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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 14:00

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 13:50

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 13:15

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 12:58

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 12:43

Merkel defends cooperation with US spy agency German Chancellor Angela Merkel insisted her country needed to work with American intelligence agencies, in the wake of claims Berlin helped the US spy on EU leaders and companies.

05 May 2015 15:48

Jean-Marie Le Pen, France's far-right master provocateur Jean-Marie Le Pen, a former paratrooper whose inflammatory speeches has made him the figurehead of France's far right, , has not once veered away from the role he loves best -- master provocateur.

05 May 2015 13:44

Obama urges deeper look at race, hints at his future President Barack Obama urged Americans to address the root causes of recent racially-tinged unrest, focusing not just on police actions.

05 May 2015 13:27

Bill Clinton will keep giving speeches to 'pay our bills' Former US president Bill Clinton said in an interview that aired he will keep giving lucrative speeches "to pay our bills" while wife Hillary Clinton runs for the White House.

05 May 2015 12:35

Kazakhstan had alternative presidential elections: head of CIS observation mission Sergei Lebedev, head of the CIS observation mission, believes there were political alternatives at Kazakhstan's presidential elections.

04 May 2015 22:10

France's Hollande in Qatar for warplane deal French President Francois Hollande arrived in Qatar to oversee the signing of a multi-billion-euro deal to sell 24 Rafale fighter jets to the gas-rich emirate.

04 May 2015 15:26

Italy to vote on radical overhaul of electoral system Italy's lower house of parliament is due to take a final vote on a bill to radically overhaul the electoral system aimed at ending decades of political instability.

04 May 2015 15:07

Kerry calls for unity to defeat terrorism US Secretary of State John Kerry called for unity in the face of terror attacks, as he visited a memorial in Kenya to the 1998 bombing of the US embassy.

04 May 2015 14:49

'Queen of Scots' Sturgeon emerges as star of UK election The steely and polished Scottish independence leader Nicola Sturgeon has emerged as an unlikely star of Britain's unpredictable election race.

04 May 2015 13:51

China's Xi to visit Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia this week to attend World War II anniversary celebrations, with Kazakhstan and Belarus also on his itinerary.

04 May 2015 13:25

Europe-Australia talks over stopping asylum-seeker boats: Abbott Prime Minister Tony Abbott said Australia and Europe were in talks on how to stop asylum-seeker boats after the success of his government's controversial polices on the issue.

04 May 2015 13:13

Kerry hails 'enormous progress' in new-look Sri Lanka US Secretary of State John Kerry hailed Sri Lanka for making "enormous progress" since the departure of strongman Mahinda Rajapakse.

02 May 2015 15:31

EU, NATO try to counter Russian propaganda Western powers are getting set to counter an expertly crafted Russian disinformation campaign over Ukraine which has left them wrong-footed too many times for comfort.

02 May 2015 14:24

Embattled Rousseff pledges support for Brazil workers Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff took to social media rather than make a formal May Day address to underscore her government's commitment to workers' rights.

02 May 2015 13:48

UN Security Council fails to back Russian appeal on Yemen The UN Security Council was unable to agree on a Russian-drafted statement demanding an immediate ceasefire or at least humanitarian pauses in the fighting in Yemen.

02 May 2015 13:13

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