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Trudeau says Canada ready to settle 25,000 Syrian refugees Canada's new prime minister vowed to make good on campaign promises to resettle 25,000 Syrian refugees by the beginning of next year and bring home fighter jets battling the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria.

06 November 2015

Suu Kyi eyes historic win in Myanmar elections Myanmar's boisterous election campaign draws to a close Friday, two days before milestone polls that could finally propel Aung San Suu Kyi's pro-democracy party to power after a decades-long struggle against the military.

06 November 2015

True colours: China summit foments Taiwan's green-blue split The colours blue and green symbolise the rift between opposing political parties in Taiwan, an entrenched divide that polarises friends and families, with this weekend's historic China summit adding fuel to the fire.

06 November 2015

Germany to speed up repatriations of rejected asylum-seekers Germany plans to speed up repatriations of rejected asylum-seekers from new central hubs, Chancellor Angela Merkel and her coalition allies agreed, vowing to bring order to a record migrant influx.

06 November 2015

Nazarbayev arrives in Paris President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has arrived in Paris for an official visit.

05 November 2015

Beijing using historic Taiwan meet as decoy: analysts Beijing is casting itself as the peacemaker in this weekend's historic summit with Taiwan, but experts say it is at least partly aiming to draw attention away from its aggressive expansionism in the South China Sea.

05 November 2015

Trump steps up insults of rivals on campaign trail Republican White House hopeful Donald Trump stepped up attacks on his campaign rivals, insisting none of them have the caliber to become the next president of the United States.

05 November 2015

Croatia votes as migrants flow in, economy languishes Croatians vote in a general election as the nation faces an ongoing influx of refugees -- a crisis that rival political camps have tried to exploit, while lacking concrete policy pledges to kickstart the sluggish economy.

05 November 2015

Romanian PM quits over club blaze, but protesters unsatisfied Romania's embattled Prime Minister Victor Ponta resigned, after a deadly nightclub blaze prompted mass demonstrations, but his move failed to stop tens of thousands from taking to the streets for a second night.

05 November 2015

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Jeb Bush apologizes for 'French work week' putdown Republican presidential hopeful Jeb Bush has informally apologized to France for accusing a rival of only showing up for "a French work week."

04 November 2015

Obama says 2016 hopefuls will get serious Barack Obama says the plethora of candidates vying to succeed him as US president will be forced to exit "silly season" and be "more serious" as the 2016 general election nears.

04 November 2015

Canada's new leader to step out on world stage Justin Trudeau takes over as Canada's prime minister, striking out on the diplomatic stage with a fortnight of back-to-back summits leading up to the UN climate talks in Paris.

04 November 2015

EU's Tusk seeks 'strong signal' from Turkey EU president Donald Tusk urged Turkey to show its readiness to work with Brussels on issues such as the migrant crisis following a stunning election win by the party of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

04 November 2015

British PM denies Syria strikes climbdown The British government denied it was abandoning plans for a parliamentary vote to join air strikes in Syria as an influential committee of MPs advised against action.

03 November 2015

Kerry in Tajikistan for talks on Afghan border threat US Secretary of State John Kerry visited Tajikistan to talk about security threats on its Afghan border, on the fourth leg of a five-nation tour of Central Asia.

03 November 2015

Bush rejects role of 'angry agitator' as he reboots White House bid Jeb Bush vowed not to adopt the incendiary rhetoric of other Republican White House contenders, as he sought to reboot his floundering presidential campaign.

03 November 2015

Migrant crisis 'may derail' EU budgets: Dijsselbloem Eurogroup chairman Jeroen Dijsselbloem said the fallout from the refugee crisis should be considered when assessing some members' budgets, adding it had already had a major impact on debt-ridden Greece.

03 November 2015

EU has little option but to deal with strengthened Erdogan: analysts The EU, desperate for help to solve the migrant crisis, has little option but to deal with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on his own terms after a stunning election victory.

03 November 2015

US State Secretary John Kerry meets Kazakh President and PM US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived for the first time in Astana as part of his official tour of five Central Asian countries.

02 November 2015