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Obama clash looms after Senate passes Keystone The US Senate approved a bill authorizing construction of the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada to the United States.

30 January 2015

EU to expand Russia blacklist, ready for more measures over Ukraine The EU agreed to add new names to a sanctions blacklist over Russia's involvement in Ukraine and will start work on possible further measures.

30 January 2015

Poroshenko and US press Putin on Ukraine violence Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko appealed to Russia's Vladimir Putin while Washington threatened tougher measures should Moscow fail to rein in separatists mounting.

29 January 2015

US 'monitoring closely' as new Greek PM shakes up policies The White House said it was "monitoring closely" events in Greece, where a new hard-left government has vowed to reopen the terms of a massive financial bailout.

29 January 2015

Hollande urges Turkey to 'break taboos' on Armenia WWI killings French President called on Turkey to take new steps towards the "truth" behind the mass killings of Armenians a century ago, saying "it is time to break the taboos".

29 January 2015

Prime-Ministers of Russia and Kazakhstan in talks Prime-Ministers of Kazakhstan and Russia, Karim Massimov and Dmitriy Medvedev, have had a phone conversation to discuss the forthcoming meeting in Moscow.

29 January 2015

India sends foreign minister to China after Obama visit India's foreign minister will travel to China this weekend, a day after Barack Obama ended a visit aimed at renewing US ties with the South Asian country.

28 January 2015

Brazil's Rousseff backs austerity and ending corruption Brazil's leftist President Dilma Rousseff stressed the need for lower spending to balance the books and urged an end to corruption.

28 January 2015

Putin lauds Soviet army at Moscow's Auschwitz ceremony President Vladimir Putin slammed what he called attempts to rewrite history and lauded the Red Army at a ceremony marking the 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.

28 January 2015

Moscow blasts US spy arrest as part of 'anti-Russian campaign' Moscow blasted the United States over the arrest of an alleged Russian spy, condemning the move as a "provocation".

28 January 2015

US says looking to work closely with Greek poll winners The White House said it hoped to work closely with Greece's new government after the radical left-wing Syriza party stormed to power on an anti-austerity platform.

27 January 2015

EU to consider new Russia sanctions over Ukraine European Union leaders have tasked their foreign ministers to consider a new wave of sanctions against Russia when they meet in Brussels.

27 January 2015

Turkey's Erdogan says no to Syrian Kurdistan Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said his country opposes the idea of a Kurdish-controlled autonomous government in northern Syria.

27 January 2015

Attack on Ukraine's Mariupol targeted civilians: UN A rocket attack on the Ukrainian city of Mariupol that killed 30 people at the weekend deliberately targeted civilians and the perpetrators must be brought to justice.

27 January 2015

Merkel calls threats, attacks against Jews in Germany 'disgrace' Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was a "disgrace" that Jews in Germany faced insults, threats or violence.

27 January 2015

IMF set to continue support Greece after election The International Monetary Fund said it was prepared to continue its financial support of Greece.

27 January 2015

Nazarbayev congratulates Saudi Arabia's new King Salman President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has sent a telegram of congratulations to the new King of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.

26 January 2015

Anti-austerity Syriza storms to historic Greek victory Greece awoke to a new era of defiant anti-austerity after voters handed a decisive victory to radical left party Syriza.

26 January 2015

Putin says he's ready to work with Greece's new government Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated the leader of Greece's radical left-wing party Syriza on its decisive election victory.

26 January 2015

Obama to be guest of honour at India's Republic Day parade Barack Obama will become the first US president to be chief guest at India's Republic Day parade.

26 January 2015

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