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France nixes Assange asylum plea
France rejects an asylum request by the founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.

France rejects an asylum request by the founder of whistleblower website WikiLeaks, Julian Assange.

President Rouhani dispatches his Chief of Staff Nahavandian to Vienna, where negotiations are underway between Iran and the P5+1.

As Britain holds a minute’s silence to mourn the UK nationals killed in a terrorist attack on a Tunisian beach last week, some critics say there is no point in commemorating the victims.

A recent visit by an emissary of the Saudi king to Russia has sparked a torrent of speculation, with some observers seeing it as the first sign of an emerging partnership between the two greatest global oil producers.

Greece’s anti-austerity campaigners and riot police clash in the capital, Athens.

Iran’s foreign minister says the conclusion of a final nuclear deal depends on the lifting of US-led sanctions.

The UN food agency says the food crisis in Syria could worsen without a humanitarian pause in the conflict there.

Iran says it is ready to work with the IAEA over the so-called PMD issue.

The United States is the worst violator of diplomatic norms, says a political commentator.

Human Rights Watch blasts the United States for the removal of a ban on arms sales to Bahrain.

Another member of Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood movement dies in custody.

Iran owns the world’s largest fleet of oil supertankers ready to navigate international waters in pursuit of new trade, officials have said.

Two American news crews have been mugged at gunpoint during a broadcast in San Francisco.

At least 10 people are injured in two explosions in Colombia’s capital.

6.4-magnitude quake has rattled China's far western region of Xinjiang, killing at least three people.

Efforts by Sens. Mark Kirk and Bob Menendez to extend Iran sanctions are aimed at scuttling a potential nuclear deal, says an antiwar activist.

A blast rocks the headquarters of Mexico's National Human Rights Commission.

At least six people are killed in an explosion at a chemical plant in South Korea.