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Bush admits campaign not going well, vows to 'fight on' Jeb Bush acknowledged that his run for the Republican presidential nomination is going poorly but he pledged to "fight on."

02 November 2015

Clinton archives reveal AIDS fund chief pushed out in 2012 A series of recently released emails by former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton contradict the official motive given for Michel Kazatchkine leaving his top post at The Global Fund to Fight AIDS in 2012.

01 November 2015

Campaigning wraps up for critical Turkey vote Turkish politicians rallied their supporters on the eve of a vote many fear is unlikely to bring an end to months of instability.

01 November 2015

EU risks 'disintegration' over migrant crisis, warns EU's Mogherini The European Union risks disintegrating if it fails to respond to its worst migration crisis since World War II collectively.

29 October 2015

UN chief urges 'unified' effort to prevent terrorism UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called for a "unified" global response to prevent terrorism that puts respect for human rights at the "forefront".

29 October 2015

Vienna talks best chance to save Syria from 'hell': Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that this week's international talks on the war in Syria will not find an immediate political solution but nevertheless represent the best hope available.

29 October 2015

Trump, Carson in spotlight as Republicans brace for debate Donald Trump, the longtime frontrunner in the Republican presidential race, gears up for battle in a third nationally televised candidates' debate, with fellow outsider Ben Carson hot on his heels.

29 October 2015

Germany not expecting breakthrough on Syria in Vienna Germany's foreign minister said he did not expect international talks in Vienna to yield a breakthrough on ending the war in Syria.

29 October 2015

EU's Mogherini urges Netanyahu, Abbas to meet Quartet 'in days' EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini urged Israel Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas to meet Quartet representatives "within days" in the hope of kick-starting stalled peace talks.

28 October 2015

UN chief condemns Saudi air strikes on Yemen MSF hospital UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned air strikes by the Saudi-led coalition on a hospital run by the MSF medical charity in Yemen and called for an end to the fighting.

28 October 2015

Polish conservatives win boosts eurosceptics camp The resounding victory of Poland's conservative Law and Justice (PiS) party in general election has given a boost to European eurosceptics.

28 October 2015

Spain PM vows to use 'all political, legal means' to block Catalan independence bid Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy vowed to use "all political and legal means" to block a Catalan independence bid after separatist parties submitted a bill on secession to the regional Catalan parliament.

28 October 2015

Ukraine praised for 'democratic' vote but told more reforms needed

27 October 2015

Malaysia becoming 'police state' as govt battles scandal: HRW Malaysia increasingly resembles a "police state" as the government uses repressive laws to silence critics including those demanding the prime minister answer corruption allegations.

27 October 2015

Catalan parliament opens with pro-independence majority The Catalan regional assembly opened a new session dominated for the first time by a secessionist majority that has vowed to break away from Spain within 18 months.

27 October 2015

Trump: Dad's 'small loan' of $1 million got him started Donald Trump enjoys his reputation as a magnate whose own smarts and business savvy made him a billionaire, but he acknowledged that his father helped him out -- with a "small" million-dollar loan.

27 October 2015

Britain's Cameron defeated over welfare cuts for poor British Prime Minister David Cameron suffered a damaging blow over plans to cut help for low-income working families that drew flak from within his Conservative party.

27 October 2015

Putin, Saudi King seek solution to Syria crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin held phone talks with King Salman of Saudi Arabia focussed on seeking a solution to the Syria crisis, the Kremlin said.

27 October 2015

Montenegro PM shrugs off violent demos calling for resignation Montenegro's Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic brushed off violent protests calling for his resignation, insisting they were not a threat to his country's stability.

27 October 2015

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