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US court dismisses immigration lawsuit against Obama A US federal judge handed a victory to President Barack Obama, throwing out a lawsuit over controversial actions he took last month shielding millions of undocumented migrants from deportation.

24 December 2014

Japan PM set for re-election after 'Abenomics' poll win Japanese Prime Minister is set to resume office with a broadly similar cabinet tasked with re-igniting the world's number three economy following his election triumph.

24 December 2014

German president urges compassion, help for refugees Germany's president appealed in a Christmas message for compassion and openness towards refugees coming to the country.

24 December 2014

Outraging Russia, Ukraine takes big step toward NATO Ukraine took a historic step toward NATO in a parliamentary vote that stoked Russia's anger ahead of talks on ending the ex-Soviet state's separatist war.

24 December 2014

Australia fears fresh attacks as Sydney mourns siege victims Australian Prime Minister warned of heightened "terrorist chatter" in the aftermath of the fatal Sydney cafe siege and said another attack was likely.

23 December 2014

French PM calls for 'vigilance' after three attacks French Prime Minister called for "vigilance" after the country was hit by three bizarre attacks in quick succession, sparking fears of possible copycat action.

23 December 2014

Ukraine peace talks to resume Wednesday in Minsk: Poroshenko A fresh round of peace talks with Ukraine's pro-Russian rebels will take place in the Belarussian capital, President Petro Poroshenko said.

23 December 2014

Nazarbayev and Poroshenko meet in Ukraine Kazakhstan’s President Nursultan Nazarbayev has met with President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko today in Kiev, Ukraine.

23 December 2014

Turkey delays decision on ministers accused of corruption A Turkish parliamentary commission unexpectedly delayed until January a decision on whether four former Turkish cabinet ministers will stand trial on accusations of corruptionю

23 December 2014

EU congratulates Essebsi on winning 'historic' Tunisia vote The European Union congratulated veteran Tunisian politician Beji Caid Essebsi on his victory in the country's first free presidential electionю

23 December 2014

Australian PM under fire for women comments Australian Prime Minister was accused of craving "a world where men do the big jobs and women do the ironing" .

22 December 2014

Czech Jewish community opposes Putin invitation to Holocaust event The Federation of Jewish Communities in the Czech Republic has firmly opposed Russian President Vladimir Putin visiting Prague.

21 December 2014

Castro hails US-Cuba thaw, but says won't change political system Cuban President Raul Castro said he was ready to discuss any topic with Washington after the historic bilateral rapprochement.

21 December 2014

With Cuba and immigration, Obama takes a new look at Latin America President Barack Obama had turned the tables on US policy toward Latin America, neglected by Washington for much of this century.

20 December 2014

Xi warns Hong Kong and Macau in 'one China' message Chinese President Xi Jinping warned Hong Kong and Macau to remember they are part of "one China".

20 December 2014

Canada increases global reach with new military transporter Canada's defense minister announced the addition of a fifth military transport jumbo jet to its fleet.

20 December 2014

New US sanctions law could undermine relations with Russia: Lavrov New US legislation authorising sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis could undermine relations between Moscow and Washington for a long time.

19 December 2014

Debut art works of Kazakh political analyst Bukharbayev in Almaty Kazakhstani political analyst and blogger Bakhytzhan Bukharbayev has presented his debut art exhibition in Almaty.

19 December 2014

Obama says no new sanctions for Russia over Ukraine US President said he was not about to impose new sanctions on Russia over the Ukraine crisis, but nevertheless signed a law giving him the authority to do so.

19 December 2014

Challenging Russia, Ukraine moves to drop neutral status Ukraine's president openly challenged the Kremlin by submitting a bill allowing the former Soviet republic to join NATO and make the Western alliance its defender.

19 December 2014

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