Turkey to hold snap polls on Nov 1: Erdogan
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced he would call snap elections likely to be held on November 1, after coalition talks failed in an unprecedented political impasse.
France's Le Pen booted out of his far-right party
Jean-Marie Le Pen, France's elderly, far-right master provocateur, was booted out of the National Front (FN) he founded after a high-profile feud with his daughter and party leader Marine.
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.
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.
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.