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• Domestic pressures in U.S., Iran threaten slow-moving nuclear talks

  A seven-month extension in talks between world powers and Iran on a deal to curb its nuclear program emboldened critics in Washington and Tehran, threatening to undermine further talks.

• Medicaid Fraud: Feds Say Russian Diplomats Accused Of Cheating U.S. Health Care Program In $1.5 Million Scheme (Video)

  Dozens of current or former Russian diplomats and their spouses were among 49 individuals who were charged in a complaint unsealed in federal court Manhattan concerning fraud

• Surveillance Probe: U.S. Conducted Large-Scale Spying On French Citizens According To NSA Revelations (Video)

  France and Mexico have taken exception to new revelations that Washington tapped millions of phone calls and hacked into their leaders e-mails

• Terror Alert: U.S. Embassy In Uganda Warns Of Possible Attack Resembling Westgate Mall Siege (Video)

  The U.S. Embassy in Kampala Uganda issued a "red alert," warning of the dangerous possibility of a potential terror attack that may resemble the terror attack at the Westgate mall in Kenya last month

• North Korea State of War: Kim Jong-un Fires Off New Bellicose Language at U.S & South Korea, Threatening to Close a Border Industrial Zone (Video)

  North Korea has stepped up its bellicose language, saying on Saturday it was entering a "state of war" with South Korea. Seoul and its ally the United States have played down the statement as tough talk, but acknowledge the gravity of their statements and actions, and that it warranted attention.

• Hillary Clinton Formally Resigns as Secretary Of State Post, Says 'Thank You' to Employees in the State Department

  In one final interview before stepping down as Secretary of State on Friday, Hillary Clinton told the Associated Press that critics of the Obama administration's handling of the fallout of the attacks on the U.S. embassy in Benghazi, Libya, do not live in an "evidence-based world." On Friday, Clinton also ave her final speech as secretary of state to a rousing, and thankful audience.

• Senator John Kerry Confirmed as US Secretary of State to Succeed Hillary Clinton

  Senator John Kerry (D-Mass)was overwhelmingly confirmed Tuesday as the 68th secretary of state by his colleagues in the U.S. Senate