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Iran's foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, departed Tehran for Vienna with nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi and Hossein Fereydoon, a brother and close aide to President Hassan Rouhani, for nuclear talks, state news agency IRNA reported on June 30.

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said he planned to meet his US counterpart John Kerry on June 30 in Vienna where global powers are engaged in make-or-break nuclear talks with Iran.

A group of U.S. congressmen has sent a letter to the U.S. secretary of state expressing "support for the continuation of Serbia's EU integration process."

This would be "a sign of recognition of the reform process taking place in Serbia, the country's contribution to regional stability and responsible chairmanship of the OSCE," Tanjug quoted the letter sent to John Kerry.

Talks between Iran and the US enter a "critical phase" June 28 with tensions rising just three days from a deadline to nail down a deal thwarting any Iranian nuclear arms drive.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavu?o?lu on June 26 to discuss the refugee influx into Turkey resulting from fighting in Syria.

Iran warned on June 26 that "some major problems" need to be resolved before a historic nuclear deal can be agreed, as US Secretary of State John Kerry prepared to fly to Vienna for crunch weekend talks.

Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) fighters killed at least 145 civilians in an attack on the Syrian town of Kobane and a nearby village, in what a monitoring group described on June 26 as the second worst massacre carried out by the hardline group in Syria. 

The U.S.?s annual human rights report on Turkey has slammed a series of violations over the past year, focusing particularly on the judiciary, law enforcement agencies, freedom of expression and freedom of assembly.  

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry telephoned Iran's foreign minister in recent days to tell him that Tehran must answer questions about whether its past atomic research was arms-related if it wants a nuclear deal, officials said.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif will travel to Vienna on June 27 to join a final push for a comprehensive nuclear agreement with major powers, state media reported.