Pacific leaders urged to defend free trade
A summit of top world leaders was urged to fight rising protectionism after Trump's victory stoked fears that free trade is under threat.
Putin, Trump to normalise US-Russia tiesVladimir Putin and Donald Trump spoke on the phone on Monday and agreed on the need to normalise ties between Washington and Moscow.
15 November 2016
Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on MosulWith pressure building on the 10th day of the Mosul assault, Western defence chiefs were already looking ahead to the next target -- IS's other major stronghold of Raqa in Syria.
27 October 2016
Trump gets booed as he and Clinton trade biting jokesTaking a break from the nastiest campaign in recent memory, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton came together Thursday for a New York white-tie soiree intended to bring some levity just weeks before the November 8 vote.
Kazakhstan shifts PM to security chiefKazakhstan's ageing President Nursultan Nazarbayev shifted longtime ally Karim Massimov from prime minister to security chief.