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Greece reaches deal with creditors: government source
Greece has reached a deal on a multi-billion bailout with its international creditors after marathon talks.
11 August 2015
Russia bars anti-Kremlin coalition from upcoming polls
A Russian opposition coalition co-led by leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has had nearly all its candidates barred from September regional and local elections.
11 August 2015
EU denounces arson attack on observers' vehicles in Ukraine
The EU on Monday denounced an arson attack on armoured vehicles belonging to OSCE observers monitoring a fragile ceasefire in rebel-held eastern Ukraine.
11 August 2015
Families of Germanwings crash victims plan US lawsuit: report
Relatives of victims of the Germanwings crash in the French Alps hope to take their compensation claims against parent company Lufthansa to a US court.
10 August 2015
Kazakh horses named the oldest domestic horse breed
Kazakh horses are the oldest of domestic breeds that continues to inhabit the territories of its original formation said a Russian scientist Leonid Gaiduchenko.
10 August 2015
Lavrov slams 'unfounded claims' of Syria chemical weapons
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned against what he called unfounded claims that Syria has chemical weapons.
10 August 2015
Kazakh folk ensemble to perform in Paris
Kerbez folk ensemble of Semey Phillarmonic Hall named after Amre Kashaubayev in eastern Kazakhstan will perform in Paris.
10 August 2015
More than 1,000 more migrants rescued in Mediterranean
More than 1,000 migrants were rescued trying to cross the Mediterranean over the weekend, Italy's coastguard said, with further tragedies narrowly averted.
10 August 2015
Four OSCE vehicles set fire in Donetsk in 'arson attack'
OSCE observers based in the separatist stronghold of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine said that four of their vehicles were destroyed in an apparent arson attack at their hotel.
10 August 2015
UN condemns 'shameful' migrant conditions in Greece
The United Nations warned that migrants landing in Greece were facing "shameful" conditions, with the crisis-hit country claiming it was unable to cope with the massive influx on its Aegean islands.
08 August 2015
EU offers more help for farmers hurt by Russia sanctions
The EU formally extended until next year a multi-million-euro aid package to help European fruit and vegetable growers hit by Russian sanctions over the Ukraine crisis.
08 August 2015
France hunts for more MH370 debris off Reunion island
France launched a hunt for more wreckage from the ill-fated MH370 plane off Reunion island on Friday in a fresh effort to shed light on one of aviation's biggest mysteries.
08 August 2015
Friends in shock over loss of Russian free diver Natalia Molchanova
Russia's tight-knit free diving community has been left reeling by the tragic disappearance of Natalia Molchanova, who vanished last week during a dive.
08 August 2015
London Tube strike causes major disruption
Millions of Londoners were forced to walk, cycle or take packed buses to and from work as Underground staff staged their second strike in a month over plans to run trains all night.
07 August 2015
Greek PM sees bailout deal after August 15
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and French President Francois Hollande agreed that Athens and its international creditors "can and must" reach a bailout deal after August 15.
07 August 2015
Russia starts destroying smuggled Western foods
Russian officials steamrolled tonnes of cheese, fruit and vegetables, defying public outrage to begin a controversial drive to destroy Western food smuggled into the crisis-hit country.
07 August 2015
'No difficulty' for France to find Mistral buyers: Hollande
French President Francois Hollande said there would be "no difficulty" in finding new buyers for two Mistral warships that had been sold to Russia before Paris scrapped the deal.
07 August 2015
Kazakhstani photographer participates in Louvre exhibition
Kazakhstani photographer Veronika Lerner’s work was presented at the exhibition in the Louvre.
06 August 2015
Hollande, Putin reach accord on cancelled warship deal
French President Francois Hollande's office said he had reached an agreement with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on compensation for failing to deliver two Mistral warships over the Ukraine crisis.
06 August 2015
French prosecutor says 'very high probability' wreckage from MH370
There is a "very high probability" that wreckage found on the Indian Ocean island of La Reunion comes from the doomed Malaysia Airlines flight MH37.
06 August 2015