News Archive - 13 July 2014

* Self-imposed July 20 deadline for deal looming * Big-power foreign ministers including Kerry join talks * Negotiations snag over Iran's nuclear capacity * Kerry, Steinmeier meet in Vienna after new spying accusations (Adds Steinmeier, Hague, Fabius comments, Kerry to meet Zarif) By John Irish and Lesley Wroughton VIENNA, July...

>GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel appeared to hold off on a threatened escalation of its week-old Gaza Strip barrage on Monday despite having balked at Western calls for a ceasefire with an equally defiant Hamas. On Sunday, the Israeli military warned residents of the northern border town of Beit Lahiya to...

>Hague was speaking to reporters after a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry. Together with their French and German counterparts, they are in Vienna to help break a deadlock in the nuclear negotiations with Iran, a week before a deadline to reach an agreement. (Reporting By Louis...

>RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Argentina captain Lionel Messi won FIFA's "Golden Ball" award as the best player of the World Cup after leading his team to Sunday's final and Colombia's James Rodriguez finished as the tournament's top scorer with six goals. Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, who kept a clean...

>VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran has stuck to "unworkable and inadequate" positions in nuclear talks with six world powers despite a looming deadline for a deal to end sanctions against Tehran in exchange for curbs on its atomic programme, a U.S. official said on Saturday. "We are still very far...

>VIENNA (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday major differences persist between Iran and six world powers negotiating on Tehran's nuclear program, remarks echoed by Tehran, with a July 20 deadline for a deal approaching. The United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China want...

For more than a month, the World Cup invaded our living rooms and dominated our airwaves, eating up television ratings in record numbers and swallowing audiences with thrilling contests. Now, in the aftermath of Germany’s exhilarating 1-0 win over Argentina, a sport still searching for its foothold in our crowded...

In this file photo taken July 9, 2014, an Israeli missile hits an area in Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. — Photo by AP

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says “important headway” has been made in the talks on Iran’s nuclear energy program, stressing, however, that the negotiations have yet to bear fruit.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Thousands of Palestinian residents of the northern Gaza Strip fled their homes on Sunday and sought safety in U.N. shelters, heeding warnings from the Israeli military about impending plans to bomb the area in the sixth day of an offensive against Hamas that...

This has to be the most followed World Cup in decades with fans actively voicing their opinions on different social media platforms.

BANGALORE (Reuters) - Naveen Rabelli's tuk-tuk broke down the first time he rolled it out of his garage. The electrical engineer didn't lose heart: now, he plans to drive his customized three-wheeler all the way to London.

>* Uncertainty over Iran nuclear deal as July 20 deadline looms* Kurds seize northern oilfields as Baghdad tensions escalateBy Keith WallisSINGAPORE, July 14 (Reuters) - Brent crude bounced off of three-month lows on Monday to near $107 a barrel as the potential for renewed supply disruptions put a floor under...

Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - Five of the most memorable goals of the 2014 World Cup:

Comment Obama has problems but George Bush was a trillion-dollar disaster.

Government officials have blamed the deaths on the Sunni jihadists who swept through Iraq last month, claiming that an insurgent mortar destroyed the police station

More than four million votes were cast for the Budweiser Man of the Match awards during the course of Brazil 2014, with 48 different players picking up the accolade. Leading the way was Lionel Messi with four.   

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AUSTRALIA'S men's team has emerged as a contender on the global stage, earning a place in this week's 2014 FIVB World League finals in Italy after a stunning run in the final qualifying tournament in Sydney on the weekend.

WASHINGTON (AP) - The White House says President Barack Obama and British Prime Minister David Cameron discussed Ukraine, Afghanistan, Iraq and the status of Iran nuclear talks during a Sunday phone call.

The Barcelona forward was brilliant against the lesser lights in this World Cup, but failed to inspire his side to victory like Maradona did when it mattered most.

Britain and the United States have renewed calls for Russia to defuse the crisis in eastern Ukraine ahead of a meeting of European leaders.

Watch Video | Listen to the Audio HARI SREENIVASAN: Now more about the situation in Iraq. Yesterday I interviewed Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He’s the former director of Intelligence Assessment in the office of the Secretary of Defense. I began by asking him about...

Extension of talks expected to give more time to negotiate deal to limit scope of Iran's uranium enrichment programme.

