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Greece's Tsipras asks parliament to approve reforms as "national responsibility"
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras asked parliament early to approve his reform proposals to creditors as a "national responsibility".
11 July 2015
German, French leaders press Poroshenko on Ukraine truce
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said that his French counterpart Francois Hollande and German Chancellor Angel Merkel had pressed him to ensure partial self-rule for the pro-Russian separatist east.
11 July 2015
Ukraine leader warns of 'terror' threat to peaceful cities
President Petro Poroshenko warned Friday that the threat of terror was "significantly" rising across Ukraine as pro-Russian militias resumed attacks.
11 July 2015
Kazakhstan supports accession of India and Pakistan to SCO
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev has supported the accession of India and Pakistan to the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO).
11 July 2015
India's Modi accepts invite for first Pakistan visit
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi accepted an invitation from his counterpart Nawaz Sharif to attend a regional summit in Islamabad next year in what would be his first visit to Pakistan.
10 July 2015
Greek PM seeks parliament's backing for new EU debt talks
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras will on Friday ask lawmakers to endorse his new plans to save the country from financial collapse.
10 July 2015
Russia poses 'greatest threat' to US national security: Dunford
Russia now poses the greatest threat to US national security and its behavior is "nothing short of alarming," Marine General Joseph Dunford said.
10 July 2015
Kerry says prepared to 'call end' to Iran talks
US Secretary of State John Kerry said he was prepared to "call an end" to nuclear talks with Iran if "tough decisions" are not made.
10 July 2015
Merkel urges Bosnia to work for future without 'genocide'
Germany urged Bosnia to work towards a future in which a "genocide" such as the massacre of Muslims 20 years ago would no longer be possible.
10 July 2015
Erdogan asks Turkey PM to form new government
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu to form the next government, over a month after elections where the ruling party lost its overall majority.
10 July 2015
India has a lot to learn from Kazakhstan despite its size: Indian PM Narendra Modi
Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a meeting with Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, who arrived on his first official visit to Kazakhstan at the invitation of the Kazakh leader.
09 July 2015
History will prove me right over security bills: Japan PM
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe claimed his push to beef up Japan's military in the face of public and parliamentary opposition would be vindicated by history.
09 July 2015
Lagarde: A new Greece program needs debt restructure
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said that a new program to prop up Greece's finances would require creditors to restructure debt.
09 July 2015
Serbia hails Russia's UN veto on Srebrenica but victims angry
Serbia hailed Russia's veto on a draft UN Security Council resolution recognising the 1995 Srebrenica massacre as a genocide.
09 July 2015
EU to help Balkan countries struggling with migrant wave: Merkel
The European Union will help Hungary and western Balkan countries struggling with an influx of migrants, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said.
09 July 2015
Tunisia fears new 'terrorist attacks': PM
Tunisia fears more potentially destabilising "terrorist attacks," like the one that killed 38 foreign tourists last month, which is why it has imposed a state of emergency.
09 July 2015
Iran's Zarif urges joint action against extremism
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said a nuclear deal with Western powers was "within reach" and could open the way to joint action against extremism.
09 July 2015
Putin welcomes BRICS leaders amid standoff with West
Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of emerging powers for a summit Moscow hopes will show it not isolated despite the standoff with the West over Ukraine.
09 July 2015
Nazarbayev predicts rapprochement between EEU and EU
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is sure rapprochement between the Eurasian Economic Union of Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan and and the 28-nation European Union is going to take place.
09 July 2015
Putin hosts BRICS summit amid standoff with West
Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet world leaders including China's Xi Jingping and India's Narendra Modi ahead of the start of a summit of the BRICS emerging economies.
08 July 2015