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EghtesadOnline: Two North Korean shipments to a Syrian government agency responsible for the country's chemical weapons program were intercepted in the past six months, according to a confidential Un ited Nations report on North Korea sanctions violations.

EghtesadOnline: Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the Un ited Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met in New York.

EghtesadOnline: The Un ited Nations Security Council will hold an emergency meeting later Wednesday after the U.S. confirmed North Korea’s rocket launch on July 4 was its first intercontinental ballistic missile.

EghtesadOnline: The UN welcomes "a significant drop in violence" in Syria, as the ceasefire in the country appears to be holding.

Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht Ravanchi lambasted German Chancellor Angela Merkel for her "unreal and unconstructive" remarks, and said Tehran's missile program doesn’t violate the UN Security Council resolution 2231.