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Obama administration takes Iran nuclear deal fight public
U.S. lawmakers skeptical about the nuclear deal with Iran promised to press senior Obama administration officials to make more information about it public at a Senate hearing on July 23 as Congress begins its two-month review of the agreement.
US Trade Deal Gives Boost to Serbian Exports
The Serbian Chamber of Commerce announced on Monday that the United States Congress has approved a trade programme for Serbia, which will allow preferential duty-free exports of any of 5,000 specified products to the US.
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China holds Uighur who 'planned bomb attack': report
China has arrested a member of its mostly Muslim Uighur ethnic minority who planned a bomb attack after returning from a training camp in Syria, state media said July 20.
UN Security Council to vote Monday morning on Iran deal
The U.N. Security Council scheduled a vote for first thing July 20 morning on a resolution endorsing the Iran nuclear deal.
Obama sends Iran deal to wary Congress, Israel urges rejection
President Barack Obama's administration sent a nuclear agreement with Tehran to Congress on July 19 and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged U.S. lawmakers to reject a deal he said would only feed an "Iranian terror machine"
Raul Castro calls on Obama to dismantle Cuba embargo
Cuban President Raul Castro asked his US counterpart Barack Obama on July 15 to use his executive powers to "dismantle" the economic embargo placed on his island nation.
A new slogan from the streets of Tehran
During a morning newscast on TV, a channel is airing the "Iran package," where rejoices are being filmed. On the streets of Tehran, a slogan is heard from the waving crowd: "Death to no one! Long live life!"
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Bulgarian FM Points to Russia as Posing Serious Threat to Security
Bulgarian Foreign Minister Daniel Mitov identified Russia as posing a serious threat to security.
Mitov said this during his speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) in Washington, daily Dnevnik reports.
The Bulgarian foreign minister stated that the behaviour of Russia nowadays presented a serious threat to security.
Uighurs "on way to jihad" returned to China in hoods
Some of the Uighurs deported to China last week from Thailand had planned to go to Syria and Iraq to carry out jihad, state television said, showing pictures of them being bundled out of an aircraft with black hoods over their heads.
Brussels Manneken Pis Gets Montenegrin Look
One of Europe's best known statues and a national treasure of Belgium, the Manneken Pis, was dressed on Thursday in Montenegin traditional costume ahead of Montenegro's National Day.
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