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N. Korea marks Kim Il-Sung birthday with loyalty pledge 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 April 2014 11:21

N. Korean leader enjoys 100% 'poll' win 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 March 2014 12:03

Energy is 'game changer' in new Cyprus peace drive 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 February 2014 14:58

70,000 rally in Kiev in fresh show of force 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 February 2014 11:05

Olympics: Russia plans glitzy ceremony to sway sceptical world 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 February 2014 17:31

Ukraine president returns to work as protests persist 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 February 2014 14:20

Russia slams as 'circus' Kerry Ukraine opposition meetings Russia on Friday slammed as a "circus" US Secretary of State John Kerry's planned weekend meeting with Ukrainian opposition leaders.

31 January 2014 18:20

Kerry to meet Ukrainian opposition leaders In a major show of support for pro-democracy protesters in Ukraine, US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet top opposition leaders for the first time this weekend.

31 January 2014 12:52

C.Africa, S.Sudan dominate continental summit Conflict in Central African Republic and South Sudan dominated the agenda as Africa's leaders gathered Thursday for a two-day summit of the continental bloc in Ethiopia.

30 January 2014 17:03

South Sudan to try rebel leaders, risking ceasefire South Sudan released seven rebel detainees Thursday but vowed to put on trial key leaders accused of launching weeks of fighting, a move likely to threaten a fragile ceasefire.

30 January 2014 12:31

Syria, spying, Iran in focus at global security meet Global leaders from politics, defence and diplomacy meet in Germany from Friday to discuss conflict hotspots and looming threats, from Syria and Afghanistan to East Asia and Africa.

29 January 2014 17:35

LatAm summit lashes out at US spying Cuban President Raul Castro Tuesday railed against US spying as he opened a summit of Latin American and Caribbean leaders set up by Venezuela's late anti-US leader Hugo Chavez.

29 January 2014 10:38

Ukraine eyes state of emergency as ministry seized Ukraine threatened to impose a state of emergency on Monday after demonstrators occupied the justice ministry and protests demanding the president's resignation spread despite a power-sharing offer.

27 January 2014 15:03

Chinese leaders' kin stash riches in offshore holdings: probe Relatives of top Chinese leaders including President Xi Jinping and former premier Wen Jiabao have used offshore tax havens to hide their wealth.

23 January 2014 09:55

Ukraine ex-minister beaten in fresh Kiev clashes Ukraine's ex-interior minister and current opposition leader Yuriy Lutsenko was under intensive care in hospital Saturday after being beaten in fresh clashes that erupted between pro-EU demonstrators and club-wielding police.

11 January 2014 14:43

CIA helped Colombia hunt and kill FARC leaders: report A secret CIA program helped Colombia kill at least two dozen leftist FARC guerrilla leaders, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

23 December 2013 10:37

EU banking union too complicated, too slow: analysts An EU system to prevent a repeat of the massive bank bailouts which crippled the economy is a major step but it is also too complicated when speed is absolutely essential, analysts said.

23 December 2013 01:05

North Korea warns of 'merciless' strike against South North Korea has threatened a "merciless" strike against the South after activists burned effigies of the ruling Kim dynasty on the second anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong-Il, officials said Friday.

20 December 2013 13:10

EU finance ministers reach banking union deal EU finance ministers Wednesday reached a banking union accord which will hand Brussels unprecedented new powers to prevent failing banks from wrecking the economy, official sources said.

19 December 2013 18:03

North Korea may be set for 'Cultural Revolution': Japan The recent purge of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's once-powerful uncle could herald a period of radical upheaval comparable to China's Cultural Revolution, Japanese defence minister Itsunori Onodera said Thursday.

12 December 2013 17:13

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