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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 11:31

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 11:18

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 14:45

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 12:52

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 13:57

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 12:23

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 12:15

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 11:36

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 10:43

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 19:32

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 16:24

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 16:12

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 12:56

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 12:12

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 11:01

Greece's Varoufakis warns against historic 'failure' by EU Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis warned that EU leaders had a duty to avoid a historic "failure" and urged a swift accord in Greece's debt talks with its creditors.

09 June 2015 14:00

Putin signs off on amnesty for hidden assets Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law an amnesty for people who illegally spirited funds out of the country.

09 June 2015 12:14

No reason to probe Brazil in FIFA scandal: Rousseff There is no reason Brazil's hosting of last year's World Cup should be probed as part of the FIFA scandal, President Dilma Rousseff insisted in an interview.

09 June 2015 11:58

Obama urges greater effort to halt foreign fighters entering Syria Thousands of foreign jihadists are still flooding into Syria to fight, US President Barack Obama warned, as he urged greater efforts to halt the flow.

09 June 2015 11:31

Turkey ruling party set to lose parliament majority: results Turkey's Islamic-rooted Justice and Development Party is on course to win general election but with a reduced share of the vote and is set to lose its parliamentary majority.

08 June 2015 16:26

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