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Russia cargo ship on way to space station
Russia successfully launches a cargo ship to resupply its mission in the International Space Station (ISS).

Russia successfully launches a cargo ship to resupply its mission in the International Space Station (ISS).

Greece’s Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis says the country is close to cutting a deal with its international creditors.

A man with a rifle killed two people outside a Northern California store and a stray bullet wounded a customer.

Republican US presidential candidate Rick Perry has slammed his party for ignoring African-American voters, urging the party to work harder to win them.

A police officer is killed in a police raid targeting suspected ISIL members in the city of Taif.

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.