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India's Modi urges 'comprehensive' climate deal India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Thursday for a "comprehensive and concrete" agreement on climate change in December, as he addressed African leaders at a major summit in New Delhi.

29 October 2015 15:46

UN chief urges 'unified' effort to prevent terrorism UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a "unified" global response to prevent terrorism that puts respect for human rights at the "forefront".

29 October 2015 14:44

US hails election of Nepal's first female president The White House hailed the election in Nepal of a new prime minister and the Himalayan country's first female president, after the adoption of a landmark constitution last month.

29 October 2015 14:26

Vienna talks best chance to save Syria from 'hell': Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that this week's international talks on the war in Syria will not find an immediate political solution but nevertheless represent the best hope available.

29 October 2015 14:16

Germany to send 'tens of thousands' of migrants back to Balkans Germany will send thousands of rejected asylum applicants back to the Balkans in the coming months as Berlin toughens its stance on economic migrants in the face of a refugee crisis.

29 October 2015 13:59

Thousands demonstrate in Czech Republic against migrants Thousands of people protested against migrants in towns around the Czech Republic, a week after the UN slammed the country's treatment of new arrivals as "degrading".

29 October 2015 13:09

Blatter blames 'bad losers' as seven candidates retained Outgoing FIFA president Sepp Blatter blamed England, the United States and Michel Platini for the corruption scandal engulfing the organisation.

29 October 2015 11:47

Trump, Carson in spotlight as Republicans brace for debate Donald Trump, the longtime frontrunner in the Republican presidential race, gears up for battle in a third nationally televised candidates' debate, with fellow outsider Ben Carson hot on his heels.

29 October 2015 11:22

Germany not expecting breakthrough on Syria in Vienna Germany's foreign minister said he did not expect international talks in Vienna to yield a breakthrough on ending the war in Syria.

29 October 2015 10:17

Kazakhstan isn’t going to mass-produce cosmonauts: head of KazKosmos National Space Agency However, plans are afoot to keep on training prospective astronauts, including female astronauts.

28 October 2015 21:25

VW skids into red in wake of pollution scandal German auto giant Volkswagen said that the global pollution-cheating scam it is currently embroiled in pushed it deeply into the red in the third quarter and would hurt earnings for the whole of 2015.

28 October 2015 16:03

Facebook's Zuckerberg in India to get 'next billion online' Facebook chief executive and founder Mark Zuckerberg said he believes India will be crucial to getting "the next billion online" and helping to alleviate poverty.

28 October 2015 15:57

Lure of gold draws hundreds to Bulgaria's rivers More than 2,000 years after the ancient Thracians crafted their exquisite jewelry from gold deposits in Bulgaria, hundreds are combing its rivers again in the hope of striking it rich in the EU's poorest country.

28 October 2015 15:49

EU's Mogherini urges Netanyahu, Abbas to meet Quartet 'in days' EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged Israel Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to meet Quartet representatives "within days" in the hope of kick-starting stalled peace talks.

28 October 2015 15:32

UN chief condemns Saudi air strikes on Yemen MSF hospital UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition on a hospital run by the MSF medical charity in Yemen and called for an end to the fighting.

28 October 2015 15:19

CIA chief 'outraged' by personal email hack CIA chief John Brennan said he was "outraged" that hackers broke into his personal email account, and faulted the media for its coverage of the incident.

28 October 2015 15:18

Halle Berry calls it quits with Olivier Martinez US actress Halle Berry has filed for divorce from French actor Olivier Martinez after two years of marriage.

28 October 2015 13:57

Japan and Kazakhstan to explore rare earth metals in Karaganda and Kostanai regions JOGMEC and Kazgeologiya National Geological Exploration Company are expecting to start exploration works in spring 2016, primarily in territories rich in yttrium in Karaganda and Kostanai regions.

28 October 2015 13:52

Polish conservatives win boosts eurosceptics camp The resounding victory of Poland's conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party in general election has given a boost to European eurosceptics.

28 October 2015 13:11

US Secretary of State John Kerry to visit Kazakhstan as part of his official tour around Central Asia It will be the first visit to Central Asia for John Kerry and the first ever visit to all the five Central Asian states on a single trip for a US Secretary of State.

28 October 2015 13:05