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The United States and Iran are holding a second day of direct talks about Iran's nuclear program Tuesday, with both sides saying tough choices need to be made to reach a comprehensive agreement before a July 20 deadline.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shakes hands with Brazilian Ambassador Antonio de Aguiar Patriota at event marking the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil.

Tarek Mitri, Special Representative and Head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).

The ruling party of Kosovo's Prime Minister Hashim Thaci is claiming victory in the country's parliamentary elections.

Heavily-armed militants stormed the main airport in Karachi, Pakistan Sunday, leading to a five-hour gun battle with police and soldiers that left at least 24 people dead.

Iraqi officials say a double bombing outside a Kurdish party office has killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 65 others.

Boarding a pirate vessel off the coast of Somalia.

Shops were shuttered in the West Bank city of Ramallah on Sunday in solidarity with nearly 300 Palestinian prisoners on hunger strike against Israeli detention without trial.

China's foreign minister has held talks with his Indian counterpart in New Delhi on ways to boost diplomatic ties between the two governments.

Vietnam is calling on the United States to take a larger role in protecting the peace and settling conflicts in the disputed waters of the South China Sea.