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EU's Tusk warns of long-term 'exodus' in migrant crisis EU President Donald Tusk warned that the migration crisis affecting Europe was part of an "exodus" from war-torn hotspots that could last years.

08 September 2015

Obama signs executive order on paid sick leave US President Barack Obama signed an executive order that will give employees working for federal contractors up to seven days of paid sick leave annually.

08 September 2015

Russian journalist names attackers in 2010 near-fatal beating Russian journalist Oleg Kashin released the names of three men charged with carrying out a savage beating that left him close to death in 2010.

08 September 2015

Turkey PM vows to 'wipe out PKK terrorists' after deadly attack Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu vowed to "wipe out" Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) militants from their mountain strongholds after 16 soldiers were killed in a rebel attack.

08 September 2015

Kazakhstan needs to learn from Chinese diligence and discipline: Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev believes Kazakhstanis need to learn from Chinese diligence and discipline.

08 September 2015

Premature to talk about EU migrant quotas: Hungary's Orban Talking about imposing quotas on how many migrants each EU member state should take in is futile as long as Europe's outer borders are not secure.

07 September 2015

Brazil graft probe targets two in president's inner circle: reports Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff's former campaign treasurer and her chief of staff have been placed under investigation in the Petrobras mega corruption scandal.

07 September 2015

Ministers talk finance, seek to bolster climate pact Ministers and diplomats from 57 countries gathered in Paris to discuss the make-or-break issue of finance in a climate rescue deal to be sealed in the French capital in December.

07 September 2015

IMF chief says 'extremely encouraged' by Ukraine reforms IMF chief Christine Lagarde heaped praise on Ukraine's reform efforts in a visit to Kiev following a deal to restructure the country's debt burden.

07 September 2015

Netanyahu says will not allow Israel to be 'submerged' by refugees Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would not allow Israel to be "submerged" by refugees after calls for the Jewish state to take in those fleeing Syria's war.

07 September 2015

Turkish PM slams refugee policy of 'Christian fortress Europe' Turkish Prime Minister Ahmed Davutoglu criticised the "ridiculously small" share of refugees the EU is accepting, labelling the continent the "Christian fortress Europe."

07 September 2015

Czech president backs predecessor's anti-immigration petition Czech President Milos Zeman expressed support for an anti-immigration petition launched by his euro-sceptic predecessor Vaclav Klaus.

07 September 2015

Pentagon chief says Iran deal strengthens US military option US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter offered assurances that the Iran nuclear deal will leave Washington with a "more effective" military option if that becomes necessary.

05 September 2015

Catalonia head says parliament majority enough to secede from Spain Catalonia's president vowed to begin seceding from Spain if pro-independence parties win a majority of seats -- not votes -- in regional parliament elections set for later this month.

05 September 2015

Putin says Assad agrees to early parliamentary polls Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was willing to hold early parliamentary elections and share power with the "healthy" opposition.

05 September 2015

No Clinton apology over use of private emails

05 September 2015

Trump slams foreign policy 'gotcha' questions Donald Trump lashed out at a radio reporter for asking him, as the Republican presidential frontrunner, "gotcha" questions about the men who lead Iranian special forces and major radical Islamic organizations.

05 September 2015

EU officials booed by Greek island residents over migrant crisis Angry protesters greeted top EU officials visiting the Greek island of Kos on Friday to see the impact of the migrant crisis.

05 September 2015

UN calls for up to 200,000 refugees to be shared among EU states The UN High Commissioner for Refugees called on the European Union to admit up to 200,000 refugees as part of a "mass relocation programme".

04 September 2015

British, Spanish PM urge 'real' reform of eurozone The prime ministers of Britain and Spain called for a "real reform of the eurozone" that makes growth and free trade a priority.

04 September 2015

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