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U.N. Security Council Endorses Iran Nuclear Deal

The United Nations Security Council on Monday endorsed a deal to curb Iran's nuclear program in return for sanctions relief, but it will be able to re-impose U.N. penalties during the next decade if Tehran breaches the historic agreement. The...

Deadly Blast Hits Suruc Activists In Southern Turkey

An explosion has killed at least 27 people and wounded many more in the Turkish town of Suruc near the Syrian border, the interior ministry says. The blast occurred in the garden of a cultural centre. Hundreds of youth workers...

At Least 19 Boko Haram Insurgents Killed In Chad – Source

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At least 19 Boko Haram fighters and two Chadian soldiers were killed in combat on Friday after the insurgents attacked a Chadian village on the banks of Lake Chad, a military source said. "The Islamists fighters attacked early this morning...

German Lawmakers Back Greek Bailout Talks After Merkel’s Chaos Warning

German lawmakers gave their go ahead on Friday for the euro zone to negotiate a third bailout for Greece, heeding a warning from Chancellor Angela Merkel that the alternative to a deal with Athens was chaos. The Bundestag lower house...

Irked By U.S., But EU Keeps Own Spy Projects Quiet

Revelations of U.S. spying in Europe have soured transatlantic relations, prompting a White House apology and, as leak followed leak over the past two years, have fostered feelings of moral superiority among Europeans. Yet EU governments are stepping up surveillance...

Noose Tightens Around Thousands Caught In Iraq’s Anbar Offensive

As Iraqi forces prepare to try to recapture the city of Falluja, tens of thousands of civilians find themselves trapped between Islamic State militants ready to use them as human shields and a government suspicious of their loyalties. With the...

Iran’s Conservatives Take Aim At Nuclear Deal

Iran's security hawks have begun sniping at their country's historic nuclear deal, emboldened a day after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described some of the world powers that signed it as "untrustworthy". Khamenei's remark will be understood by Iranians to...

Liberia Confirms New Ebola Case As Outbreak Spreads

SAN FRANCISCO, July 15, (THEWILL) – Liberia on Wednesday recorded the sixth Ebola confirmed case and second death since the virus resurfaced in June in the West African country. A senior medical official said a Liberian woman died of Ebola...

18-Day Negotiation Yields Landmark Iran Nuclear Accord

After 18 days of intense and often fractious negotiation, world powers and Iran struck a landmark deal Tuesday to curb Iran's nuclear program in exchange for billions of dollars in relief from international sanctions — an agreement designed to...

US Warns Citizens Ahead Of President Obama’s Kenya Visit

The US has issued a travel warning for Kenya ahead of a visit by President Barack Obama, who is due to address a summit on global entrepreneurship. The summit, to be held in the capital, Nairobi, from 26-28 July, could...