacare' US House Republicans took the increasingly routine step of voting to repeal "Obamacare," a seemingly doomed effort that President Barack Obama ridiculed as making "absolutely no sense."

04 February 2015

'No doubt' US will provide arms: Ukraine president Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko said he has "no doubt" the US will provide weapons for the fight against pro-Russian separatists.

04 February 2015

Italy's Renzi says EU-Greece deal possible after Tsipras talks Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said he believes Greece will be able to strike a deal with its EU partners over its massive debts.

04 February 2015

Russian MP says homosexuals 'mentally ill' after lesbian selfie A Russian lawmaker who has strongly backed anti-gay legislation said all homosexuals were "mentally ill".

04 February 2015

Kazakhstan launches a new program to support small businesses This year the initiative will be focused on three major areas, notably agribusiness, machinery building and production of construction materials, and is to be further extended to other industries.

04 February 2015

Kazakhstan thinking of reducing crude export duty rate Starting from April 1, 2014 the crude export duty rate was raised from $60 to $80 per ton of crude.

04 February 2015

New US Ambassador arrives in Kazakhstan George Albert Krol, previously Ambassador of the United States of American to Uzbekistan, has been appointed Ambassador to Kazakhstan.

03 February 2015

EU won't change everything to please Greece: Juncker European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker warned Greece's new government that Brussels will not change all of its rules just to solve the debt crisis in Athens.

03 February 2015

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