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Rousseff leads by whisker in latest Brazil polls Two new polls showed incumbent Dilma Rousseff fractionally ahead of rival Aecio Neves in a race that is still too close to call.

21 October 2014

Indonesia's Widodo takes office, reaches out to foes Joko Widod was sworn in as president and immediately reached out to his political foes to seek support for his ambitious reform agenda.

20 October 2014

Albanian PM's historic visit to Serbia postponed after football brawl A planned historic visit by Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama to Serbia has been postponed after political tensions soared following violence at a football match.

20 October 2014

Japan PM Abe loses two female ministers over cash scandals Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe suffered a double setback with the resignations of two female cabinet ministers over claims they misused political funds.

20 October 2014

Mystery deepens over reported Russian sub in Sweden Mystery deepened over a Swedish military operation triggered by "foreign underwater activity" off the coast of Stockholm.

20 October 2014

Kerry in 'frank' talks with top Chinese official US Secretary of State John Kerry wined and dined a top Chinese official as Washington and Beijing grapple with a number of bilateral differences and global issues.

18 October 2014

Japan industry minister may resign over make-up scandal: report Japan's industry minister could resign over claims she spent political donations on make-up.

18 October 2014

Renzi says 'really positive' after Putin, Poroshenko Ukraine talks Italian Prime Minister said he was "really positive" on the prospects for a solution to the Ukraine conflict after talks between Vladimir Putin and Petro Poroshenko.

17 October 2014

New Zealand PM says UN seat a win for small states New Zealand's election to the UN Security Council is a victory for small states that shows chequebook diplomacy is not needed to win a spot at the top table.

17 October 2014

Rousseff falls ill after tense Brazil debate Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff fell ill at the end of a tense and at times bitter televised debate Thursday with challenger Aecio Neves.

17 October 2014

Putin accuses Obama of hostility, meddling President Vladimir Putin accused US counterpart Barack Obama of a hostile attitude towards Russia, warning against "attempts to blackmail" Moscow.

16 October 2014

Italy confirms Putin-Poroshenko meeting in Milan Friday Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko in Milan on Friday, Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi said.

16 October 2014

As Hillary Clinton stumps for Democrats, 2016 looms large Hillary Clinton hits the campaign trail to support a Democratic Senate hopeful, one of several events that could offer sneak peeks at her 2016 presidential aspirations.

16 October 2014

Kerry seeks elusive breakthough in Iran nuclear talks US Secretary of State John Kerry was due back in Vienna for a fresh push with his Iranian counterpart to jumpstart stalled talks over Tehran's nuclear programme.

15 October 2014

Kerry says Russian troops withdrawing from Ukraine US Secretary of State John Kerry said Russian troops were beginning to pull back from Ukraine but warned Moscow still needed to do more to see sanctions eased.

15 October 2014

France says Palestine recognition must be 'helpful to peace' French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said that any recognition of Palestine as a state must be "helpful to peace".

15 October 2014

Kerry and Lavrov lock horns over Ukraine crisis US Secretary of State lock horns with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the crisis in Ukraine, as a week of high-stake talks get into full swing.

14 October 2014

Ukraine parliament confirms new defence minister Ukraine's parliament confirmed National Guard chief Stepan Poltorak as the former Soviet state's fourth defence minister.

14 October 2014

Cancellation of Catalonia referendum 'excellent news': Spain PM Spain's Prime Minister hailed the decision by Catalan leaders to call off a planned vote on independence as "excellent news.

14 October 2014

Kerry meets Egypt's Sisi to press democracy US Secretary of State John Kerry was meeting Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to press the former military leader to adopt greater democratic reforms.

13 October 2014

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