Lithuanian PM meets with Nursultan Nazarbayev and Karim MassimovKazakhstan'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.
S.Africa ex-president denies FIFA World Cup bribe claimsSouth Africa's former president Thabo Mbeki joined government officials in denying allegations that the country paid bribes to secure the right to host the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
O'Malley: Clinton foil or formidable Democrat contender?Maryland ex-governor Martin O'Malley is all but certain to unveil his White House campaign, amid debate about whether he is a viable contender or merely a foil for Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton.
Spectre of 'Grexit' stalks G7 finance meetinghe possibility of Greece quitting the eurozone cast a long shadow over a meeting of finance ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialised nations.
Climate change compounding natural disasters - ObamaUS President Barack Obama warned that climate change was making natural disasters worse, as he toured the National Hurricane Center ahead of the annual storm season.
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.