Iran nuclear deal: Sipri recommends Nobel peace prize for Javad Zarif and John Kerry
Top official of Stockholm-based think-tank compares Vienna deal to CTBT.
Greece debt crisis: IMF torpedos EU bailout package with call for massive debt relief
In likely fresh standoff with Germany, IMF calls for more relief to Athens.
Russian dating app helps Muslim men to find multiple wives in Islamic way
Mydiaspora, to be available on iOS and Android, will be Shariah compliant.
Iraqi forces begin Anbar offensive to retake Isis stronghold
Iraq's Anbar operation set to include army personnel, federal police, Shiite militias, and local Sunni tribes.
North Korea invites US Congress to inspect biochemical plant over anthrax allegations
Pyongyang's National Defence Commission insists the facility produces pesticides and not biological weapons.
Iran nuclear deal expected to be announced in Vienna later today
Foreign ministers of US, Britain, China, Russia, France, Germany and Iran to make announcement.
Nigeria: President Buhari shakes up military top brass amid Boko Haram's surging violence
Nigerian president replaces chiefs of army, navy and air force to combat Islamists.
Mexico on high alert after drug kingpin Joaquín Guzmán prison escape; US pledges help
Mexican government has announced a reward of £2.5m for information on 'El Chapo'.
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai urges world leaders to 'invest in books instead of bullets'
Yousafzai inaugurated an all-girls school at a Lebanon refugee camp bordering Syria, on her 18th birthday.
Russia: 13 soldiers killed in Omsk military barracks collapse
Emergency measures on at 242 Airborne Training Centre after four-storey building collapses.
50-million-year-old volcanoes discovered off Sydney coast
Australia's ocean-going research vessel Investigator, accidentally finds volcano cluster while hunting for lobsters.
#ThisIsACoup trending worldwide over Greece debt crisis as Germany faces fury
Germany and other European nations face fury after suggesting draconian proposals for Greece.
Iran nuclear deal expected shortly in Vienna as delegates on verge of breakthrough
Western and Iranian diplomats hopeful of comprehensive agreement but strike cautious note.
World's most notorious drug lord Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman escapes from Mexico prison
Joaquin Guzman, leader of the notorious drug trafficking gang Sinaloa Cartel has fled the maximum security Altiplano prison.
US airstrike kills top Isis commander in Afghanistan
Hafiz Saeed, key Isis commander in Afghanistan, among 30 militants killed in US airstrike.
Libyan rivals sign peace deal as Islamist government in Tripoli stays away
Islamist government which controls Tripoli parliament refuses to sign ceasefire deal.
India: Applicant seeks nuclear launch codes through freedom of information law
Applicant asks for launch codes for nuclear weapons through India's Right to Information Act.
Cairo rocked by huge explosion in front of Italian consulate
Islamists claim responsibility for explosion in Egyptian capital.
Reddit's Ellen Pao quits as interim CEO following user backlash
Steve Huffman, co-founder and former CEO, to succeed Pao.
Greek lawmakers uphold Tsipras's painful reforms package as creditors send positive signals
Many members of Alexis Tsipras's own Syriza party abstain or vote against government's economic reforms plans.
Bangladesh: 23 killed in stampede at charity clothes giveaway
Hundreds of people stormed a factory at Mymensingh in central Bangladesh for free clothes leading to the stampede.
Indonesia: Bali and Lombok airports among 5 closed due to volcanic ash
More than hundred flights suspended after Mount Raung in East Java erupts.
Germany's Wolfgang Schäuble offers to exchange Greece for debt-ridden Puerto Rico
Germany's hawkish finance minister takes a dig at Greece in public remarks offering to swap it for Puerto Rico.
Syria conflict: Refugee count crosses record 4 million says UN
Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and North Africa sheltering refugees.
Saudi Arabia's former foreign minister Saud al-Faisal dies aged 75
Saud was world's longest-serving foreign minister before he was replaced in April due to health concerns.
Kenya: 14 die as Al-Shabaab Islamists spray bullets on sleeping quarry workers
Somali Islamists storm village in bordering Kenya hurling grenades and opening gunfire on quarry workers.
3 killed in shooting in Baltimore, gunmen at large
BREAKING: Three people have been pronounced dead near university campus as police launch manhunt for gunmen.
Russia offers debt-ridden Greece funds from Brics bank
Greece can become shareholder in Brics' New Development Bank and borrow money, says Russia.
British backpackers murder trial set to begin in Thailand as victims' families arrive
Families of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller arrive in Thailand as court will hear murder charges against Burmese duo.
Washington jets intercept two nuclear-capable Russian bombers on Independence Day
Two Russian Tupolev Tu-95 long-range strategic bombers were intercepted off the coastline of California and Alaska.
