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Putin says 'no regrets' over Crimea annexation Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview broadcast to mark 15 years in power, said he has no regrets over Moscow's 2014 annexation of Crimea.

27 April 2015

President of Turkmenistan to visit Kazakhstan President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan.

27 April 2015

Hollande raises Azerbaijan's rights record in Baku talks French President Francois Hollande raised rights abuses with ex-Soviet Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at talks focused on its simmering dispute with Armenia.

25 April 2015

Brazil's Rousseff says Petrobras can 'turn page' on scandal President Dilma Rousseff said that the release of financial results which showed Petrobras would allow the state oil giant to "turn a page" in Brazilian history.

25 April 2015

Poland denies entry to pro-Putin bikers planning WWII victory ride Poland said it had denied entry to a Russian biker gang backed by the Kremlin that plans to ride through Europe to celebrate the Soviet Union's role in the World War II victory.

25 April 2015

Obama avoids term 'genocide' in Armenian massacre US President Barack Obama described the World War I massacre of Armenians as "terrible carnage" but avoided the term genocide.

24 April 2015

Russian hackers infiltrated Pentagon network: US Russian hackers were able to access an unclassified Pentagon computer network earlier this year, US Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter said.

24 April 2015

EU leaders seek UN clearance for operation against migrant smugglers Britain and France agreed to seek UN approval for an EU military operation against people smugglers, in a bid to curb the soaring number of migrants dying.

24 April 2015

Clinton, Rubio lead in 2016 US election poll Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio are early frontrunners to become the next president of the United States.

23 April 2015

Brazil's Petrobras reveals graft cost $2.1 bn Petrobras lost $2.1 billion to the largest corruption scheme in Brazilian history.

23 April 2015

Pentagon seeking brains and ideas in Silicon Valley US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter will head to Silicon Valley in a bid to recruit tech gurus for the Pentagon, even if just on a part-time basis.

23 April 2015

Turkey 'stops Bosnian Serb leader from travelling to Armenia' Turkey stopped Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik's plane from flying over its territory, preventing him from attending a ceremony to mark the centenary of the Armenian genocideю

23 April 2015

Kazakhstanis urged to take active part in elections Chairman of the National Commission for Control over Elections Nurlan Yerimbetov urged Kazakhstanis to take an active part in the upcoming elections in Kazakhstan on April 26.

22 April 2015

British PM under fire over rise in food bank users Britain's opposition centre-left Labour urged Prime Minister David Cameron to address low pay after a charity revealed more than one million people were reliant on food banks.

22 April 2015

UN Security Council deplores Mediterranean boat tragedy The UN Security Council deplored the latest Mediterranean boat tragedy that left 800 dead.

22 April 2015

Iran, Afghanistan announce security cooperation against IS Afghanistan and Iran announced plans for enhanced security cooperation to combat threats from the Islamic State group, including possible joint military operations.

21 April 2015

Abe says he may omit apology from Japan WWII statement Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has said he may not issue a direct apology for Japan's past aggression in an upcoming statement marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II.

21 April 2015

Hillary Clinton dodges questions about family foundation US Democrat Hillary Clinton faced unsettling new accusations of financial conflicts of interest involving her family's philanthropic foundation

21 April 2015

Jeb Bush to visit Germany, Poland, Estonia in June US Republican Jeb Bush will travel to Germany, Poland and Estonia in early June, in a sign he could be solidifying plans to enter the 2016 presidential race.

21 April 2015

EU to announce anti-trust charges against Gazprom: sources EU regulators will announce on Wednesday anti-trust charges against Russia energy giant Gazprom, sources close to the matter told AFP.

21 April 2015

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