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France says new security to cost 600 mn euros in 2016 France revealed it will spend an extra 600 million euros ($641 million) next year to ramp up security after the Paris attacks.

20 November 2015 11:37

Trudeau tells Obama Canada will be 'strong' partner against IS Canada's freshly elected Prime Minister Justin Trudeau vowed to remain a "strong" partner in the fight against the Islamic State group.

19 November 2015 16:59

Netanyahu urges 'global solution to terror' in call with Hollande Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for "a global solution" to terrorism in a phone call with Francois Hollande on Wednesday to express his solidarity after the Paris attacks.

19 November 2015 15:22

UK's Cameron defeated over votes for teens in EU referendum Britain's government came under pressure to let 16 and 17 year-olds have the vote in a referendum on European Union membership after suffering a defeat in parliament.

19 November 2015 13:42

'Brexit' is not going to happen, says EU's Juncker European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker insisted that Britain would not leave the EU, as leaders prepare to discuss David Cameron's reform demands at a summit next month.

19 November 2015 12:39

Obama 'optimistic' of Paris climate summit success US President Barack Obama said he was optimistic an elusive deal to contain global warming could be forged at an upcoming crunch summit in Paris.

18 November 2015 17:31

70 years after Nuremberg trials, Germany tries to right old wrongs Seventy years after the trials of top Nazis began in Nuremberg, Germany is racing against time to prosecute the last Third Reich criminals to make up for decades of neglect.

18 November 2015 17:21

Xi endures lonely red-carpet APEC welcome in Philippines Philippine President Benigno Aquino promised to be the "perfect host" to all leaders attending a regional summit, but a long and lonely red carpet welcome walk for China's Xi Jinping betrayed their nations' icy ties.

18 November 2015 16:26

Erdogan asks Turkey PM to form new government Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan asked Prime MinisterAhmet Davutoglu to form a new government.

18 November 2015 15:08

Israel condemns 'impudent' remarks by Swedish FM Israel criticised "appallingly impudent" remarks by Sweden's foreign minister for drawing a parallel between the Paris attacks and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict.

17 November 2015 12:50

Hollande says France to step up anti-IS bombing after Paris attacks President Francois Hollande said France would step up the battle against the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria in the wake of Paris attacks he dubbed "acts of war".

17 November 2015 12:02

CIA chief expects more IS attacks in 'pipeline' CIA director John Brennan warned that the attacks in Paris were likely not a "one off event" and that he expects the Islamic State group has more operations in the pipeline.

17 November 2015 11:54

Japan dips into recession in stumble for 'Abenomics' Japan's economy slipped into recession for the second time since Prime Minister Shinzo Abe came to power nearly three years ago.

16 November 2015 16:06

UN chief Ban Ki-moon to visit North Korea: Yonhap UN chief Ban Ki-moon will visit North Korea this week for a likely meeting with the nuclear-armed state's diplomatically reclusive leader

16 November 2015 15:58

France hits back, striking IS in Syria after Paris carnage French warplanes pounded Islamic State's Syrian stronghold in retaliation for a wave of coordinated attacks claimed by the jihadists which left 129 people dead in Paris.

16 November 2015 15:56

Ex Polish leader Walesa slams Warsaw plan to drop refugee quotas Former Polish leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Walesa slammed plans by his country's incoming government to stop welcoming refugees.

16 November 2015 14:34

World confronted by 'new type of war': German president German President Joachim Gauck said the world is confronted with a "new type of war" perpetrated by terrorists bent on killing those who refuse to follow their "barbaric ideology".

16 November 2015 14:22

EU's Juncker defends refugee plan despite Paris attacks European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker firmly defended Sunday the EU's hotly-contested plan to redistribute refugees across Europe despite calls by Poland to scrap the scheme after the deadly attacks in Paris.

16 November 2015 13:13

Obama, Putin break ice in six-second encounter Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Barack Obama shook hands and chatted in a six-second encounter at a summit in Turkey, breaking the ice for the first time since Moscow launched its air campaign in Syria.

16 November 2015 12:00

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