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The Syrian government was put under further pressure Thursday by the UN Security Council and the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) to allow wider access for humanitarian aid.
The Iranian parliamentary elections began on Friday morning with some 48 million voters to choose candidates for the 290 seats in the parliament.
UN Security Council Thursday adopted a press statement calling on the Syrian authorities to allow "immediate, full and unimpeded" humanitarian access.
Kofi Annan said on Wednesday that the "one mediation process" accepted by all parties concerned is crucial to ending the crisis in Syria.
The White House said on Thursday that President Barack Obama didn't say violence has ended in Afghanistan.
Syrian authorities found the bodies of the three slain foreign journalists, who were killed a week earlier.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov dismissed military operations against Iran and Syria as being in violation of international laws.
China on Thursday called for an early resumption of nuclear talks between Iran and the group of six international mediators.
A remote control bomb injured 10 police officers on Thursday as their vehicle passed close to the Istanbul headquarters of Turkey's ruling AK Party, Turkish police said.
At least 22 militants were killed and 28 others injured in an operation launched Thursday by the Pakistani army in the country's northwestern tribal area of Orakzai.
Kofi Annan, the UN and the Arab League (AL)'s joint special envoy for Syria, said Wednesday that an one and only mediation process accepted by all parties concerned is crucial for the success in the efforts to end the current crisis in Syria.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he had "a very good round of initial discussions" with Kofi Annan, the UN and Arab League joint special envoy for Syria.
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