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Talks between Iran and the US include potential sanctions easing oil exports and broader efforts to reduce regional military tensions.

Paris urges EU sanctions after incidents involving European citizens aboard Global Sumud flotilla.

Tehran slams the US naval blockade as “completely contrary to international law”.

CEO Elon Musk says a hydraulic pin problem halted the launch as the company targets another attempt on Friday.

Chief negotiator Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf says the US is using economic pressure and a naval blockade to push Iran toward surrender and acceptance of its demands.

While hoosting his Russian counterpart in Beijing, China’s Xi says the current international situation is fluid and turbulent with ‘unilateralism and hegemonism’ on the rise, while Putin lauds bilateral ties.

Citing US officials, The New York Times reports that the plan was to make hardliner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad president after air strikes killed then-Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

The WHO has voiced concern about the “scale and speed” of an Ebola outbreak that has killed an estimated 131 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tehran says its proposal calls for ending the war on all fronts, lifting sanctions and withdrawing US forces from around Iran.

Taha Hassane, director of the Islamic centre, stressed that it serves as a place of prayer, celebration and learning, open to people from all backgrounds, not just Muslims.