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Blatter's departure will not change FIFA: ex-UEFA offical
Changing FIFA presidents will not root out corruption at football's world body, a former UEFA official said.
08 June 2015
Turkey ruling party set to lose parliament majority: results
Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party is on course to win general election but with a reduced share of the vote and is set to lose its parliamentary majority.
08 June 2015
G7 summit opens with tough line on Ukraine
The leaders of Germany and the United States hammered home a tough line on Russia as they kicked off a G7 summit dominated by crises in Ukraine and Greece.
08 June 2015
Luxembourg votes on giving foreigners full voting rights
Luxembourg went to the polls in a landmark referendum on whether to give foreign nationals, who make up nearly half the population, full voting rights.
08 June 2015
Merkel, Obama: Russia sanctions to stay until Ukraine truce implemented
US President Barack Obama and German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Western sanctions must remain in place against Russia until it complies with a ceasefire deal with Ukraine.
08 June 2015
Singapore in mourning after students killed on Malaysia peak
Singapore has declared Monday a day of national remembrance after at least six local students on an excursion and two adults accompanying them were killed in an earthquake.
08 June 2015
Thousands celebrate historic India-Bangladesh border pact
Thousands living near the Bangladesh-India border celebrated an historic agreement that will allow them to choose their nationality.
08 June 2015
Mongolian ethno-rock and Tuvan throat singing conclude first day at The Spirit of Tengri
The first day of The Spirit of Tengri 2015 has ended with the performances of a legendary throat singer from Tuva Radik Tylyush with the Chalma project and Chinese rock band Hanggai.
08 June 2015
S. Korea reports sixth MERS death, surge in infections
South Korea recorded its sixth death and biggest single day jump in Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) infections.
08 June 2015
Georgian jazz, Bashkir rock and Turkish avant-garde at The Spirit of Tengri
Artists from Georgia, Bashkortostan and Turkey have performed at the contemporary ethnic music festival The Spirit of Tengri
07 June 2015
Holdviola and Trad.Attack! first European ethnic bands at The Spirit of Tengri
For the first time The Spirit of Tengri has invited European bands to perform in Almaty.
07 June 2015
British PM risks party rebellion on EU membership talks
Prime Minister David Cameron was put on notice that 50 of his own backbenchers will lead calls for Britain to quit the EU if he does not secure major concessions from Brussels.
07 June 2015
Barcelona makes history with second European treble
Luis Suarez and Neymar scored second-half goals to give Barcelona a 3-1 Champions League as the Spaniards became the first team to twice win the European treble.
07 June 2015
OPEC unlikely to lose oil influence to US shale: analysts
OPEC's announcement that it is keeping crude output levels unchanged again, despite a collapse in oil prices, reflects the growing influence of booming US shale.
07 June 2015
Apple expected to turn up the music dial on Monday
Apple is expected to unveil a ramped up music service that builds on the iPhone maker's strengths in a challenge to Spotify, Pandora and other established players.
07 June 2015
Kiss from big brother in pics of Britain's royal baby
The first photos of Britain's Princess Charlotte together with Prince George, who is pictured giving his baby sister a kiss.
07 June 2015
EU chief refuses to talk to Greece's Tsipras
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker refused a request from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to talk on the phone.
07 June 2015
One Direction scotch split rumours
British boyband One Direction insisted they would not be splitting up despite the departure of band member Zayn Malik.
07 June 2015
Italy PM under fire as minister probed in mafia migrant scandal
Italy's premier rebuffed opposition demands that he sack a junior minister who is being investigated in a burgeoning scandal.
07 June 2015
Obama hails Biden's son Beau as 'original' in eulogy
Beau Biden, son of US Vice President Joe Biden, was a selfless "original" who made his own way in life, President Barack Obama said in a eulogy.
07 June 2015