Kazakh leader says he’ll stay amid unrest
Kazakhstan's President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev says he has taken over as head of the country's Security Council, removing Nursultan Nazarbayev from the role.
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Israeli killed in West Bank shooting: govt
Israeli leaders have vowed to catch the attacker who opened fire near a Jewish settlement in the northern West Bank, killing one person and wounding two others.
EU leaders weigh new sanctions on Russia
An EU summit in Brussels is leaning towards strong economic sanctions against Russia to deter any threat from its military build-up on the border with Ukraine.
Karzai says he invited Taliban to Kabul
Ex-Afghan leader Hamid Karzai says the Taliban, who had already reached the gates of Kabul, were invited inside the city to stop chaos after Ashraf Ghani left.