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With two years left, Obama prepares to go it alone Barack Obama has only two years left in office but he is not ready to slow down.

19 November 2014

US Senate rejects Keystone pipeline by one vote The US Senate narrowly rejected a bill that would have approved construction of the Keystone XL pipeline to bring crude oil to Gulf coast refineries.

19 November 2014

Irate Mexico president on defensive over mansion Mexico's under-fire President Enrique Pena Nieto defended his wife's controversial purchase of a mansion owned by a government contractor.

19 November 2014

German FM sees 'no grounds for optimism' in Ukraine German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said he was not optimistic about an end to the crisis in Ukraine.

19 November 2014

New Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan appointed Berdybek Saparbayev has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Kazakhstan.

18 November 2014

New Governor of East Kazakhstan Oblast appointed Danial Akhmetov has been appointed Governor of East Kazakhstan Oblast.

18 November 2014

Karim Massimov meets Georgian PM Kazakhstan’s Prime Minister Karim Massimov met with Prime Minister of Georgia Irakli Garibashvili during his official visit to Kazakhstan.

18 November 2014

Swiss President to pay official visit to Kazakhstan President of Switzerland Didier Burkhalter will pay an official visit to Kazakhstan on November 20.

18 November 2014

Moscow hopes ties with EU have not crossed 'point of no return': Lavrov Russia said it hopes its ties with the EU had not yet crossed the point of no return over the Ukraine crisis.

18 November 2014

Kerry broadside against IS: 'We are not intimidated' US Secretary of State John Kerry launched a withering critique of the Islamic State, blasting extremist brutality.

18 November 2014

China will never use force to achieve its goals: Xi Chinese President Xi Jinping vowed never to use force to achieve Beijing's goals, including in maritime disputes.

17 November 2014

Modi's singing, dancing fans arrive for Australia address Thousands of fans readied for a public address by Narendra Modi during the first visit by an Indian prime minister to Australia in 28 years.

17 November 2014

Thousands protest in Spain over Western Sahara Several thousand people demonstrated in Madrid iin support of independence for the disputed territory of Western Sahara.

17 November 2014

Ukraine 'ready for total war' says Poroshenko Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko claimed his country was "prepared for total war" as fighting continued around the rebel stronghold of Donetsk.

17 November 2014

China to double Iran energy investment: official China will double its investment in Iran's energy projects, ahead of a deadline for a deal with world powers over Tehran's nuclear programme.

17 November 2014

Algerian President Bouteflika 'hospitalised in France' Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, 77, has been admitted to hospital in the southeastern French town of Grenoble, a French government source told AFP.

15 November 2014

Pussy Riot thank Amnesty campaigners for support Campaigners from Amnesty International honoured two members of the Russian punk group Pussy Riot who served 22 months in prison.

15 November 2014

Steps agreed to lower Israeli-Palestinian tensions: Kerry US Secretary of State John Kerry said that steps were agreed at talks in Amman to lower tensions between the Israelis and Palestinians.

14 November 2014

Scottish nationalists change leader after referendum defeat Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond will step down as leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) at its annual conference.

14 November 2014

Catalonia weighs early election after symbolic independence vote The head of the Catalan government held talks with other senior politicians on whether to hold early elections in the Spanish region after a symbolic weekend independence vote.

14 November 2014

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