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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.

14 August 2015 16:16

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".

14 August 2015 14:20

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.

14 August 2015 13:26

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.

14 August 2015 10:53

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.

13 August 2015 13:03

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".

13 August 2015 12:29

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.

13 August 2015 11:50

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.

13 August 2015 11:20

'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

12 August 2015 16:24

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.

12 August 2015 14:42

'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.

12 August 2015 13:59

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.

12 August 2015 13:36

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.

12 August 2015 12:14

Turkey to press anti-PKK campaign 'until no terrorist remains': Erdogan President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed that Turkey would press on with a campaign against Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants "until not one terrorist remains".

12 August 2015 11:40

Iraq parliament approves PM's anti-corruption plan Iraq's parliament unanimously approved Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi's reform programme aimed at curbing the corruption and government waste.

12 August 2015 11:28

Iranian FM's visit to Turkey postponed: official Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif's scheduled visit to Turkey on Tuesday has been postponed.

11 August 2015 13:53

Japan ends nuclear shutdown four years after Fukushima Japan ended a two-year nuclear shutdown in the energy-hungry country, sparked by public fears following the 2011 Fukushima crisis, the worst atomic disaster in a generation.

11 August 2015 13:09

Clinton: Trump 'way overboard' in post-debate remarks Democratic White House frontrunner Hillary Clinton denounced her Republican rival and former supporter Donald Trump on Monday.

11 August 2015 12:23

Russia bars anti-Kremlin coalition from upcoming polls A Russian opposition coalition co-led by leading Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny has had nearly all its candidates barred from September regional and local elections.

11 August 2015 11:48

Afghanistan slams Pakistan over wave of bloody Kabul attacks Afghan President Ashraf Ghani accused Pakistan on Monday of sending "messages of war" and harbouring bomb-making camps.

11 August 2015 11:38

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