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Putin says 'glad' to give US boxing star Russian passport Russian President Vladimir Putin said he would be glad to grant a request for Russian citizenship from US boxer Roy Jones Jr as the multiple world champion visited Russian-annexed Crimea.

20 August 2015

Germany expects record 'up to 800,000' asylum-seekers this year Germany expects to receive up to 800,000 asylum-seekers in 2015, a new record, Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

20 August 2015

Dutch PM grilled on Greece, beats no-confidence bid Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte received a grilling in parliament for his cabinet's support for debt-ridden Greece's third international bailout.

20 August 2015

Sri Lankan PM warns against return to divisive politics Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe urged Sri Lanka's parties to work together as he began forming a new government backed by minority Tamils.

19 August 2015

Turkey PM formally gives up on coalition as polls loom Turkey's Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu informed President Recep Tayyip Erdogan he had failed to form a coalition government, paving the way for new general elections just months after June polls.

19 August 2015

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

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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