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Greece would need new currency if votes 'No': Schulz
Greece will have to introduce another currency if it votes 'No' in Sunday's referendum on its potential bailout terms, European Parliament president Martin Schulz said.
06 July 2015
Kerry says 'now the time' to finish Iran nuclear deal
US Secretary of State John Kerry said that "it is now time" to finalise a historic nuclear deal with Iran, on a ninth day of talks in Vienna between Tehran and major powers.
06 July 2015
Married Sunday, fired Monday: next US gay rights fight
Gay marriage may now be legal across the United States, but that doesn't mean people won't get fired if their boss sees the wedding photos.
04 July 2015
Facegloria: Facebook for Brazil's Evangelicals
Fluffy clouds waft across a blue sky as you log in and while you chat with friends, Gospel music rings out: welcome to Facegloria, the social network for Brazilian Evangelicals.
04 July 2015
UNESCO condemns IS destruction of Syria's Palmyra antiquities
UNESCO condemned the destruction by Islamic State group jihadists of antiquities in the Syrian city of Palmyra.
04 July 2015
Tusk urges EU to avoid 'dramatic messages' on Greece vote
EU president Donald Tusk urged the bloc to avoid sending any "dramatic messages" even if the Greeks were to vote against bailout conditions in their weekend referendum.
04 July 2015
World has never been 'closer' to nuclear deal: Iran FM
A nuclear deal with Iran has "never been closer", Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said in a message.
04 July 2015
Armenia opens probe into police violence against protesters
Armenian authorities launched a criminal investigation into police officers involved in a brutal crackdown on demonstrators protesting against electricity price hikes.
04 July 2015
France refuses Assange's 'request' for asylum
The French government, reacting to a letter from Julian Assange, said it would not give the WikiLeaks founder asylum, only for his lawyers to claim he had never sought it in the first place.
04 July 2015
Greek banks say have sufficient liquidity until Tuesday
Greek banks have enough liquidity up to their reopening as expected early next week after the country's bailout referendum at the weekend.
04 July 2015
Russian MPs pass 'right to be forgotten' Internet law
Russian lawmakers passed a bill allowing people to force Internet search engines to remove links to data about them.
04 July 2015
Germany's Spiegel weekly says it was spied on by US intelligence
German news weekly Der Spiegel charged that it was spied on by US secret services and said it had filed a criminal complaint with the country's chief prosecutor.
04 July 2015
Impact of Greek crisis on Kazakhstan
Kazakh experts have shared their opinions about the effect of the Greek debt crisis on Kazakhstan’s economy.
03 July 2015
Kazakhstan's Kostanay oblast hit by tornado, 12 injured
Sarykol village of Kostanay oblast in northern Kazakhstan has been hit by a tornado on June 26.
03 July 2015
Mobile Internet speed in Kazakhstan increases
The average speed of mobile Internet in Kazakhstan has increased to 10.47 megabit per second.
03 July 2015
It is unacceptable for our citizens to become terrorists: Nurtai Abykayev of Kazakhstan
According to the head of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee Nurtai Abykayev, excessive attention to the Daish, the Arabic acronym for the so-called Islamic State, pushes homegrown extremists to commit terrorist acts in their home countries.
03 July 2015
Head of Kazakhstan's National Security Committee suggests using term Daish for IS
Head of Kazakhstan’s National Security Committee Nurtai Abykayev has urged to use the term Daish in respect to the so-called Islamic State.
03 July 2015
KazMunayGas to sell half of its Kashagan share to Samruk-Kazyna
KazMunayGas JCS (KMG) is selling 50% of the company’s share in Kashagan to the National Welfare Fund Samruk-Kazyna of Kazakhstan for almost $4.7 billion.
03 July 2015
Malaysian PM dismisses funds report as 'political sabotage'
Malaysia's premier Najib Razak on Friday dismissed as "political sabotage" a report that a probe into a state-owned investment fund had found hundreds of millions of dollars were transferred to his personal bank accounts.
03 July 2015
Pope Francis takes message to forgotten corners of home continent
Pope Francis embarks on an eight-day visit to Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay, three of South America's 'peripheral' countries which share common challenges in addressing poverty.
03 July 2015