Three suicide attacks against Iraqi security forces around the northern city of Mosul and other assaults in Baghdad have killed at least 30 people.
Iran's foreign ministry says the government will continue negotiations with the European Union on Tehran's controvercial nuclear program, even with the election of a new president.
A truck load of munitions exploded in Afghanistan, killing two German soldiers and injuring an Afghan civilian and another soldier.
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