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Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution on July 29 that sought to set up a special tribunal to try those responsible for shooting down flight MH17 over Ukraine.

Syria's foreign ministry said July 29 it was sceptical about Turkish efforts to fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), in its first official reaction since Ankara began air strikes against the jihadists.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will continue to act in accordance with UN Security Council Resolution 1244, said Eri Kaneko, from Ban's spokesperson's office.

She at the same time told Tanjug that ""matters of UNESCO membership are decided by UNESCO’s General Conference."

Iran's foreign minister moved July 28 to dismiss speculation that his country's nuclear deal with major powers could hit difficulties, saying he had "no concern or worry" about its implementation.

A doctor from Serbia's military clinic VMA has died from a grave form of malaria she contracted as a member of a UN mission in Central African Republic.

Olivera Jovanovic was admitted to the Clinic for Infective and Tropical Diseases on July 6 in a serious conditions and exhibiting signs of multiple organ failure, the Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday.

Human Rights Watch condemned as an "apparent war crime" on July 28 a Saudi-led air raid in Yemen last week that it said killed at least 65 civilians in residential compounds.

Serbia's Foreign Minister Ivica Dacic has sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon saying that Kosovo's request to become a member of UNESCO is unacceptable under international law, Serbian public broadcaster RTS reported on Sunday.

President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an held several phone conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iraqi President Fuad Masum on July 26 and informed them about recent cross-border military operations against the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in northern Iraq and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions in Syria. 

Yemen's Huthi rebels pounded an area in the southern province of Taez shortly after the start early on July 27 of a humanitarian truce declared by the Saudi-led coalition bombing the Iran-backed insurgents.

Security experts and ministers gather in Madrid on July 27 for two days of UN-sponsored talks on how to stop radicals leaving their countries to join armed jihadist groups abroad.