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Putin torpedoes anti-Syria plan at G8 meeting
Russia's Vladimir Putin derailed Barack Obama's e?orts to win backing for the downfall of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad at a G8 summit on Tuesday, warning the West that arms supplied to the rebels could be used for attacks on European soil.

 
France open to Iranian presence at Syria talks: Hollande
French President Francois Hollande on Tuesday opened the door to Iran attending a Syria peace conference, Reuters reported.

 
Iranian team returns to heroes' welcome
Iranian fans greeted their national football team on Wednesday, one day after they secured a place in the 2014 World Cup, and watched the players’ victory parade at Tehran’s Azadi Stadium.

 
UK Supreme Court lifts sanctions on Iranian bank
The UK Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Bank Mellat, Iran’s largest private bank, in a result which will see it removed from the United Kingdom’s sanction list.

 
Kerry calls for 'immediate' airstrikes on Syria, Pentagon says no
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has called for “immediate” airstrikes on Syria in response to the White House’s claim that the Syrian government had used chemical weapons against foreign-backed militant groups.

 
North Korea repeats offer for nuclear talks
A top North Korean diplomat repeated an o?er for international talks over his country's disputed nuclear program during a meeting in China on Wednesday, saying the denuclearization of the peninsula was the “dying wish” of North Korea's founder.

 
Protesters out again in Brazil's biggest city
Tens of thousands of Brazilians again ?ooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament — people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption.

 
Russia seeks engagement with new Iranian govt.: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed hope that consultations between Moscow and Tehran will continue during the administration of Hassan Rohani, who won the Iranian presidential election on June 14.

 
News agency speculates on composition of Rohani’s cabinet
The Tasnim News Agency on Wednesday published the names of possible cabinet members of Iranian president-elect Hassan Rohani.

 
U.S. should change course on Iran: article
The United States must seize the opportunity created by moderate Hassan Rohani’s victory in Iran’s presidential poll to settle the decade-old dispute over Iran’s nuclear program, according to an article published by the Guardian on Sunday.

 
Iran reiterates opposition to imposed solution to Syria crisis
Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi has renewed Tehran’s opposition to any foreign-imposed solution to the con?ict in Syria, saying that the Islamic Republic prefers the solution to be Syrian.

 
U.S. should engage in wide-ranging talks with Iranians: Ryan Crocker
Career U.S. diplomat Ryan Crocker has called for an engagement in comprehensive and wide-ranging talks with Tehran over its nuclear program.

 

 
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Moscow Against Arab Involvement In P5+1 Talks
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has rejected the idea of participation of Persian Gulf littoral states in the next round of nuclear talks between Iran and the P5+1 group of world powers.

 
India Supportive of Iran’s Disarmament Conference Presidency
In a rebuke to the US, India on Tuesday declared support for Iran’s presidency of the Conference on Disarmament, the UN’s panel on nuclear disarmament. The US and Canada have boycotted the CD since Iran took over the presidency on May 27.

 
Top British Court Quashes Bans On Iranian Bank
The UK’s highest court has ruled that the British government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on an Iranian bank in 2009 over alleged links to Iran’s nuclear program.

 
UN: 45.2m Refugees,Displaced People
The Syrian civil war contributed to pushing the numbers of refugees and those displaced by conflict within their own nation to an 18-year high of 45.2 million worldwide by the end of 2012, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.

 
Women in Global Economy
Twenty-five years after she directed a broadside at the global economic order for ignoring the unpaid work women do, Marilyn Waring said she’s still waiting.

 
Putin Praises Rohani as ‘Very Experienced Man’
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a message congratulated the election of Hassan Rohani as Iran’s new president, describing him as a very experienced man.

 
Iran Willing to Expand Ties With Italy
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Tehran is prepared to further upgrade relations with Rome and discuss with the Italian government regional developments, including the crisis in Syria.

 
Iranian Doctors Train Iraqi Colleagues
Iranian specialists are working under an International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) program in Erbil to train Iraqi doctors in physical rehabilitation, the ICRC said on Tuesday.