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Edward Snowden's successful asylum bid in Russia is "extremely disappointing", the US says, and casts doubt on a US-Russian summit.

US Secretary of State John Kerry says Egypt's military was "restoring democracy" when it ousted elected President Mohammed Morsi last month.

The US Senate easily confirms Irish-born human rights researcher Samantha Power as President Barack Obama's ambassador to the UN.

Ex-Chancellor Helmut Kohl wanted to halve the number of Turks in West Germany in the early 1980s, documents cited by a German magazine show.

Italy's former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi broadcasts an angry video message after a court upholds his prison sentence for tax fraud.

The authorities in Honduras declare a state of emergency as cases of dengue fever, a viral infection spread by mosquitoes, continue to mount.

The US will close a number of embassies and consulates, mostly in the Middle East, on Sunday in response to an unspecified threat, officials say.