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He said the IAEA’s arrangements with Iran are “technically sound and consistent with our long-established practices. They do not compromise our… standards in any way”. Investigating the site is part of the overarching nuclear-limits deal.

“Such statements misrepresent the way in which we will undertake this important verification work”, global Atomic Energy Agency Director General Yukiya Amano said. “They do not compromise our … standards in any way”.

The Sri Lankan electorate has voted to sustain the changes that have taken place since the presidential election of January 8, when the common opposition candidate Maithripala Sirisena scored a surprise victory over Mahinda Rajapaksa.

In the Netherlands, a majority of lawmakers also backed the new Greek rescue after a heated debate in which Prime Minister Mark Rutte was attacked for reneging on an election pledge to not approve another bailout for Greece.

The disclosure sparked a firestorm of criticism from GOP lawmakers and presidential candidates who think the Obama administration made too many concessions during negotiations for the broader nuclear agreement between Tehran and Western powers.

US State Department spokesman John Kirby said that until the concerns about Iran’s past activities are “adequately addressed by the IAEA, there can be no sanctions relief“.

Greece met its Thursday deadline to repay EUR3.4 billion to the European Central Bank, the Frankfurt-based lender confirmed, hours after Athens received a 13-billion-euro payment from its newly approved bailout.

The German parliament has approved a third bailout deal for Greece by a large margin.

The European Stability Mechanism will release the first tranche of funds to enable Athens to meet a €3.2bn bond repayment due to the European Central Bank on Thursday.

The Lawyer of hunger-striking prisoner Mohammad Allan, said that the Israeli Military Prosecutor on Wednesday offered that Allan be released on November third, in exchange with suspending his hunger strike until then.

Earlier in the day, while talking to investors, Modi said India had an immediate investment opportunity of $1 trillion and the government will take urgent steps to address concerns of businessmen from this country and erase “deficit of 34 years“.

A significant minority of Merkel’s conservatives may vote against the €86bn bailout, sending the government a warning that the latest package is its last chance to keep debt-ridden Greece in the 19-country euro zone.

Israel’s High Court began a hearing on Wednesday afternoon on whether to release him due to his health.

A Palestinian detainee on a two-month hunger strike emerged from a coma Tuesday but pledged to resume fasting if Israel did not resolve his case within 24 hours, a Palestinian group said.

But long-standing concerns among the pro-Israel establishment raised by the generation gap in Jewish-American attitudes to Israel will have been amplified by the community’s split over the Iran deal, and by the willingness of Obama – the president elected by the...