Australian PM Abbott defiant as MPs call for his headAustralian Prime Minister Tony Abbott was fighting for his job after backbenchers publicly called for a Liberal Party leadership challenge following months of tensions.
Obama dismissive as US House votes to repeal 'Obamacare'US House Republicans took the increasingly routine step of voting to repeal "Obamacare," a seemingly doomed effort that President Barack Obama ridiculed as making "absolutely no sense."
Kazakhstan launches a new program to support small businessesThis year the initiative will be focused on three major areas, notably agribusiness, machinery building and production of construction materials, and is to be further extended to other industries.
04 February 2015
Abbas orders probe into West Bank Mohammed cartoonPalestinian president Mahmud Abbas has ordered an investigation into a drawing of the Muslim Prophet Mohammed which appeared in a West Bank newspaper.
04 February 2015
WHO names Ebola response chiefThe World Health Organization said it had appointed its assistant director-general Bruce Aylward to head its overall response to the deadly Ebola outbreak.