If the Israel-Hamas fighting feels like a rerun, that's because it is.

Iran sentences 8 Facebook activists to prison, 127 years in total

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, speaks, during a joint press conference in Kabul,... U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry gestures as he arrives in front of a hotel where closed-door... U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry steps out his plane upon arrival at Vienna International...

VIENNA (AP) - The United States and Germany put a brave face on an escalating espionage dispute, stressing on Sunday the importance of their cooperation to solving several global crises but offering little indication they've fully mended ties.

A new study has revealed three words that are most widely used by people around the world to describe each of the 32 teams in the ongoing World Cup.

Remarks With German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier After Their Meeting Remarks John Kerry Secretary of State Palais Coburg Vienna, Austria July 13, 2014 FOREIGN MINISTER STEINMEIER: (In German.) SECRETARY KERRY: Frank, thank you very much. We discussed a number of difficult issues. The most important part of our conversation...

Israeli PM’s comments come as foreign ministers of US, France, Britain and Germany gather in Vienna to face off with Iranian counterpart Zarif.

US Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday phoned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to renew a US offer to help mediate a truce as Israel stepped up its military campaign against the Gaza Strip. Kerry had condemned the militant rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel, and "stressed Israel's...

Iran has for the first time sent President Hassan Rouhani’s brother as a special observer to the nuclear talks in Vienna, signaling the importance of the final week of negotiations before a July 20 deadline.

France and Germany's foreign ministers left Iranian nuclear talks in Vienna on Sunday saying that a deal remains uncertain, but US Secretary of State John Kerry remained in the Austrian capital for further negotiations. "I cannot say with certainty whether we will get a deal" by a July 20 deadline,...

(CNN) -- It is the scenario Brazil had always feared -- the $11 billion party where the neighbors come round and trash your newly spruced up home.Anybody but Argentina, that is the message which is heard loudest in Brazil ahead of Sunday's final against Germany in Rio de Janeiro...

>"The United States' penalising of European banks is a considerable strain for those financial institutions," Bundesbank's banking supervision chief Andreas Dombret told Spiegel. "We are watching the situation very closely."A New York court fined French bank BNP Paribas $9 billion last month for doing business in Sudan, Iran and...

>"Let me emphasize the relationship between the United States and Germany is a strategic one," Kerry said in Vienna on the sidelines of nuclear talks with Iran. "We have enormous political cooperation and we are great friends."Kerry, appearing alongside Germany's Frank-Walter Steinmeier, did not address the latest spy scandal,...

>* Commodity traders are picking up the slack in trade finance* Huge BNP fine is a warning shot for Russia* Regulators want to harmonise approach to punishmentBy Steve Slater and Michelle PriceLONDON/HONG KONG, July 13 (Reuters) - Financiers may grumble that the United States is acting like an imperial power...

Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (center) arrives at Vienna International Airport on Sunday to help steer the final stretches of negotiations between Western powers and Iran over its nuclear program.

BAGHDAD (AP) — The Iraqi parliament's Sunni blocs have agreed on a candidate for the post of parliament speaker, paving the way for the legislature to take the first formal step toward forming a new government.

VIENNA (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and fellow foreign ministers are adding their diplomatic muscle to nuclear talks with Iran, with a target date only a week away for a pact meant to curb programs Tehran could turn to making atomic arms.

KABUL - He was only on the ground for 48 hours, but America's top diplomat John Kerry may well have helped prevent Afghanistan from sliding into another bloody ethnic war. The helicopters were waiting for the US Secretary of State when he arrived in Kabul from Beijing early Friday on...

Syrian boys sit on a street after an airstrike July 9 in the northern city of Aleppo. / Fadi Al-Halabi, AFP/Getty Images GAZIANTEP, Turkey - After more than three years of civil war in Syria, government troops are advancing to retake Aleppo, the country's largest city, and possibly deliver a...

>INTERNATIONAL/REGIONAL* GLOBAL MARKETS-stock indexes up slightly as Portugal fears ebb; oil down sharply* Brent hits three-month lows on easing geopolitical risk* Gold flat for day, up for 6th week on Middle East tension* MIDEAST STOCKS-Emaar lifts Dubai; Qatar rebounds further* MIDEAST WEEKAHEAD-Markets to contend with slowing Gulf earnings growth* Libyan...