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"Through the H-1B programme, those who hold visas are not supposed to replace Americans with jobs. Any such allegations are troubling should be investigated," Johnson told.

Monthly activity data, released alongside the GDP report, also beat expectations across the board to show signs of a rebound, with factory output hitting a five-month high.

Netanyahu has long opposed any deal with Iran, and Israel has signalled it could take military action if need be to stop the Islamic republic from obtaining a nuclear weapons capability.

Tajikistan has a 1,500 kilometres long border with Afghanistan. So, the impact of what happens in Afghanistan concerns this area, concerns India, officials said.

Greek PM Alexis Tsipras is set to begin a bruising week by clearing out party rebels opposed to an austerity package that will have to go through parliament within days.

A European diplomat said the finance ministers' list also included a German option for ring-fencing some 50 billion of Greek state assets in a fund which would be held against the privatisation proceeds Athens says it will now raise.

The National Directorate of Security (NDS), the Afghan spy agency, said Hafiz Saeed was among 30 IS linked cadres killed in the strike in restive Nangarhar province, close to the Pakistani border, on Friday.

Last November, Obama's reforms enabled those who came to the US as children, parents to receive a renewable two-year work permit and exemption from deportation.

The SCO is still a young organisation. If a dramatic confrontation breaks out, it will definitely pose a stumbling block for the group.

Nepal, which was hit by a massive quake in April this year, has estimated $ 20 billion to rebuild itself and sought support of India's private sector.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has executed 70 officials since taking power in late 2011 in a "reign of terror" that far exceeds the bloodshed of his dictator father's early rule.

Anna Krupeynikova was out sightseeing around Moscow with her friends when she leaned against a fence to take a picture of herself. However, her support reportedly gave way, and she plunged 40 feet to her death.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Pakistani counterpart Nawaz Sharif will meet on the sidelines of the SCO Summit in Ufa on July 10.

Two of three teenage British schoolgirls who fled from Britain to Syria have reportedly married Islamic State (IS) group fighters.

The meeting will involve Euro Working Group, which comprises top treasury officials who prepare meetings for Eurogroup of finance ministers from the 19-country currency union.

"Why did they (creditors) force us to close the banks? To instill fear in people. And spreading fear is called terrorism," Greek FM said