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Senator Rand Paul sues Obama over NSA intel program US Senator Rand Paul filed suit against President Barack Obama and other officials in a bid to end the secret program that scoops up telephone data on virtually all Americans.

13 February 2014 11:23

New Vice-Minister of Industry and New Technologies appointed in Kazakhstan Yerlan Sagadiyev has been appointed the new Vice-Minister of Industry and New Technologies of Kazakhstan.

12 February 2014 17:30

Australia falls short on Aboriginal welfare targets PM Tony Abbott admitted Australia has failed to meet important targets on Aboriginal life expectancy, education and employment, but insisted progress has been made in other areas.

12 February 2014 17:24

Japan PM as unpopular as Kim Jong-Un: S. Korea poll With Seoul-Tokyo relations at their lowest ebb for years, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is as unpopular with South Koreans as North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un.

12 February 2014 12:00

Energy is 'game changer' in new Cyprus peace drive Greek- and Turkish-Cypriot leaders meet Tuesday to relaunch talks on ending the island's division after a nearly two-year break, with optimism that the energy card could provide a breakthrough.

11 February 2014 14:58

China and Taiwan to hold historic talks China and Taiwan will hold their first government-to-government talks Tuesday since they split 65 years ago after a brutal civil war -- a symbolic yet historic move between the former bitter rivals.

11 February 2014 13:34

Obama, Hollande to cement 'forever' Franco-US friendship President Barack Obama will Tuesday highlight a new national security dimension to America's oldest alliance as he deploys the full pageantry of a state visit for France's President Francois Hollande.

11 February 2014 11:53

Kazakhstan and Jamaica discuss visa regime Tourism Minister of Jamaica Wykeham McNeill and Kazakhstan Ambassador Konstantin Zhigalov have discussed simplification of visa regime.

10 February 2014 17:38

N. Korea scraps US envoy's invite as tensions mount Tensions tightened on the Korean peninsula Monday, as North Korea cancelled a US envoy's visit over a jailed Korean American, and Seoul and Washington set dates for military drills denounced by Pyongyang.

10 February 2014 16:53

Iran agrees to explain nuclear detonators to UN Iran agreed Sunday to clarify to the UN atomic agency its need for detonators used in nuclear devices, as part of a probe into allegations of its past weapons work.

10 February 2014 13:15

US diplomat sorry for cursing EU in bugged Ukraine call The United States tried Thursday to defuse a potential row with its European allies after the leak of an embarrassing phone call in which a top US diplomat cursed the EU response to the Ukraine crisis.

07 February 2014 16:20

Top US diplomat for Europe caught swearing about EU Washington's new top diplomat for Europe, Victoria Nuland, has been apparently caught being decidedly undiplomatic about her EU allies in a phone call about Ukraine posted Thursday on YouTube.

07 February 2014 12:35

Nazarbayev signs decrees to open new Embassies Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has signed several decrees opening three new Embassies of Kazakhstan in foreign countries.

06 February 2014 19:28

'American Idol' star Clay Aiken launches Congress bid "American Idol" runner-up Clay Aiken declared Wednesday he is running for Congress, putting his singing career on hold as he aims to unseat a Republican from her North Carolina district.

06 February 2014 12:03

Brazil senator proposes Snowden for Nobel peace award A Brazilian senator has nominated fugitive US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

06 February 2014 10:02

Prince Charles visits British flood victims as storm sweeps in More bad weather left thousands of British homes without power on Tuesday, hours after Prince Charles visited flood-hit villages marooned by the wettest January for more than a century.

05 February 2014 12:58

Kazakhstan President and Dutch Foreign Minister discuss nuclear summit President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and Foreign Minister of the Netherlands Frans Timmermans have met to discuss cooperation.

05 February 2014 00:08

Queen Elizabeth II to visit France for D-Day 70th anniversary Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip will make a state visit to France to mark the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings.

04 February 2014 11:28

Ukraine president returns to work as protests persist Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych returns to work from four days of sick leave after opposition leaders appealed for Western assistance and an injured militant accused of rioting left the country for medical treatment.

03 February 2014 14:20

North Korea envoy scoffs at death-by-dog story A senior North Korean diplomat has scoffed at sensational rumours that the executed uncle of leader Kim Jong-Un was stripped naked and fed to a pack of starving dogs.

31 January 2014 15:21

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