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In a message to Iran's supreme leader, US President Barack Obama said that Tehran can have a civilian nuclear program.
All 28 Chinese crew members aboard a China-linked ship hijacked by Somali pirates have been rescued.
The Iranian foreign ministry and navy said Friday that Iran will fully rescue a hijacked Chinese freighter and crew members aboard.
A major Chinese ship insurer will halt cover for tankers carrying Iranian oil from July amid tightening Western sanctions against OPEC's second largest producer.
A UN planning team led by Norwegian Major-General Robert Mood has arrived in Damascus on Thursday, according to UN-Arab League joint special envoy on Syria Kofi Annan.
The UN Security Council on Thursday adopted a presidential statement to voice its support for an April 10 deadline put forward by Kofi Annan to end the year-long crisis in the Middle East country.
The Syrian government said they have begun withdrawing troops from some conflicting areas.
A senior Norwegian UN peacekeeper flies into Damascus on Thursday to try to broker an agreement that will allow observers to be deployed across Syria to monitor a ceasefire demanded by an international peace plan.
Loud explosions reverberated across the central Syrian city of Homs and clashes were reported in several areas across the country on Wednesday.
Iran's Foreign Minister the Islamic republic is considering Iraq and China as potential venues for the upcoming nuke talks between Iran and world powers.
Kofi Annan, the joint special envoy of the UN and the Arab League, is to brief the UN General Assembly via videolink on Thursday on the latest development in Syria.
Kofi Annan, the United Nations and Arab League joint special envoy for Syria, on Monday underlined the urgency in the Syrian situation and sought the support of the UN Security Council for the April 10 deadline to end the year-long violence in the Middle East country.
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