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The death of Uzbek leader Islam Karimov after 27 years in charge with no clear successor lined up plunges his homeland into uncertainty.

• 05 сентября 2016, 16:50

Singaporeans wept on the streets and queued in their thousands to pay tribute to founding leader Lee Kuan Yew.

• 25 марта 2015, 15:35

China said it opposed foreign leaders meeting the Dalai Lama "in any form".

• 02 февраля 2015, 15:45

Mexico's president left on a six-day trip to China and Australia amid angry protests over the suspected massacre of 43 college students by a gang allied with corrupt police.

• 10 ноября 2014, 12:24

The Ebola epidemic is "the most serious international public health emergency in recent years," British, US, French, German and Italian leaders agreed.

• 16 октября 2014, 13:36

Iran's supreme leader reiteratedhis country's "red lines" in negotiations with world powers over its controversial nuclear programme.

• 08 октября 2014, 17:31

Leaders of the world's most developed economies warned Russia of more sanctions unless all fighting stops in Ukraine.

• 26 сентября 2014, 11:39

Turkey's ruling party meets to choose a new leader and premier to succeed incoming president Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

• 21 августа 2014, 13:25

People around the world will celebrate "Mandela Day" Friday for the first time since the iconic South African leader's death by doing good deeds on what would have been his 96th birthday.

• 18 июля 2014, 11:18

EU leaders failed to reach agreement as their summit ended early Thursday over who should get the top jobs to steer the 28-nation bloc over the next five years.

• 17 июля 2014, 11:56

The BRICS group of emerging powers created a Shanghai-based development bank and a reserve fund seen as alternatives to Western-led institutions.

• 16 июля 2014, 11:11

The Syrian National Coalition, the main exiled opposition group seeking the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad, elected Saudi-based Syrian opposition figure Hadi el-Bahra as its new president.

• 09 июля 2014, 13:20

A visibly limping Kim Jong-Un presided over an official memorial in Pyongyang on Tuesday for the 20th anniversary of the death of his grandfather and North Korea's founder, Kim Il-Sung.

• 08 июля 2014, 12:00

Jean-Claude Juncker has been named as the next president of the European Commission with backing from most EU leaders, dealing a bitter blow to opponent David Cameron and threatening to increase the chances of Britain leaving the bloc.

• 28 июня 2014, 13:25

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un paid respects to his grandfather Kim Il-Sung as the country marked the birthday Tuesday of its late founder with renewed calls for loyalty to the ruling Kim dynasty.

• 15 апреля 2014, 11:21

North Korea's state media confirmed Monday what was never in doubt -- a 100 percent, no-abstention poll victory for leader Kim Jong-Un in the country's stage-managed parliamentary election.

• 10 марта 2014, 12:03

Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders meet Tuesday to relaunch talks on ending the island's division after a nearly two-year break, with optimism that the energy card could provide a breakthrough.

• 11 февраля 2014, 14:58

An estimated 70,000 pro-Western Ukrainians thronged the heart of Kiev on Sunday vowing never to give up their drive to oust President Viktor Yanukovych over his alliance with old master Russia.

• 10 февраля 2014, 11:05

Russia on Friday officially opens in Sochi its first ever Winter Olympics with a lavish ceremony attended by dozens of heads of state and aimed at impressing a sceptical world with an unforgettable spectacle.

• 07 февраля 2014, 17:31

Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych returns to work from four days of sick leave after opposition leaders appealed for Western assistance and an injured militant accused of rioting left the country for medical treatment.

• 03 февраля 2014, 14:20