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OPEC unlikely to lose oil influence to US shale: analysts
OPEC's announcement that it is keeping crude output levels unchanged again, despite a collapse in oil prices, reflects the growing influence of booming US shale.
07 June 2015
Kiss from big brother in pics of Britain's royal baby
The first photos of Britain's Princess Charlotte together with Prince George, who is pictured giving his baby sister a kiss.
07 June 2015
EU chief refuses to talk to Greece's Tsipras
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker refused a request from Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras to talk on the phone.
07 June 2015
Italy PM under fire as minister probed in mafia migrant scandal
Italy's premier rebuffed opposition demands that he sack a junior minister who is being investigated in a burgeoning scandal.
07 June 2015
Obama hails Biden's son Beau as 'original' in eulogy
Beau Biden, son of US Vice President Joe Biden, was a selfless "original" who made his own way in life, President Barack Obama said in a eulogy.
07 June 2015
Japan PM first to arrive at G7 summit
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe touched down at Munich airport, the first world leader to arrive for the G7 summit in southern Germany.
07 June 2015
France 'must continue to reform', says prime minister
French Prime Minister Manuel Valls promised there would be "no let-up" in the government's reform agenda and reiterated a pledge to bring down stubbornly high unemployment.
07 June 2015
Ban Ki-moon to visit Astana on June 10
Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon will arrive in Kazakhstan on June 10.
06 June 2015
Kazakh Embassy opens in Belgrade
Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs of Kazakhstan has made a working visit to Serbia. He also took part in the ceremony of opening of the embassy of Kazakhstan in Belgrade.
06 June 2015
German anti-Islam movement seeks electoral anchor as rallies dwindle
Germany's anti-Islam PEGIDA movement has its sights set on gaining a political foothold when its eastern stronghold city of Dresden goes to the polls.
05 June 2015
Poroshenko warns of 'colossal threat' of new Ukraine fighting
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko warned of a "colossal threat" of renewed fighting with pro-Russian rebels after a surge in violence that left at least 26 people dead.
05 June 2015
US lawmakers knock Xi for 'persistent' China rights abuses
US lawmakers wrote Communist leader Xi Jinping on anniversary of the Tiananmen square crackdown, saying China's continued rights abuse is a "barrier" to improved bilateral ties.
05 June 2015
Colombia limits presidents to single term
Colombia's Congress has voted to bar presidents from seeking re-election.
05 June 2015
Jeb Bush announces June 15, Rick Perry all in for 2016
Jeb Bush appeared all but certain to launch his White House bid on June 15, as fellow Republican and former Texas governor Rick Perry plunged into a crowded presidential pool.
05 June 2015
More than 30,000 rally at anti-G7 kick-off demo in Bavaria
More than 30,000 people kicked off protests against a G7 summit starting at the weekend in the southern German state of Bavaria.
05 June 2015
Pope Francis heads to Sarajevo with reconciliation message
Pope Francis flies into Sarajevo bearing a message of reconciliation 20 years after peace accords which ended Bosnia's war but left the country divided on ethnic lines
04 June 2015
Kremlin accuses Ukrainian army of 'provocative actions'
The Kremlin accused Ukrainian forces of "provocative actions" as fresh clashes flared in east Ukraine after Kiev said pro-Moscow rebels had launched a new assault.
04 June 2015
Latvia elects Green party's Vejonis as president
Latvia's parliament elected Defence Minister Raimonds Vejonis as the Baltic state's new president, giving the 28th member of the European Union a Green party head of state.
04 June 2015
Republican-turned-Democrat Lincoln Chafee joins 2016 US race
Lincoln Chafee, a former US senator and Rhode Island governor who was a longtime Republican before switching to the Democratic Party, launched his 2016 presidential campaign.
04 June 2015
Greece still rejects some of creditors' proposals: Tsipras
Greece still rejects some of the reform plans put forward by its EU-IMF creditors but sees a willingness to reach a deal in coming days.
04 June 2015