Tunisia fears new 'terrorist attacks': PMTunisia fears more potentially destabilising "terrorist attacks," like the one that killed 38 foreign tourists last month, which is why it has imposed a state of emergency.
09 July 2015
Iran's Zarif urges joint action against extremismIranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a nuclear deal with Western powers was "within reach" and could open the way to joint action against extremism.
09 July 2015
Putin welcomes BRICS leaders amid standoff with WestRussian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of emerging powers for a summit Moscow hopes will show it not isolated despite the standoff with the West over Ukraine.
09 July 2015
Microsoft cuts 7,800 jobs, reorganizes phone unitMicrosoft announced plans to cut 7,800 jobs and write down the value of its struggling mobile phone division acquired last year from Nokia by some $7.6 billion.
09 July 2015
Nazarbayev predicts rapprochement between EEU and EUPresident of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is sure rapprochement between the Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan and and the 28-nation European Union is going to take place.
Putin hosts BRICS summit amid standoff with WestRussian President Vladimir Putin is to meet world leaders including China's Xi Jingping and India's Narendra Modi ahead of the start of a summit of the BRICS emerging economies.
Madrid's mantra: Spain is not GreeceGreece's economic turbulence is dominating political debate in Spain ahead of a year-end general election, with the ruling conservatives pointing to Syriza's difficulties to discredit its Spanish ally Podemos.
08 July 2015
Russian economic winds blow cold in Chinese border townThe warmth of the friendship between Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's Vladimir Putin does little to counter the bitter economic winds blowing through their shared border.
08 July 2015
Flood of Londoners take to boats to escape housing costsRocketing housing costs in Britain's capital have fuelled a surge in Londoners seeking cheaper accommodation on boats, with increased numbers putting pressure on the city's historic network of rivers and canals.
Serbian PM to go to Srebrenica for massacre anniversaryPrime Minister Aleksandar Vucic of Serbia said he would attend the 20th anniversary commemoration of the Srebrenica massacre this weekend in a bid to forge reconciliation.
08 July 2015
Clinton blames Republican 'attacks' for image slumpHillary Clinton accused Republicans of waging a "constant barrage of attacks" on her and blamed them for whipping up doubts about her trustworthiness over an email scandal.
08 July 2015
Obama, Vietnam party boss hold landmark Oval Office talksUS President Barack Obama welcomed the leader of Vietnam's Communist Party to the White House for historic but "candid" talks marking two decades of rapprochement between the former enemies.