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Greece draws up reforms as emergency debt meeting looms Greece's radical new government was fine-turning details of a controversial reform deal it hopes to seal with sceptical EU creditors at critical talks.

10 February 2015

Can Brazil president survive growing Petrobras scandal? Mounting allegations that her party received hundreds of millions of dollars in a kickbacks scandal engulfing oil giant Petrobras have sent Brazilian President's poll ratings tumbling.

10 February 2015

EU suspends new sanctions pending Ukraine summit EU foreign ministers postponed new sanctions against Russia for a week to boost the chances of success at a four-way Ukraine peace summit.

10 February 2015

No decision yet on Ukraine arms aid: Obama US President Barack Obama said no decision had been made on whether to send weapons to Ukraine to help Kiev battle pro-Russian separatists.

10 February 2015

Putin in Egypt in bid to expand Russian influence President Vladimir Putin arrived in Egypt as Russia seeks to expand its reach in the Arab world's most populous country.

10 February 2015

Yemen's Hadi must be restored as president: UN chief UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called for the restoration to power in Yemen of Western-backed President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi after Huthi militia seized power.

09 February 2015

Britain says Putin behaving like tyrant Russian President Vladimir Putin is behaving like a "mid-20th century tyrant", British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said.

09 February 2015

Obama hosts Merkel amid deepening Ukraine crisis US President Barack Obama hosts Angela Merkel at the White House, as worsening violence in Ukraine confronts them.

09 February 2015

Putin says Ukrainians have to agree among selves to end crisis Russian President Vladimir Putin said the conflict in Ukraine will continue if rival groups there do not agree among themselves.

09 February 2015

Australian PM Abbott survives bid to unseat him Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott survived a confidence vote on his leadership after just 17 months in power and urged an end to the disunit.

09 February 2015

Greek PM 'unshakeable' on election pledges, calls for EU bridge loan A defiant Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said he would be "unshakeable" in carrying out the new Greek government's anti-austerity agenda.

09 February 2015

Erdogan unhappy with Turkish spy chief's resignation Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he was unhappy with the decision by powerful intelligence chief Hakan Fidan to resign from his post.

09 February 2015

US invites China's Xi, Japan's Abe for state visits The United States has invited the leaders of China and Japan for prestigious state visits, President Barack Obama's top security adviser said.

08 February 2015

Japan PM pledges to resolve island row with Russia Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to resolve a row with Russia over an island chain claimed by both nations.

07 February 2015

Embattled Australian PM says challenge against him will fail Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said that he expected a challenge against his leadership to fail and stressed his government would not repeat the "chaos and instability".

07 February 2015

Moody's threatens to downgrade Greece Moody's placed Greece's credit rating on review for a downgrade Friday, citing "high uncertainty" about the country's talks with creditors.

07 February 2015

'Anarchist' bids to halt Modi juggernaut in Delhi polls Voters went to the polls in India's capital with firebrand former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal looking to complete a surprise comeback.

07 February 2015

UN Security Council aims to dry up IS group financing The UN Security Council plans to adopt a resolution next week aimed at halting funding to Islamic State militants from oil, antique trafficking and ransoms.

07 February 2015

IMF urges G20 to take action to unstick global growth International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde urged the Group of 20 major economies to fulfill their pledges to revive the faltering global economy.

07 February 2015

Putin, Merkel and Hollande begin Ukraine peace talks: Kremlin German Chancellor, French President and their Russian host Vladimir Putin talks seen as a desperate bid to avoid an escalation of violence in eastern Ukraine.

07 February 2015

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