US, Venezuela hold talks in Haiti

A US envoy met Venezuela's second-most powerful official in Haiti in another sign of rapprochement between the two countries, according to Venezuelan state media.

Magna Carta marks 800th anniversary

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prime Minister David Cameron were scheduled to attend a ceremony on Monday to recognize the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, the document that laid the foundation for parliamentary democracy in the West.

PM tells creditors to be 'more realistic'

Athens will stand its ground until its creditors become "realistic", Greece's prime minister said on Monday, a day after last-ditch debt talks collapsed and raised fears of a Greek default and exit from the eurozone.

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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir left South Africa for Khartoum on Monday after attending the 25th summit of the African Union, according to a government spokesman.

Clinton pitches campaign at ordinary US citizens

US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton promised in a speech on Saturday to fight for a fairer society for ordinary US citizens, staking out a place on the left to cut off any budding challenge for the Democratic nomination.

Swedish prince marries former glamour model in televised ceremony

Flag-waving Swedes and royals celebrated in the blazing summer sun on Saturday as reality show starlet Sofia Hellqvist married Prince Carl Philip and became a princess.

Pentagon seeks to reassure allies

The United States plans to store heavy military equipment in Baltic countries and Eastern European nations to reassure allies made uneasy by Russian intervention in Ukraine and to deter further aggression, a senior US official said on Saturday.

Thousands protest Abe's new security bills

About 25,000 protesters on Sunday surrounded Japan's Diet building to express strong opposition to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's efforts to ram through a series of security-related bills that are considered unconstitutional by legal experts.

Hospital at epicenter of MERS suspends services

A Republic of Korea hospital suspended most services on Sunday after being identified as the epicenter of the spread of a deadly respiratory disease that has killed 15 people since being diagnosed in the country nearly four weeks ago.

Spies pulled as Snowden files read by Russia

Britain has been forced to remove some of its spies after Russia accessed the top-secret documents taken by former US intelligence contractor Edward Snowden, British media reported.

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Tougher laws will strengthen crackdown

Australia will expand a crackdown on Islamist militant groups with more tough security legislation, the attorney general told a regional summit aimed at combating violent extremism on Friday.