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Germany calls on Russia, Ukraine to move to next phase of peace deal German Foreign Minister has called on Russia and Ukraine to set in motion the next phase of the shaky Minsk peace accords aimed at stopping the fighting in east Ukraine.

13 April 2015

Candidate Clinton quits Clinton Foundation Fresh from launching her new presidential bid Sunday, Hillary Clinton left the board of the family foundation led by her husband, ex-president Bill Clinton.

13 April 2015

Turkey PM slams pope's 'one-sided' Armenia genocide comments Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu lashed out at Pope Francis for "inappropriate" and "one-sided" comments.

13 April 2015

Don't interfere with Iran talks, Kerry urges Congress Secretary of State John Kerry will this week defend an emerging deal intended to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions.

13 April 2015

Historic Summit of Americas starts with Obama, Castro US President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro stood with other regional leaders at the start of a historic Summit of the Americas.

11 April 2015

Kerry calls for immediate release of Chinese feminists US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Beijing to immediately release five feminists who were detained ahead of International Women's Day.

11 April 2015

Clinton to launch White House bid on Sunday: media Hillary Clinton is poised to officially launch her 2016 presidential campaign this weekend, setting the stage for a bruising election battle.

11 April 2015

UN chief calls for new push to settle Western Sahara UN chief Ban Ki-moon called for a new push to resolve the conflict over Western Sahara and stressed that cooperation to address human rights could help find a settlement.

11 April 2015

Obama zings Latin America over economic visions US President Barack Obama zinged Latin American leaders who have not moved beyond the economic dogma that defined the Cold War era.

11 April 2015

Pentagon chief vows to deploy 'best' US weaponry to Asia Defence Secretary Ashton Carter promised that the US would deploy state of the art weaponry in Asia, including the latest stealth bombers and cyber warfare units.

10 April 2015

India's Modi to talk jets, nuclear energy in France Once persona non grata in Europe, India's prime minister will be welcomed with open arms in Paris as he kicks off his maiden visit to the continent to woo investors.

10 April 2015

Obama advised to take Cuba off terror list US President Barack Obama has been advised by aides to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism.

10 April 2015

Putin to meet with Palestinian leader Abbas Monday Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Moscow on Monday where the issue of Middle East peace talks will be raised.

10 April 2015

Greece to make April IMF payment, but uncertainty reigns Greece is due to make its 459 million euro ($495 million) April loan payment to the IMF following days of uncertainty.

09 April 2015

Obama has more Cuban fans than Castros: survey US President Barack Obama was more popular than the Castro brothers.

09 April 2015

Iraq PM says 'next battle' is retaking Anbar Iraq's premier said that the country's "next battle" is to retake Anbar province from the Islamic State jihadist group.

09 April 2015

Obama to offer alternative to Venezuelan crude on Caribbean swing Barack Obama will become the first US president to set foot on Jamaican soil in more than three decades.

08 April 2015

Greek PM in Moscow for Putin meet that rattles EU Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras was due to meet Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin in Moscow.

08 April 2015

Erdogan son-in-law among Turkey parliament candidates Turkey's main political parties submitted to the election authorities their lists of candidates, with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's son-in-law among those standing.

08 April 2015

Pakistan PM says 'no hurry' to decide on joining Yemen coalition Pakistan is "not in a hurry" to decide whether to join the Saudi-led coalition against rebels in Yemen, the prime minister said.

07 April 2015

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