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Chinese premier hopes to 'change misperceptions' on UK trip
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang begins a three-day visit to Britain on Monday, hoping to "change misperceptions" about his country and improve diplomatic relations with London.
16 June 2014
Kuwait's emir makes landmark visit to Iran
Kuwait's Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad Al-Sabah on Sunday started a landmark visit to Tehran focused on mending fences between Shiite Iran and the Sunni-ruled monarchies in the Gulf.
02 June 2014
Obama makes surprise Afghanistan visit
US President Barack Obama promised a decision on post-2014 troop numbers in Afghanistan "fairly shortly", after paying a surprise visit to soldiers fighting the last battles of America's longest war.
26 May 2014
Kazakhstan President Nazarbayev meets executives of major Chinese companies
President Nazarbayev is on a state visit to China and has already met Chinese President Xi Jinping. The two have launched construction of a Kazakhstan’s terminal at the Lianyungang seaport.
20 May 2014
Kazakhstan and Chinese Presidents launch construction of terminal in Lianyungang
By the end of 2015 the volume of export and transit cargoes is expected to reach 250 000 twenty-foot equivalent units, with the figure to be further doubled in the following five years.
19 May 2014
Nursultan Nazarbayev to visit China
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will pay an official visit to China in the end of May.
16 May 2014
Japan bus-jacker 'wanted to see parents'
A middle-aged man who allegedly hijacked a bus because he wanted to visit his parents was arrested in Japan, police said Monday, after he let the driver go to the toilet.
12 May 2014
UN chief lands in war-torn South Sudan to push for peace
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon flew into South Sudan Tuesday to demand an end to a brutal four-month-old civil war that has sparked dire warnings of genocide and famine.
06 May 2014
Obama in first US presidential visit to Malaysia since 1966
US President Barack Obama arrives Saturday in Malaysia hoping to energise aloof ties with a Muslim-majority nation whose government is under the microscope for wide allegations of abuse of power and the loss of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370.
26 April 2014
US Assistant Secretary of State visiting Kazakhstan
US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Biswal is arriving to Kazakhstan on March 31 and will visit Kyrgyzstan on April 2.
31 March 2014
Prince Harry and his girlfriend Cressida arrive in Almaty
British Prince Harry has brought his girlfriend Cressida Bonas to Kazakhstan for some skiing.
26 March 2014
China-France set to tie up deals on Xi visit
China and France are expected to sign scores of business deals on the first full day of President Xi Jinping's state visit Wednesday after he was wined and dined in the gastronomic capital of Lyon.
26 March 2014
Nazarbayev to visit China
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev is going to pay an official visit to China.
08 March 2014
Nazarbayev to visit Russia on March 10-11
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev will visit Russia on Vladimir Putin's invitation on March 10-11.
06 March 2014
Baby Prince George heading to Australia, New Zealand
Prince William and his wife Catherine will take their baby son Prince George with them on their tour of Australia and New Zealand next month.
03 March 2014
Nazarbayev attends opening ceremony of 22nd Winter Olympics in Sochi
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has arrived to Sochi, Russia for the opening ceremony of the 22nd Winter Olympics.
07 February 2014
Blast outside French church in Rome as Hollande visits
A small explosive device went off outside a French church in central Rome could be linked to President Francois Hollande's visit.
24 January 2014
Hollande vows to share French technology with Brazil
French President Francois Hollande, on a state visit to Brazil, on touted his country's readiness Thursday to share its technological know-how with the emerging South American powerhouse.
13 December 2013
Nazarbayev postpones his visit to South Africa
Kazakhstan President Nursulan Nazarbayev has postponed his official visit to the Republic of South Africa.
03 December 2013
I'm no saint or icon, says Myanmar's Suu Kyi
Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Thursday insisted she was no saint and no icon, saying she disliked the titles and had always seen herself as an honest politician.
28 November 2013