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Spain's Catalan parliament approves independence vote law Catalonia's regional parliament passed a law that its leaders say will authorise them to hold a non-binding "consultation" on independence from Spain.

20 September 2014

Obama condemns Russian 'aggression' as he meets Poroshenko Barack Obama condemned what he called Russian "aggression" in Ukraine as he welcomed counterpart Petro Poroshenko to the White House for the first time.

19 September 2014

Pope 'worried' by Argentine politics: Vatican official Pope Francis is concerned about the political situation in his native Argentina.

17 September 2014

White House insists Obama authorized to strike IS The White House insisted that President Barack Obama was authorized to strike the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria under a law passed by Congress.

12 September 2014

Zambian president makes first public appearance in 3 months Zambian President has appeared in public, his first appearances since speculation about his poor health started three months ago.

12 September 2014

If Scotland independence recognised, Crimea wants the same Crimea's Kremlin-loyal leader said that if the world recognises an independent Scotland, then it should also offer similar to Crimea.

10 September 2014

Iran president talks up Central Asia ties on regional tour Iranian President Hassan Rouhani pledged to bolster ties with energy-rich Kazakhstan.

10 September 2014

Ewa Kopacz, Tusk's 'Iron Lady', to step up as Polish PM Ewa Kopacz, who is tipped to replace Donald Tusk as Poland's next prime minister, is known as an "Iron Lady" who always has his back.

10 September 2014

Russia could restrict airspace in sanctions battle: PM Russia will retaliate against a new round of Western sanctions over Ukraine and may block flights through its airspace.

08 September 2014

A 'vaudeville' defence of France's Hollande -- by another ex One of the strongest voices in Francois Hollande's defence has come from another ex -- Ecology Minister Segolene Royal.

08 September 2014

Putin is 'self-centred', says Dalai Lama Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama criticised Russia's President Vladimir Putin as "self-centred" in a German newspaper interview.

08 September 2014

NATO summit opens as US, Britain rally allies A NATO summit billed as the most important since the Cold War got underway with calls to stand up to Russia over Ukraine.

04 September 2014

Putin G20 decision some way off: Australia A decision on whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin should be invited to the G20 summit in November is still some way off.

03 September 2014

Japan PM to name women to quarter of cabinet More than a quarter of Japan's new cabinet will be female.

03 September 2014

France's scorned former first lady to publish kiss-and-tell France's scorned former first lady Valerie Trierweiler is set to lift the lid on her tumultuous relationship with the president.

03 September 2014

Obama to spell out message to Putin on former Soviet land President Barack Obama will go to Estonia this week with a simple message for Vladimir Putin -- don't mess with NATO's ex-Soviet members.

01 September 2014

Regional powers to hold Lesotho crisis meeting Regional ministers were set to told talks to resolve the political crisis gripping Lesotho.

01 September 2014

Thai PM stacks cabinet with soldiers Thailand's coup leader and newly appointed premier Prayut Chan-O-Cha received royal endorsement for a cabinet stacked with soldiers.

01 September 2014

Kazakhstan offers Singapore to mutually abolish visa regime Kazakhstan has offered Singapore to have a visa free regime between the countries.

31 August 2014

Australia tycoon apologises for calling Chinese 'mongrels' Australian tycoon Clive Palmer apologised for calling the Chinese government "mongrels" who "shoot their own people".

26 August 2014

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