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Israel's Likud, Zionist Union neck-and-neck: exit polls Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rightwing Likud party was neck-and-neck with the centre-left Zionist Union in general election.

18 March 2015

Condition of Singapore's founding leader Lee worsens: PM The health of Singapore's founding leader Lee Kuan Yew has worsened due to an infection after nearly six weeks in hospital, the government said.

17 March 2015

Israeli voting polls open for general election: AFP AFP correspondents said, for elections to determine whether Israelis still want incumbent Benjamin Netanyahu as leader, or will seek change after six years.

17 March 2015

Brazil's Rousseff pledges talks after mass protests Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff pledged to hold talks with her growing number of critics and said her embattled government needed to show humility.

17 March 2015

Obama: Republicans will change views on climate US President Barack Obama has predicted Republicans will eventually ditch their skepticism about climate change in order to keep favor with voters.

17 March 2015

Kerry comments 'acknowledge Assad legitimacy': Syria media US Secretary of State John Kerry's suggestion that Washington must negotiate with the Damascus regime was recognition of President Bashar al-Assad's "legitimacy."

16 March 2015

No compromise with Russia over Ukraine sanctions: EU chief The European Union must not compromise with Russia over sanctions in response to the Ukraine crisis, the bloc's chief Donald Tusk said in an interview.

16 March 2015

Putin mulled putting nuclear forces 'on alert' over Crimea Russian President Vladimir Putin said he was ready to put the country's nuclear forces on alert as he sought to annex Crimea last year.

16 March 2015

Ukraine leaders says truce deal 'not working' Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko slammed a month-old peace deal with pro-Russian rebels as "not working".

16 March 2015

Hungarians rally on national day for and against PM Orban Thousands of Hungarians took to the streets in separate national day demonstrations to both protest against, and voice support for, Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

16 March 2015

Two more Kazakhstani parties support Nazarbayev's candidacy in presidential elections Two Kazakhstan parties – Party of Patriots and Social Democratic Party Auyl - have supported the candidacy of the incumbent president Nursultan Nazarbayev in the coming presidential elections.

15 March 2015

Kerry says 'important gaps' remain in Iran nuclear deal US Secretary of State John Kerry said that talks on Iran's disputed nuclear programme have made progress, but there were still "important gaps" to overcome.

14 March 2015

UN disaster meeting opens in tsunami-hit Japan Policymakers gathered with hopes high that the conference in tsunami-hit Japan might provide a springboard for real efforts to tackle natural disastersю

14 March 2015

EU, Germany raise 'Grexit' alarm over Greece bailout EU Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has warned of an alarming lack of progress in talks on Greece's bailout, as Germany raised the spectre of a tumultuous Greek exit from the euro.

14 March 2015

Putin spokesman denies baby rumours A spokesman for Vladimir Putin denied rumours swirling in the European media that a baby had been born to the Russian leader.

14 March 2015

Nursultan Nazarbayev speaks about Islam, Orthodoxy and Protestantism Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has spoken about Islam, Orthodoxy and Protestantism during the XVI Congress of Kazakhstan’s Nur Otan party in Astana on March 11.

12 March 2015

Netanyahu plays security card as rivals open poll lead Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conceded that the centre-left opposition could win next week's general election and appealed to voters not to take the chance with national security.

12 March 2015

West boosts Ukraine aid as Russia bridles at sanctions The IMF handed Ukraine a $17.5 billion lifeline as the United States agreed to send military aid to bolster its forces against pro-Russian rebelsю

12 March 2015

Kazakhstanis are the nation of united future: Nursultan Nazarbayev Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has called Kazakhstanis "a nation of united future" during the XVI Congress of Kazakhstan’s Nur Otan party.

12 March 2015

A German king, a Greek crown - historic roots of troubled ties Greece has railed against what it sees as German dominance since the 2010 start of the eurozone financial crisis.

12 March 2015

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