Iran's conservatives take aim at nuclear deal
Iran's security hawks have begun sniping at their country's historic nuclear deal, emboldened a day after Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei described some of the world powers that signed it as "untrustworthy".
EU, Britain settle row over aid to Greece
European Union officials appeared to have defused a row with London on Wednesday, in which efforts to keep Greece in the euro zone risked fuelling demands in Britain to quit the EU altogether.
Obama says Iran nuclear deal best way to avoid more Mideast war
President Barack Obama, seeking to sell the Iran nuclear deal to skeptical U.S. lawmakers and the American public, insisted on Wednesday that the landmark agreement was the best way to avoid a nuclear arms race and more war in the Middle East.
Some powers 'untrustworthy' on nuclear deal
The text of a nuclear deal reached between Iran and world powers should be carefully scrutinized and legal procedures taken so the other side does not breach it, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said in his first public statements on the accord.
China's Tsinghua prepares $23 billion bid for U.S. chip maker Micron
China's state-backed Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd is preparing a $23 billion bid for U.S. memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc (MU.O), in what would be the biggest Chinese takeover of a U.S. company, people familiar with the matter said.
Philippines reinforcing rusting ship on Spratly reef outpost
The Philippine navy is quietly reinforcing the hull and deck of a rusting ship it ran aground on a disputed South China Sea reef in 1999 to stop it breaking apart, determined to hold the shoal as Beijing creates a string of man-made islands nearby.
Greek PM: bailout deal must be implemented, even if 'one-way street'
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras defended on Tuesday a bailout deal struck at a euro zone summit, saying that although it had been "a bad night for Europe" and "imposed" on Greece, the agreement saved it from exiting the euro and must be implemented.
Greece faces tough conditions under deal with euro zone
Euro zone leaders made Greece surrender much of its sovereignty to outside supervision on Monday in return for agreeing to talks on an 86 billion euro bailout to keep the near-bankrupt country in the single currency.
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