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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 10:35

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 10:02

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 15:01

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 14:18

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 14:05

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 16:31

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 14:20

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 10:46

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 15:36

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 15:33

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 14:59

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 18:16

Turkey says US can use air bases for IS fight: US official Turkey has granted the United States access to its air bases for the campaign against the Islamic State group.

13 October 2014 16:36

Australia PM vows to 'shirtfront' Putin at G20 over MH17 Prime Minister vowed to "shirtfront", or confront, Russian President at the G20 summit next month over the loss of Australian lives in the MH17 crash.

13 October 2014 14:50

Nationalists ahead in Bosnia presidency races Nationalist candidates of Bosnia's Croats, Muslims and Serbs were ahead in the race for the country's tripartite presidency.

13 October 2014 14:36

China's Li in Russia for Putin talks Chinese Prime Minister arrived in Moscow for talks with Vladimir Putin as Russia is struggling with its most pronounced isolation since the end of the Cold War.

13 October 2014 12:48

West to learn if sanctions softened Russia on Ukraine Western allies should learn if their punishing sanctions on Russia have softened its stance on Ukraine enough to justify Europe's economic recovery.

13 October 2014 11:00

Kerry calls for new Middle East peace talks John Kerry called for a resumption of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks, saying both sides had to be helped to make "tough choices" for lasting stability.

13 October 2014 10:52

Greek PM narrowly wins parliamentary confidence vote Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras won a parliamentary confidence vote, which he called in a bid to rally support.

11 October 2014 15:05

Standard and Poor's lowers France outlook to 'negative' Ratings agency Standard and Poor's kept its 'AA' rating for France but lowered its outlook from "stable" to "negative" on fears over the country's budget situation.

11 October 2014 12:34

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