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Don't ever 'stand by', US 'heroes' plead after train attack Three American friends who overpowered a heavily-armed gunman in a train poured cold water on his claim that he had no intention of waging a bloody attack.

24 August 2015 11:48

Greek eurosceptics to take government mandate amid early election row A breakaway eurosceptic faction of Greece's Syriza party was to attempt to form a government as the country headed for a likely September 20 snap ballot.

24 August 2015 11:26

Hollande, Merkel 'to discuss EU migrant crisis on Monday' The French and German leaders will meet in Berlin on Monday to give a new push to European efforts to tackle the biggest migrant crisis in 50 years.

24 August 2015 11:05

'Straight Outta Compton' outguns box office rivals "Straight Outta Compton" outgunned rivals for the top of the North American box office, defending the top spot for a second straight week after a bravura debut.

24 August 2015 10:49

Trump sees Clinton, Biden as 'pretty equal' 2016 challengers Vice President Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton would make equally formidable opponents in the race for the White House, Donald Trump said.

24 August 2015 10:39

Britain, Iran reopen embassies in wake of nuclear deal Britain's foreign secretary reopened his country's embassy in Tehran in a long-awaited step signalling better relations four years after a mob stormed the compound, forcing its closure.

24 August 2015 10:30

North, South Korea hold top-level talks to defuse military tensions North and South Korea sat down to urgent top-level talks, seeking some way out of an escalating crisis that has pushed both their militaries to the brink of an armed conflict.

22 August 2015 16:06

Police quiz gunman over French train attack French investigators were interrogating a man who was overpowered by three young Americans after he opened fire with a Kalashnikov on a trainbetween Amsterdam and Paris.

22 August 2015 15:42

Russian PM visits disputed Kuril islands, triggering Japan protest Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev landed Saturday in the Kuril islands, prompting a swift rebuke from Tokyo, which claims sovereignty over the northwest Pacific archipelago in a long-running dispute.

22 August 2015 15:29

Obama declares wildfire emergency in Washington state President Barack Obama declared an emergency for wildfire-ravaged Washington state, as Australia and New Zealand sent firefighters to help US crews.

22 August 2015 15:03

Putin to be notable absence from Ukraine crisis talks in Berlin

22 August 2015 14:47

Remembering New Orleans chaos, 10 years after Katrina Hurricane Katrina's deadly winds tore up roofs, yanked trees from the ground, and pushed towering walls of seawater miles past the coast.

22 August 2015 14:23

Greece rebels form new party ahead of snap polls Rebels from Greece's Syriza party on Friday formed a breakaway parliamentary group after Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras resigned.

22 August 2015 13:31

Hurricane Danny strengthens to category 3 storm Hurricane Danny strengthened into a major category 3 storm as it churned in the central Atlantic but forecasters expect it to weaken.

22 August 2015 13:05

Ban Ki-moon to mark jihadist attack on UN in Nigeria UN chief Ban Ki-moon begins a visit to Nigeria at the weekend to commemorate a deadly attack on the global body by Boko Haram militants and meet the country's new leader.

22 August 2015 12:48

Ashley Madison sued over membership data leak A Can$760 million (US$578 million) class action lawsuit has been launched against the owner of affair-seeking website Ashley Madison.

22 August 2015 12:30

Macedonia allows 'vulnerable' migrants to cross border Macedonia said it would allow a limited number of "vulnerable" migrants to enter the country after sealing its border with Greece to them, leaving thousands of refugees stuck in no-man's land.

22 August 2015 11:58

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.

22 August 2015 11:09

SCAT eyes 20 Russian Sukhoi Super Jet-100s Kazakhstani SCAT is to contract 20 Russian Sukhoi Super Jet-100 (SSJ-100) aircraft.

21 August 2015 18:16

Making sense of Kazakhstan's decision to float tenge Kazakhstan tenge plunged to its record low after the country floated it, renouncing the set corridor and adopting inflation targeting.

21 August 2015 17:27