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Philip Hammond will be the first foreign secretary to visit Tehran in 14 years when it officially reopens the embassy at the weekend, the Guardian has reported.

Mr Corbyn is launching his plan in Glasgow and a copy will be sent to all Labour members in a bid to secure their vote as the party sends out the first ballot papers.

August 19 is World Humanitarian Day, dedicated to marking the sacrifice of people who have lost their lives working for humanitarian causes.

The blood drive is at Edgewater Mall on Saturday, August 29 from noon to 7 p.m. and on Sunday, August 30 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. Types B negative and A negative can be transfused to Rh positive or negative patients.

Voter registration turnout was initially low in Medina and Mecca, where registration for the third municipal elections in December opened earlier than in the rest of the country, but officials said they expected it to pick up.

“I offer my grateful thanks to all parties and individuals who worked untiringly during the election period to ensure victory for the people“, Wickremesinghe said in a statement.

US crude oil, also known as West Texas Intermediate or WTI, was down 45 cents at US$40.35 a barrel by 0910 GMT, after hitting a new 6-1/2-year low of US$40.23.

According to The New York Times, Obama’s post-presidential plan aims to have the “same fierce discipline and fund-raising ambition” that got him to the presidential seat in 2008.

Seven young Australian men detained from Sydney airport in two separate occasions, over suspicions they wanted to join militant Islamist groups, news agency Reuters reported.

During his visit to Crimea Putin has held high-level meetings to discuss the region’s abysmal economic record under Moscow rule, which even led the local governor to ask the Russian president to allow Ukrainians to work in the service industry.

“Our thoughts are with the people of Thailand at this time of shock and grief”, said a statement by the spokesperson for the European External Action Service.

The second FIPIC summit in New Delhi and Jaipur may see India and the Pacific Island nations seeking to step up space cooperation.

Ann Hawkins of the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association won’t say if her union will accept a deal without a pay hike, but points out teachers already had their wages frozen for the previous two years.

Turkey’s central bank held interest rates on Tuesday after a drop in food and energy prices eased inflationary pressures, maintaining a cautious stance with one eye on political tensions that have driven the lira to record lows. The lira sunk multiple times on Wednesday,...

In a response to growing worries over mounting debt, South Korea unveiled a set of measures aimed at mitigating risks from household borrowing in July. It did not mention whether there were injuries or damage on either side.