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IRAN

Pact with UN nuclear watchdog scrapped

Iran has scrapped a cooperation deal it signed with the International Atomic Energy Agency last month, a senior security official said on Monday. The deal allowed the United Nations' nuclear watchdog resume inspections of Iran's nuclear sites, if Western powers reinstated UN sanctions. Those were reinstated last month. "The agreement has been canceled," Ali Larijani, secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, said while meeting with his Iraqi counterpart in Tehran, according to state media. "Of course, if the agency has a proposal, we will review it in the secretariat," he added.

ETHIOPIA

Train accident leaves 14 dead, 29 injured

At least 14 people were killed and 29 injured in a train crash in eastern Ethiopia, state media reported on Tuesday. The incident occurred at about 2 am as the passenger train was traveling the 200-kilometer route from Dewele town, near Djibouti's border, to Dire Dawa, according to local officials cited by state media. "An accident that happened on the Dire Dawa-Dewele line has killed 14 people and caused serious and light injuries on 29 other people," according to a Facebook post by Dire TV, which did not provide further details.

Agencies - Xinhua