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Iran approves AMIA deal

Iran has approved the memorandum of understanding with Argentina to create a joint “truth commission” to probe the 1994 terrorist attack on the AMIA Jewish community centre, Iranian Embassy chargé d’affaires Ali Pakdaman informed a local radio yesterday.

Labour helps save UK gay marriage bill

Council of Europe warns Putin over Russian NGO law

Two Brazilian tourists killed, three Argentines injured in Turkish balloon crash

A hot-air balloon collided with another balloon mid-air during a sightseeing tour of volcanic rock formations in Turkey and crashed to the ground, killing two Brazilian tourists and injuring 23 other people on board. Three Argentines were among those injured.

In the hills of Bashar al-Assad’s stronghold

By Alia Malek

Above the Syrian coastal town of Tartous, groups of Alawite men and boys were amassing at different landings along a road that winds higher and higher, away from the Mediterranean and into the hills. We saw them assembling as we travelled the same path, taking advantage of a day off to get out of the city.

30 Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria battle — activists

Russia: Opposition must come to meeting without conditions