The previous discussions between the two parties date to mid-May, before the election of current Iranian President Hassan Rowhani.

Even if Russia blacks UN approval, U.S.-led air or missile strikes on Syria look all but certain, though the timing is far from clear.

Executive producer and creator Mitch Hurwitz confirms the happy news in an interview with Rolling Stone.

In the season opener, Holmes and Watson travel to London to help track down an old mentor and investigate an unsolved mystery.

Syria itself is not a major oil producer, but analysts said that the prospect of further instability in the Middle East was worrying investors.

Earlier a team of UN weapons inspectors resumed work probing a suspected chemical weapons attack on 21 August.

Snowden is wanted by the U.S. on espionage charges after he gave journalists classified docs detailing the NSA’s surveillance programs.

The violence was worst since Aug 10, when nearly 80 people were killed during a religious holiday.

“Farewell My Concubine” won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival in 1993, becoming the first Chinese film to win the award.

Christian Bale will star as Moses in the biblical epic, which is scheduled to begin shooting in September in Spain, Morocco and England.