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Bangladesh, India exchange land islands in historic deal Bangladesh and India prepared to swap tiny islands of land, ending one of the world's most intractable border disputes.

31 July 2015

Greek PM's Syriza party to hold congress in September Greece's hard-left Syriza party agreed to hold an emergency congress in September as requested by Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras.

31 July 2015

British PM's 'swarm' of migrants comment sparks outrage Prime Minister David Cameron faced heavy criticism for saying a "swarm" of migrants was trying to come to Britain.

31 July 2015

Trump brushes off Mexico row at Scottish golf tournament Billionaire US presidential hopeful Donald Trump declared "the world asked me to be here" as he arrived at one his Scottish golf courses for a tournament shadowed by a row over immigration.

31 July 2015

IMF says it will not join new Greece bailout right now The International Monetary Fund said it would not join a new bailout program for Greece until conditions for debt sustainability.

31 July 2015

Australia PM slams 'outrageous' Russian MH17 veto Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Thursday Russia's "outrageous" veto of a UN resolution to establish a special tribunal to try those who shot down flight MH17ю

30 July 2015

Ukraine vows to push for justice despite Russia's veto of MH17 tribunal Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko vowed to push for justice despite Russia's veto of a UN resolution.

30 July 2015

Clinton to urge Congress to lift Cuba embargo Hillary Clinton will urge US lawmakers Friday to lift the trade embargo against Cuba.

30 July 2015

Spain PM backs controversial ex-mayor to stand in Catalan polls Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy on Wednesday backed a former mayor whose comments have been called xenophobic as his party's top candidate for regional elections in independence-minded Catalonia.

30 July 2015

'As a woman, be quiet!' Turkish deputy PM in new sexism row Turkey's deputy prime minister on Wednesday ignited a new row over discrimination against women in Turkish politics when he told a female deputy "as a woman, be quiet!".

30 July 2015

Pentagon assures it will check Iran's 'malign' influence Top US military officers sought to reassure worried lawmakers that US forces would check Iran's "malign" influence in the Middle East should Congress greenlight the nuclear deal with Tehran.

30 July 2015

NATO vows solidarity with Turkey over Islamic State NATO strongly backed Turkey's fight against Islamic State militants in Syria at emergency talks.

29 July 2015

Fabius says time to warm up Iran-France relations French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius arrived in Iran and said it was time to kickstart relations between the two countries after a nuclear deal made such a change possible.

29 July 2015

Turkey's Erdogan in China for talks amid Uighur strains Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan headed for China Wednesday having secured NATO's backing for Ankara's fight against Islamic State militants.

29 July 2015

Netanyahu 'looking forward' to US release of spy Pollard Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed news of the impending release of Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard after 30 years in a US prison.

29 July 2015

Kerry: Nuclear deal not intended to 'reform' Iran regime The Iran nuclear deal is not intended to push Tehran's regime to reform but to prevent it building a bomb, Secretary of State John Kerry told skeptical US lawmakers.

29 July 2015

Ukraine bans Putin buddy Depardieu for five years Ukraine said it had blacklisted French film star and newly minted Russian national Gerard Depardieu in apparent retribution for reportedly refusing to recognise the independence of the former Soviet state.

29 July 2015

Obama criticises tone of 2016 US presidential debate President Barack Obama delivered a withering critique of the vitriolic 2016 US presidential campaign Monday, branding it unworthy of American voters.

28 July 2015

PKK 'never respected' peace process: Turkey Turkey's foreign minister said that Kurdish rebels "never respected" the peace process with Ankara, with a ceasefire now in tatters after a series of attacks and cross-border offensives.

28 July 2015

British PM heads to Southeast Asia with trade, IS on agenda British Prime Minister David Cameron begins a visit to Southeast Asia, seeking greater cooperation in the fight against the Islamic State group and to strengthen trade ties with the region's booming economies.

27 July 2015

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