Dallas
US authorities reclaimed four more bodies from Texas waters, adding to the growing death toll inflicted by record-setting storms are submerging highways and flooding homes. At least 28 people have been killed nationwide in the storms, 24 of them in Texas and at least 11 are still missing in that southern state. ap
Geneva
Iran nuclear talks
Tehran rejected a key Western demand for site inspections today just as US Secretary of State John Kerry and his Iranian counterpart launched crunch talks to secure a nuclear deal ahead of a looming deadline. AFP
Baghdad
Iraqi forces advance
Iraqi forces retook an area west of Ramadi on Saturday as they pressed their operation aimed at sealing off the jihadists who captured the city two weeks ago, commanders said. AFP