Nuclear talks between Iran and the so-called P5+1 have been extended by three days after disagreements over the lifting of an arms embargo on the country.
The government of the United States has given the go-ahead to the world's largest cruise company to commence trips to Cuba from Miami, the latest move in the thawing relationship between the two countries.
Carnival Corp said it was still awaiting approval from the Cuban government but the trips could start early next year.
Madrid's city council will change the names of streets which refer to former Spanish dictator Francisco Franco and his regime.
The authority said around 170 streets are still named after the general, under whose rule countless of atrocities were committed against his opponents.
Iran and world powers have reached a preliminary agreement on sanctions relief announced diplomats on Saturday.
Speaking from Vienna, officials said that the sanctions annex was completed during negotiations between Iran, US, Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia.
Negotiators are looking to finalise the deal by July 7 reports the Guardian.
The United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) passed a resolution on “ensuring accountability and justice for all violations of international law in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalam,” with 41 votes in favour, 5 abstentions and one vote against.
The UN Security Council decision to impose sanctions on military commanders from both sides of South Sudan’s conflict could derail the peace process, said the country’s foreign ministry spokesperson.
Questioning the effectiveness sanctions, Mawien Makol Ari, said,
On Thursday Malaysia informed the UN Security Council that it would be seeking a UN-backed tribunal to prosecute those suspected of being responsible for shooting down a passenger airliner last year in eastern Ukraine.
South Sudanese armed forces could have committed widespread human rights abuses in recent intensified fighting across the region, found a new report by the United Nations mission in South Sudan, (UNMISS).
