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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

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

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

EU mulls summit with Turkey's Erdogan in late November: sources EU leaders were considering holding a summit with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan later this month to seek his help in curbing migrant flows to Europe.

13 November 2015 12:47

India's Modi urges 'comprehensive' climate deal India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Thursday for a "comprehensive and concrete" agreement on climate change in December, as he addressed African leaders at a major summit in New Delhi.

29 October 2015 15:46

EU, Balkan leaders struggle to defuse tensions over migrants European Union and Balkan leaders struggled Sunday to reduce tensions over how to tackle the migrant crisis as Slovenia warned the bloc will "start falling apart" if it fails to take concrete action within weeks.

26 October 2015 11:19

Juncker calls EU-Balkans mini-summit on refugees for Sunday European Commission chief Jean-Claude Juncker has called a mini-summit in Brussels to tackle the migrant crisis along the western Balkans route.

21 October 2015 16:07

US and Cuba discussing joint marine reserve: Kerry The United States and its former Cold War foe Cuba are discussing a joint maritime reserve in waters between their countries.

06 October 2015 14:35

Kazakhstan ready to contribute to global development President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev took part in the UN Sustainable Development Summit for post-2015 agenda and Sustainable Development Goals.

30 September 2015 18:12

EU summons leaders for refugee crisis summit next Wednesday The European Union has announced an emergency summit in Brussels next in a bid to find solutions to the continent's worst refugee crisis since World War II.

18 September 2015 12:09

EU's Tusk mulls special migration summit, decision Thursday EU president Donald Tusk said he would consider requests by German Chancellor Angela Merkel and others for an emergency summit on migrants and decide later this week.

16 September 2015 14:38

Afghanistan territory used by terrorist from Central Asia, China and Russia: Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai Terrorists from Central Asia, China, Russia and other countries use the territory of Afghanistan, said the President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai.

16 July 2015 18:18

Shanghai spirit becomes a symbol of new Eurasia: President Nazarbayev According to Kazakhstan's President Nazarbayev, Shanghai spirit has become a symbol of new Eurasia.

14 July 2015 14:33

Putin welcomes BRICS leaders amid standoff with West Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed the leaders of emerging powers for a summit Moscow hopes will show it not isolated despite the standoff with the West over Ukraine.

09 July 2015 10:25

Putin hosts BRICS summit amid standoff with West Russian President Vladimir Putin is to meet world leaders including China's Xi Jingping and India's Narendra Modi ahead of the start of a summit of the BRICS emerging economies.

08 July 2015 21:19

China's UN climate pledges 'expected': state media China is expected to unveil its long-awaited national pledges to reduce carbon emissions beyond 2020, a state-run newspaper said.

29 June 2015 17:21

Greek PM calls referendum on bailout for July 5 Greece will hold a referendum on July 5 on the outcome of negotiations with its international creditors taking place in Brussels.

27 June 2015 15:35

Japan announces dates for G7 summit in 2016 Japan will host a summit of the Group of Seven industrial democracies on May 26-27 next year, its top government spokesman said.

23 June 2015 12:35

Obama urges greater effort to halt foreign fighters entering Syria Thousands of foreign jihadists are still flooding into Syria to fight, US President Barack Obama warned, as he urged greater efforts to halt the flow.

09 June 2015 11:31

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