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Turkey losing regional clout as Egypt crisis flares: analysts Turkey's clout in the Middle East is taking a beating with the brutal sidelining of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood derailing Ankara's hopes to lead a regional surge of Islamist political power.

16 August 2013 14:54

Katy Perry confronts Australia's Abbott on gay marriage US pop star Katy Perry on Thursday took Tony Abbott to task over his stance on gay marriage, telling the Australian opposition leader she would not vote for him.

15 August 2013 11:55

Kerry stresses US commitment to peace in Colombia Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the United States is committed to peace in Colombia, as he began a visit expected to touch on recent US spying revelations.

13 August 2013 17:11

Republicans to TV networks: Don't 'promote' Clinton The US Republican Party on Monday threatened to prevent two US television networks from carrying party primary debates if they don't abandon planned documentaries on Hillary Clinton.

06 August 2013 15:06

Trial date set for Egypt Brotherhood leaders An Egyptian court on Sunday set a trial date for Muslim Brotherhood leaders in a move likely to enrage supporters of ousted Islamist president Mohamed Morsi.

05 August 2013 17:10

Rowhani set to become Iran's 7th president Mid-ranking cleric Hassan Rowhani meets Iran's supreme leader on Saturday to be endorsed as the country's seventh president a day after making controversial comments about the Islamic republic's arch-foe Israel.

04 August 2013 16:52

EU's Ashton heads to visit Morsi amid new Egypt protests The EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton headed to meet ousted Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi early Tuesday as his supporters rallied anew in Cairo.

30 July 2013 18:15

Dumped Australian PM Gillard says sexism 'glossed over' Australia's first female leader Julia Gillard has spoken out against the "glossed over" sexism of her tenure, saying it would have ended political careers had it been about race.

27 July 2013 19:30

Jubilant return home for exiled Cambodian opposition leader Thousands of jubilant supporters welcomed Cambodia's newly pardoned opposition leader home from exile Friday as his party fights to end Prime Minister Hun Sen's nearly three decades in power.

19 July 2013 16:40

Russia-US ties 'more important' than Snowden scandal: Putin President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday said Moscow's relations with Washington outweighed the "squabbles" over a spying scandal revealed by US fugitive Edward Snowden, who has applied for asylum in Russia.

17 July 2013 15:32

S. American leaders back asylum amid Snowden row South American leaders defended their right to offer asylum, venting anger at claims of US spying in the region while intelligence leaker Edward Snowden's fate hangs in the balance.

13 July 2013 15:35

Syria Baath leadership replaced, UN calls for Ramadan truce Syria's ruling Baath party has replaced its top leadership in a surprise move, while UN head Ban Ki-Moon called on all parties in the war to observe a truce during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

10 July 2013 12:37

Venezuelan leader offers Snowden 'humanitarian asylum' Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro offered to give "humanitarian asylum" to US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden, who is waiting in a Moscow airport for a nation to give him sanctuary.

06 July 2013 14:27

China-Pakistan friendship 'sweeter than honey': Sharif Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Friday told his Chinese counterpart Li Keqiang their countries' relationship was "sweeter than honey".

05 July 2013 15:00

N. Korea blasts S. Korean leader's nuclear comments North Korea Monday slammed South Korean President Park Geun-Hye for "hurting its dignity" with her call for denuclearisation and said its atomic weapons could never be a bargaining chip.

01 July 2013 15:19

Presidents of Kazakhstan and Belarus to exchange visits in autumn Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev is planning to visit Belarus in October, 2013 to take part in the session of the CIS Council of the Heads of States.

01 July 2013 12:51

Chavez relatives rise in power, keeping myth alive Relatives of Hugo Chavez have taken powerful posts since he died three months ago, helping keep the late Venezuelan leader's mythical image alive.

26 June 2013 14:19

Fears grow of clashes between Morsi supporters, foes "In Egypt, there is the Muslim Brotherhood on one side and the rest of Egyptians on the other," says Mahmud Badr, who founded a campaign for the resignation of Islamist President Mohamed Morsi.

25 June 2013 11:36

French minister rounds on 'undemocratic' EU A French minister has blamed the European Union for fuelling the recent resurgence of the far-right Front National (FN) in France by exerting too much pressure on democratically elected governments.

24 June 2013 18:09

China outsmarted US in Snowden chess game: experts China interceded to allow Edward Snowden's dramatic flight from Hong Kong, calculating that infuriating the United States for now was necessary to prevent deeper corrosion to their relationship.

24 June 2013 17:38

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