Moscow airports delay or cancel more than 100 flights in storm
Moscow international airports on Friday delayed or cancelled more than 100 flights due to stormy weather.
Valcke confirms Russia, Qatar will host 2018, 2022 World Cups
FIFA general secretary Jerome Valcke on Friday confirmed Russia and Qatar will host the World Cups in 2018 and 2022 respectively.
Russia issues 89-name EU blacklist, bars politicians
Moscow has issued a blacklist of European Union politicians barred from Russia in response to EU sanctions over Crimea and Ukraine.
Russia to ban fish imports from Latvia, Estonia
Russia is to ban fish imports from the Baltic states of Latvia and Estonia, its food safety watchdog said Friday, citing violations.
Russian sports minister welcomes Blatter victory
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said he was pleased by Sepp Blatter's reelection as FIFA president.
Paris to break hearts with removal of a million 'love locks'
Too much love can be a bad thing: Paris city officials, exasperated with lovers sealing their passion by clipping padlocks all over the city, are set to remove 45 tonnes of the locks next week.
FIFA marathon man Blatter comes through a new storm
A new election triumph in the midst of a corruption scandal established FIFA president Sepp Blatter as the politician who can come through any storm.
Merkel vows 'constructive' role to help keep Britain in EU
German Chancellor Angela Merkel vowed to help keep Britain in the EU by working on reforms with Prime Minister David Cameron.
Germany's Steinmeier warns situation in Ukraine turning 'fragile'
Germany's foreign minister warned that the situation in Ukraine's separatist east was turning more "fragile".
Kazakhstani tennis player Putintseva defeats Germany's No 1 at Nürnberger Versicherungscup
Kazakhstani tennis player Yuliya Putintseva has lost to Karin Knapp in the quarterfinals of the Nürnberger Versicherungscup taking place in German.
Japan-EU summit to discuss stalled free trade deal
Japan and the European Union will hold summit talks later, with a long-stalled Free Trade Agreement expected to be on the agenda.
Kazakhstan and Luxembourg ink several agreements
Kazakhstan and Luxembourg have inked a number of bilateral treaties following the meeting of Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov and Prime Minister of Luxembourg Xavier Bettel on May 21.
Kazakhstan and Lithuania sign bilateral agreements
Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov and the Prime Minister of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius have signed a number of bilateral agreements.
Lithuanian PM meets with Nursultan Nazarbayev and Karim Massimov
Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev and the Kazakh PM Karim Massimov have held a meeting with the PM of Lithuania Algirdas Butkevičius, who came to Kazakhstan fro the VIII Astana Economic Forum.
Cameron urges 'flexible and imaginative' EU reforms
British Prime Minister David Cameron prepared Friday to lobby German Chancellor Angela Merkel for "flexible and imaginative" EU reforms.
US sidesteps Putin accusation of meddling in FIFA election
US diplomats avoided a clash of words with Moscow on the corruption scandal shaking FIFA after Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Washington of trying to block the re-election of football boss Sepp Blatter.
Spectre of 'Grexit' stalks G7 finance meeting
he possibility of Greece quitting the eurozone cast a long shadow over a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations.
France says Britain EU referendum 'very risky'
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said a British referendum on whether to leave the EU was "very risky", ahead of a visit by Prime Minister David Cameron to Paris.
G7 finance ministers, central bankers meet in Dresden
Finance ministers and central bank governors of the Group of Seven wealthiest nations gathered in Dresden to discuss the global economy and tax evasion.
Putin says US trying to block Blatter reelection as FIFA head
Russian President Vladimir Putin slammed the arrests of top FIFA delegates in a US probe as an attempt by Washington to oust Sepp Blatter as head of the organisation.