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Biden to discuss security, migrants at Balkans summit US Vice President Joe Biden arrived in Zagreb for a Western Balkans summit, highlighting renewed interest from Washington in the fragile region as it deals with an unprecedented influx of refugees.
25 ноября 2015
NATO head urges 'calm, de-escalation' after Russian plane downed NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said that the military alliance stands by key ally Turkey after it shot down a Russia fighter jet on the Syrian border but urged both sides to try to calm the crisis.
25 ноября 2015
Lavrov warns citizens off travel to Turkey as cancels visit Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov recommended against Russians travelling to Turkey and cancelled his own planned visit after Ankara shot down a Russian fighter jet.
25 ноября 2015
French Muslim body to create 'licence to preach' for imams France's leading Muslim body said it would create a permit to preach for imams in a bid to root out extremists, as well as a new religious body to fight back against jihadist propaganda.
25 ноября 2015
Photo courtesy of kazakhembus.com Russia moves forward with common currency for EEU despite Kazakhstan's opposition Russia is considering a common unit of account and currency for the EEU, while Kazakhstan is not eager to move forward with this project.
25 ноября 2015
Queen Elizabeth sells 25,000 tickets to 90th birthday Tickets to Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday celebrations sold out within hours as Buckingham Palace promised four days of pageantry "fit for the queen" including dancing and horse shows.
25 ноября 2015
Vladimir Makei ©RIA Novosti Kazakhstan's accession to WTO may hamper development of EEU: Belarus Foreign Minister Vladimir Makei According to Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belarus Vladimir Makei, Kazakhstan’s accession to the World Trade Organization may hamper the development of the Eurasian Economic Union.
24 ноября 2015
British Prime Minister David Cameron. RIA Novosti© Britain's Cameron to pledge extra £12 billion for defence British Prime Minister David Cameron is to promise an additional £12 billion to strengthen the defence forces when he unveils a five-year strategic review on Monday.
23 ноября 2015
Kerry in Abu Dhabi for talks on Syria peace plan US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Abu Dhabi to meet his Emirati counterparts on efforts to build a Syrian opposition coalition to lead peace talks with the Damascus regime.
23 ноября 2015
Photo courtesy of Akorda press office. Queen Elizabeth II receives Nursultan Nazarbayev in London President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev met with Queen Elizabeth II during his official visit to the United Kingdom.
23 ноября 2015
Greek PM seeks 'national dialogue' on retirement reforms Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras called for dialogue with the country's top powers on retirement reforms days after the ruling coalition was weakened by a dwindling majority.
23 ноября 2015
UN envoy urges Libya rivals to say yes to peace deal UN envoy Martin Kobler urged rival Libyan politicians to sign up to a UN-brokered agreement for power sharing in the war-torn nation during weekend talks with both sides.
23 ноября 2015
Syrian war likely to dominate Putin's visit to Iran Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Tehran for talks sure to sharpen attention on his alliance with Iran in Syria after the Islamic State group's deadly attacks in Paris.
23 ноября 2015
UN vote shows world united against IS 'evil death cult': UK PM The unanimous UN Security Council vote backing action against Islamic State shows the world is united against the "evil death cult", British Prime Minister David Cameron said.
21 ноября 2015
EU to overhaul passport-free zone after Paris attacks The European Union agreed to rush through reforms to the passport-free Schengen zone by the end of the year amid growing concerns about border security in the wake of the Paris attacks.
21 ноября 2015
'Naive' Sweden to beef up anti-terror measures: PM Sweden has been naive about the risk of an attack on its soil and plans to beef up security measures, including surveillance of encrypted communications.
20 ноября 2015
Putin's Russia sends mixed signals on Stalin-era crimes Russia plans to unveil a bronze "Wall of Grief" in Moscow next year in its first tangible condemnation of Stalin-era crimes but critics accuse the government of playing a double game.
20 ноября 2015
Some attackers used refugee crisis to 'slip into' France: PM Some of the suspects in the Paris attacks took advantage of Europe's migrant crisis to "slip in" unnoticed, warning the EU needed to "take responsibility" over border controls.
20 ноября 2015
Hopes for Syria peace dim after Assad, Obama remarks Hopes for a quick political transition in war-ravaged Syria dimmed as embattled President Bashar al-Assad threw cold water on an ambitious timetable agreed at international talks in Vienna.
20 ноября 2015
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives a speech on her approach to defeating the Islamic State terrorist networkÊin Syria, Iraq and across the Middle East at the Council on Foreign Relations. Clinton backs sweeping US-led global fight against IS Hillary Clinton called for a US-led global fight to defeat the Islamic State group and shut down its flow of fighters, propaganda and weapons in the wake of the Paris attacks.
20 ноября 2015

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