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Michelle Obama gets more personal Stung by criticism over what she said during her husband's first run for the presidency, Michelle Obama was measured in sharing her views when she entered the White House in 2009.

15 June 2015

Burundi opposition denounces election commission Burundi's opposition late Friday slammed the election commission for steering the country towards a controversial presidential vote next month.

13 June 2015

Russia says 'very worrying' slowdown in Iran nuclear talks Russia's negotiator has described a "very worrying" slowdown in progress in nuclear talks between Iran and six major powers ahead of a June 30 deadline to finalise a historic accord.

13 June 2015

Clinton to launch formal campaign with New York rally Hillary Clinton formally launches her bid to become America's first woman president, holding in New York her first big campaign rallyю

13 June 2015

IMF: Ukraine cannot use reserves to pay bondholders IMF chief Christine Lagarde said that Ukraine cannot use its central bank reserves to pay creditors, rebuffing a suggestion by bondholders that it do so.

13 June 2015

Russian fighter flies dangerously close to US plane: Pentagon A Russian fighter jet flew dangerously close to an American reconnaissance aircraft during an “unprofessional” intercept in international airspace over the Black Sea.

13 June 2015

UN chief calls on Uzbekistan to end forced labour UN General Secretary Ban Ki-moon called on ex-Soviet Uzbekistan to end the practice of forced labour in its strategic cotton sector.

13 June 2015

Australian PM refuses to deny people-smugglers were paid to turn back boat Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Australia would do "whatever we need to do" to combat people-smuggling.

12 June 2015

Washington accuses Russia of 'outright lies' on Ukraine Washington's UN envoy accused Russia of spinning "outright lies" on Ukraine designed to hide the Kremlin's direct involvement in a war it launched to thwart Kiev's pro-Western drive.

12 June 2015

Britain's Cameron 'defends Falklands' in clash with Argentina minister British Prime Minister David Cameron defended London's claim to the Falklands during a confrontation with Argentina's foreign minister at a summit in Brussels.

11 June 2015

US envoy meets Poroshenko as concerns for Ukraine grow Washington's UN ambassador met with Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko at a time of renewed hostilities with pro-Russian fightersю

11 June 2015

Italy gives Putin stage to make case against sanctions Russian President Vladimir Putin used a trip to Italy to press his case against international sanctions and was urged by Pope Francis to make a "sincere effort" for peace in Ukraine.

11 June 2015

Turkey PM says to seek coalition after majority loss Turkey's ruling party will talk to the opposition on forming a coalition government after it lost its overall parliamentary majority in legislative elections.

11 June 2015

EU's Moscovici believes 'more than ever' in Greek debt deal The EU's Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici said he believed "more than ever" that a debt deal was possible between Greece and its creditors.

11 June 2015

Kazakhstan's Senate Speaker Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev meets with Chairman of Russian Federation Council in Moscow Chairman of the Kazakh Senate Kassym-Zhomart Tokayev had a meeting with Chairman of Russia’s Federation Council, Valentina Matviyenko.

10 June 2015

Park postpones US trip as S. Korea MERS death toll hits nine South Korean President Park Geun-Hye has postponed a planned trip to the United States amid growing public alarm at the MERS outbreak which has now claimed nine lives.

10 June 2015

Public in NATO countries against arming Ukraine: poll A majority of citizens from eight NATO countries are against sending arms to Ukraine to help battle pro-Russian separatists.

10 June 2015

Greek PM to meet Merkel as bailout deal nears Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was expected to meet with Angela Merkel in Brussels after the EU's top official for the euro said a breakthrough bailout deal could be "days" away.

10 June 2015

Isolated Putin seeks sympathetic hearing in Italy Vladimir Putin makes a rare international outing with a high-profile visit to Italy and the Vatican.

10 June 2015

Turkey's noisy Erdogan in uncharacteristic post-poll silence Turkey's usually highly loquacious President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made no spoken comment since his party lost its parliamentary majority.

10 June 2015

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