Australia PM Abbott defends emissions target
Prime Minister Tony Abbott defended Australia's carbon pollution reduction target as in line with those of other countries after the nation's climate change authority criticised the goal as "disappointing".
Trump to report to jury duty in NY on Monday
Even trash-talking billionaire candidate Donald Trump, who has upended the US Republican presidential campaign with one controversial comment after another, cannot escape jury duty.
Japan PM expresses WWII remorse, but not enough for victims
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed deep remorse Friday over World War II and said previous national apologies would stand.
Eurozone approves Greek bailout accord worth up to 86 bn euros: official
Eurozone finance ministers approved Friday a third debt bailout worth up to 86 billion euros to keep Greece afloat and avoid its chaotic exit from the single currency bloc.
Fifteen US states try to block Obama clean power plan
Fifteen US states have petitioned a federal court to block new rules by President Barack Obama's administration to encourage clean power and cut harmful carbon emissions from power plants.
Defiant Erdogan vows to press for new Turkey constitution
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday defiantly vowed to renew his drive for a new presidency-based constitution.
Nazarbayev and Poroshenko discuss cooperation
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a phone conversation with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko.
Kerry complains to Moscow about Iran general's visit
US Secretary of State John Kerry called his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on Thursday to express concern about a visit to Moscow by the commander of Iran's covert forces.
Greece's Tsipras says German plan 'would lead to crisis without end'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras warned that a German proposal to give his debt-ridden country a bridging loan rather than agree a new bailout would be "a return to a crisis without end".
Kerry in Havana for banner day in US-Cuba relations
US Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Cuba Friday to raise the American flag over the newly reopened US embassy, a symbolic capstone on Washington's historic rapprochement with Havana.
White House reveals Obama's summer reading list
As US President Barack Obama lounged with his family on a Massachusetts beach, the White House released a list of six books that he took on vacation.
UN chief sacks C.Africa mission head over peacekeeper sex abuse claims
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon announced he had fired the mission chief in the Central African Republic, declaring "enough is enough" after a string of allegations of child sex abuse by peacekeepers.
Iran's FM, Syria's Assad discuss fight against 'terror'
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif met embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, and called on regional countries to "fight terrorism and extremism".
Iraq PM sacks senior cabinet official: statement
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has sacked a senior cabinet official who was a close aide to his predecessor and rival Nuri al-Maliki.
Russia probes Kremlin critic ally after nixing vote registration
Russian investigators questioned a top ally of opposition leader Alexei Navalny after excluding his coalition from a regional election.
'Children of the aggressor': the Japanese war babies adopted by China
Now 73 and sitting in his Tokyo home, Yohachi Nakajima fights back tears when he thinks of his Chinese adopted mother and the farming village he once called homeю
Clinton surrendering email server, thumb drive to FBI: reports
A thumb drive and a server containing copies of emails Hillary Clinton sent and received while US secretary of state will be handed over to the FBI.
'Leading everywhere': Donald Trump barrels ahead
The Donald Trump bullet train charged full speed ahead, as the unfiltered US presidential hopeful slammed China, Barack Obama's administration and Republican rival Jeb Bush.
Australian PM stymies gay marriage push, for now
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said his government would remain opposed to gay marriage during the current parliament, but suggested the issue could be put to a popular vote after the next election.
If US drops Iran deal, dollar could suffer: Kerry
If the United States cancels the Iran nuclear deal, the blow to its credibility may be such as to hasten the end of the dollar's reign as the world's reserve currency.