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EU Foreign Policy Chief Admits Iran Deal Difficulties

The European Union's top diplomat during a visit to Tehran Saturday admitted difficulties in implementing Iran's recent nuclear deal with world powers, but maintained that the agreement was on track.

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Brussels Airport 'Back to Full Capacity in June'

Brussels airport will fully re-open in June, its chief executive said, after suffering extensive damage when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in the departures hall last month killing 16.

"We will be 100 percent operational again in June," Brussels airport chief executive Arnaud Feist told Belgian newspaper Le Soir published Saturday.

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Iran and Turkey Vow to Cooperate on Terrorism and Trade

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to boost trade between their two countries at talks Saturday following the lifting of most international sanctions on Tehran.

They also agreed to cooperate in the fight against terrorism during their meeting at Erdogan's lavish palace near Ankara, just a day after Iran was accused of supporting extremists at a summit of Muslim heads of state in Istanbul.

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Bernie Sanders Meets Privately with Pope Francis

Bernie Sanders held a private meeting with Pope Francis on Saturday morning, the U.S. Democratic presidential hopeful told CNN and ABC News.

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Guatemalan Ex-president Linked to New Corruption Case

Former Guatemalan president Otto Perez, who is in  jail awaiting trial on corruption allegations, now also faces charges of accepting millions of dollars in bribes from a Spanish port company.

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Iraq MPs Quit Session Aimed at Replacing Speaker

A group of Iraqi lawmakers said they would not take part in a Saturday parliament session to select a replacement for the speaker, apparently leaving it without the necessary quorum.

Iraq was on course to have two rival claimants to the speakership, further increasing chaos in parliament, which has already seen a vote to sack speaker Salim al-Juburi, a fistfight among MPs and a sit-in this week.

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Death Toll Rises to 5 in Tenerife Building Collapse

Spanish authorities said Saturday they had pulled more bodies from the rubble of a four-storey building that collapsed on the popular Canary Island resort of Tenerife, bringing the death toll to five.

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Hamilton to Start Chinese GP on Back Row

World champion Lewis Hamilton will start the Chinese Grand Prix from the back of the grid after suffering mechanical trouble in Saturday's qualifying.

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Italy Insists 'No Invasion' after Spike in Migrant Arrivals

Italy insisted Friday it was not facing an "invasion" after a spike in migrant boat crossings from Libya exacerbated fears the country is on the verge of becoming the main entry point for people trying to reach Europe.

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Violence Erupts at Protests over French Labor Reforms

Twenty-two people were arrested in Paris during clashes with police at a demonstration over labour reforms seen as threatening workers' rights, French police said Saturday.

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