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Castro at Vatican thanks pope for mediating thaw with US Cuban President Raul Castro met with Pope Francis at the Vatican, thanking the pontiff for his role in brokering an historic rapprochement between Havana and Washington.

11 May 2015

Attempts to distort history of World War II are unacceptable: Nazarbayev Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev criticized attempts of certain politicians and countries to rewrite the history of the World War II and emphasized the necessity to preserve the truth about those years.

11 May 2015

Nazarbayev congratulates Conservatives leader David Cameron on his party's election victory Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram to the leader of the Conservatives Party David Cameron congratulating him on the win of his party in the UK parliamentary elections.

11 May 2015

Nazarbayev meets with UN Secretary General and leaders of seven countries in Moscow Nursultan Nazarbayev, President of Kazakhstan, has met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and the leaders of Azerbaijan, Cuba, Czech Republic, Mongolia, Serbia, South Africa, Venezuela during his official two-day visit to Moscow, Russia.

11 May 2015

Together we will overcome everything: Nazarbayev tells Putin Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has had a meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

10 May 2015

EU wakes up to 'Brexit' nightmare after British vote Europe woke up to the cold certainty of an unprecedented British referendum after David Cameron's election win.

08 May 2015

Pentagon dismisses conspiracies about Texas exercises The Pentagon dismissed conspiracy theories about planned army exercises in Texas, saying there was no plot for a US military takeover of the state.

08 May 2015

Ukraine's Poroshenko slams 'appeasement' of Moscow Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko criticised what he termed a policy of appeasement towards Russia in the context of the separatist conflict in Ukraine's east.

08 May 2015

Pound jumps on election lead for Britain's Conservatives The British pound jumped after exit polls showed Prime Minister David Cameron's Conservatives headed for victory.

08 May 2015

Russia expects UN peace talks on Yemen to re-start quickly Russia's UN envoy said he expected UN-brokered peace talks on Yemen to re-start quickly and warned that sending ground forces to Yemen would be a reckless escalation.

08 May 2015

'Make them work for free': Italy minister on asylum seekers Asylum seekers in Italy may have to work for free, Italy's interior minister told local mayors, reminding them of a controversial decree issued several months ago.

08 May 2015

Russia's Putin, Greece's Tsipras discuss gas pipeline Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras discussed energy cooperation with Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone conversation.

08 May 2015

German FM marks WWII anniversary at site of Stalingrad battle Germany's Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier laid a wreath at the site of the Battle of Stalingrad.

08 May 2015

Kazakhstan’s Astana to host Syrian crisis talks in May's end Kazakhstan’s capital Astana will host talks on the Syrian crisis on May 25-27.

07 May 2015

Nazarbayev continues receiving high profile congratulations on his re-election Kazakhstan’s re-elected president Nursultan Nazarbayev continues receiving letters of congratulations on his re-election.

06 May 2015

Italy again calls for EU help after more migrant deaths Italy renewed its appeal to the EU for help in managing a relentless wave of migrant arrivals, after around 40 migrants died when their inflatable boat sank off the coast.

06 May 2015

Family, politics shape Putin's view of WWII anniversary Russian President Vladimir Putin grew up with tales of how his father battled the Nazis as a Red Army soldier and his mother lived through the punishing siege of Leningrad.

06 May 2015

Clinton draws contrasts with Republicans on immigration Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton called Tuesday for a path to citizenship for some of the 11 million illegal immigrants in the United States.

06 May 2015

UN Security Council to meet Monday on Med migrant crisis The UN Security Council will hold a special meeting next week to discuss ways to address the crisis sparked by a relentless wave of thousands of Mediterranean boat migrants.

06 May 2015

Leaders prepare final push in tight UK election Britain's political leaders were in a final push for votes ahead of Thursday's knife-edge general election.

06 May 2015

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