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Turkey

UN chief Ban voices disappointment as World Humanitarian Summit closes

Turkey’s President Erdogan and UN chief Ban Ki-moon have closed the 1st World Humanitarian Summit, voicing disappointment so few high-profile leaders attended

24/05/2016

Turkey

World Humanitarian Summit calls for shift of emphasis from response to prevention of refugee crisis

Turkey has been much of the focus of the refugee crisis and now at the first World Humanitarian Summit the two day programme is hoping the talking and discussion will lead to priority action

24/05/2016

Turkey

Controversial World Humanitarian Summit opens

Despite criticism from some NGO’s that it is simply ‘a fig-leaf of good intentions’ the first World Humanitarian Summit has opened in…

23/05/2016

Turkey

Germany's Merkel tells Turkey to meet all terms for visa-free travel

Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has told Turkey it must fulfill all the conditions set by the EU before its citizens get visa free travel to the…

23/05/2016

China

Security tight in Hong Kong for rare visit of Chinese official

Tensions are high and security is tight in Hong Kong, for the visit of a top ranking Chinese official. Zhang Dejiang’s arrival comes amid

17/05/2016

USA

Obama and Nordic leaders present united front on 'Russian aggression'

President Obama has hosted the leaders of five Nordic nations – Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland – praising the countries for their

14/05/2016

United Kingdom

Cracking down on corruption: world leaders meet in London

Foreign companies will have to publicly declare assets they hold in the UK. Prime Minister David Cameron has made the announcement on

12/05/2016

Focus

The UN's Alliance of Civilisations calls for hate speech crackdown

Two thousand five hundred heads of state and government officials, religious leaders and civil society representatives from 120 countries have

27/04/2016

World News

Obama: Europe and NATO can do more to fight Islamic State

Barack Obama has delivered a stirring speech in defence of a unified Europe during the last day of his European tour. Speaking in Germany at the

25/04/2016

Switzerland

Syrian peace talks in Geneva collapse in acrimony

It appears the protagonists in the Syria conflict may soon have any shackles removed with what looks like the imminent collapse of peace talks in

21/04/2016

Turkey

Iran criticised by leaders of Muslim nations at Istanbul summit

Iran has come in for criticism from leaders of more than 50 Muslim nations at a summit in Istanbul

15/04/2016

Turkey

Turkey urges unity to fight terrorism as Muslim leaders meet in Istanbul

Fighting terrorism was top of the agenda at the Islamic Summit as more than 30 leaders of the Muslim world gathered in Istanbul. It was notable for

14/04/2016

Economy

The World Bank and IMF fear Brexit will add uncertainty to a fragile global economy

The World Bank and the IMF have been meeting in Washington with the possibility of the United Kingdom leaving the European Union high on the agenda.

14/04/2016

Turkey

Syria conflict will be central to major Islamic summit

It calls itself the collective voice of the Muslim world. And ahead of a leaders summit of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, foreign ministers

13/04/2016

World News

G7 foreign ministers meet in Hiroshima, Japan

Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven industrialised nations (G-7)are meeting in the Japanese city of Hiroshima on Sunday and Monday. Japan is

10/04/2016

World News

France and Germany back EU-Ukraine deal despite Dutch 'No' vote

France and Germany are to continue to back the EU agreement on closer ties with Ukraine, despite Dutch voters’ rejection of the pact. The pledge came

07/04/2016

USA

Obama urges world leaders to secure nuclear facilities from terror threat

At the end of the nuclear summit in Washington, the US president called for world leaders to share intelligence and secure nuclear materials

02/04/2016

USA

Obama warns about nuclear terrorism risk

Hosting world leaders in Washington, US President Barack Obama has urged them to do more to safeguard their nuclear facilities amid fears that groups

01/04/2016

USA

World leaders look at ways to boost nuclear security during talks in Washington

At a nuclear security summit in the US, North Korea's nuclear ambitions were high on the agenda.

01/04/2016

Europe News

Spain hits out at Turkey migration 'deal'

Spain hit out on Monday at a German-brokered migration deal with Turkey that will be debated by EU leaders later this week. Chancellor Angela Merkel

14/03/2016