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RSA flag. Photo courtesy of czech.ruvr.ru Nazarbayev postpones his visit to South Africa Kazakhstan President Nursulan Nazarbayev has postponed his official visit to the Republic of South Africa.
03 December 2013
Biden calls for tough choice to strike Pacific trade deal Thousands of ageing farmers took to the streets of Tokyo Tuesday, underscoring opposition in Japan to an ambitious free trade deal, as US Vice President Joe Biden called on countries to make "tough choices".
03 December 2013
Is EU's eastern Europe policy in tatters after Russia row? Though the European Union appears to have lost to Russia in the first round of an East-West tussle over winning friends and influence in eastern Europe, some analysts would disagree.
30 November 2013
©Reuters/Mark Blinch Canada let NSA spy on G20, G8 summits: report Canada allowed America's National Security Agency to spy on G20 talks in Toronto in 2010 and at the G8 summit days earlier, according to documents cited by public broadcaster CBC.
29 November 2013
Japan's Abe appoints first ever female PM aide Japan's Shinzo Abe on Friday named the country's first ever female aide to the prime minister, just weeks after Caroline Kennedy arrived as the first woman US ambassador to Tokyo.
29 November 2013
Fireworks at world's tallest tower as Dubai wins Expo 2020 Dubai beat off opposition from Brazil, Russia and Turkey on Wednesday to win the right to host the 2020 World Expo, sparking celebrations in the Gulf city and a stunning fireworks display at the world's tallest building.
29 November 2013
I'm no saint or icon, says Myanmar's Suu Kyi Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday insisted she was no saint and no icon, saying she disliked the titles and had always seen herself as an honest politician.
28 November 2013
Summit to spotlight EU-Russia row over Soviet-era states An EU summit designed to draw six ex-Soviet states to the West opens with its ambitions dented Thursday after Ukraine, the biggest of the six, caved into Moscow to hand Europe a mighty "Nyet".
28 November 2013
Hernandez declared winner of disputed Honduras vote The head of Honduras' electoral tribunal on Wednesday declared conservative Juan Orlando Hernandez the winner of the presidential poll, amid allegations of vote-rigging from the losing leftist candidate.
28 November 2013
Free Syrian Army fighters. ©Reuters/Malek Al Shemali Syria regime, opponents dig in ahead of talks Damascus vowed to keep fighting "terrorism" and the opposition insisted President Bashar al-Assad must go, as both sides dug in Tuesday after a date for long-planned peace talks was set.
27 November 2013
Angela Merkel sends friendly regards to Nursultan Nazarbayev German Chancellor Angela Merkel has sent her friendly regards to Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
26 November 2013
Tymoshenko goes on hunger strike in support of pro-EU protests Jailed Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko went on a hunger strike Tuesday in solidarity with thousands of pro-European protesters outraged with the ex-Soviet state's shock decision to scrap a key EU pact.
26 November 2013
Scotland to make case for independence The Scottish government on Tuesday unveils its legal argument for independence from the United Kingdom, but nationalist leaders face an uphill battle in convincing voters to end the 300-year union.
26 November 2013
©Reuters/Toru Hanai Japanese airlines say will obey China's air zone rules Japanese airlines on Tuesday said they would follow rules set by China when it declared an air control zone over the East China Sea, even as Tokyo said they should ignore them.
26 November 2013
Vote looms to expel Italy's Berlusconi from parliament Italy's Silvio Berlusconi is in for a tumultuous week that will likely see him booted out of parliament and shift into opposition to a government where he is still formally a coalition partner.
25 November 2013
Iran deal stirs history for Obama, suspicion for foes For US President Barack Obama, the interim deal to cap Iran's nuclear program is a belated down payment on the transformative foreign policy he always envisioned.
25 November 2013
World powers, Iran clinch 'historic' nuclear deal World leaders hailed Sunday a "historic" nuclear deal with Iran as a triumph for diplomacy, but cautioned the hard work was just starting to keep Tehran from building a bomb.
25 November 2013
©Reuters/Carlo Allegri UN watchdog demands Uzbekistan halt use of torture Uzbekistan must halt its routine use of torture and cease reprisals against human rights campaigners who expose state abuses, United Nations monitors said Friday.
24 November 2013
A Chinese military plane H-6 bomber.©Reuters/Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan/Handout via Reuters China creates air defence zone over Japan-controlled islands Beijing on Saturday announced it was setting up an "air defence identification zone" over an area that includes islands controlled by Japan but claimed by China, in a move that could inflame the bitter territorial row.
24 November 2013
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