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For Reuters, Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is the man that cost his country billions, 30 billion euros, by one estimate. The international news agency tracks the lack of an agreement with creditors since Tsipras and his leftist SYRIZA party swept to power on Jan.

The United Nations Security Council endorsed a resolution on Monday that clears a path for the lifting of international economic sanctions against Iran, newswires reported.

Chadian dictator Hissene Habre went on trial July 20 in Senegal, a quarter of a century after his bloodsoaked reign came to an end, in a trial seen as a test case for African justice.

The European Union approved the Iran nuclear deal with world powers on July 20, a first step towards lifting Europe's economic sanctions against Tehran that the bloc hopes will send a signal that the U.S. Congress will follow.

The deadline to reach a deal on the resettlement of 40 000 refugees from Italy and Greece expires on July 20.

The European Commission proposed in May to relocate 60 000 refugees over the next two years, with 40 000 of them to be sent from Italy and Greece to other EU countries and the remaining 20 000 to be resettled directly from their countries of origin or transit.

By Dominique Strauss-Kahn, former chief of the International Monetary Fund 

To my German friends,

French President Francois Hollande said France supports a stronger organization of Europe in an interview to weekly Journal du Dimanche. Hollande said that the ‘European spirit’ had prevailed in the past week commenting on the Greek crisis.

The return of oil from Iran following the landmark nuclear energy deal with world powers could create fresh tensions within OPEC but may reinforce the cartel's output strategy, analysts say.
 

France favours a "stronger organisation" behind the euro led by "a vanguard of countries", French President Francois Hollande said in an interview published on July 19. 

In an interview to Spiegel online, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schauble talks about his disinterest in tweets, the Greek crisis and how American Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman is unaware of Europe.