Greek PM to meet Merkel as bailout deal nears
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was expected to meet with Angela Merkel in Brussels after the EU's top official for the euro said a breakthrough bailout deal could be "days" away.
Isolated Putin seeks sympathetic hearing in Italy
Vladimir Putin makes a rare international outing with a high-profile visit to Italy and the Vatican.
Turkey's noisy Erdogan in uncharacteristic post-poll silence
Turkey's usually highly loquacious President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made no spoken comment since his party lost its parliamentary majority.
Second round of Syrian opposition talks to be held in Astana
The second round of consultations of Syrian opposition groups will be held in Kazakhstan's Astana in mid-September.
Nazarbayev congratulates Vejonis on Latvian presidency
President of Kazakhstan has extended his congratulations to the newly elected President of Latvia Raimonds Vejonis.
Nursultan Nazarbayev speaks about Kazakhstan's agricultural sector
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev is concerned about Kazakhstan’s agricultural sector.
Greece's Varoufakis warns against historic 'failure' by EU
Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis warned that EU leaders had a duty to avoid a historic "failure" and urged a swift accord in Greece's debt talks with its creditors.
Obama urges greater effort to halt foreign fighters entering Syria
Thousands of foreign jihadists are still flooding into Syria to fight, US President Barack Obama warned, as he urged greater efforts to halt the flow.
Blatter's departure will not change FIFA: ex-UEFA offical
Changing FIFA presidents will not root out corruption at football's world body, a former UEFA official said.