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Images of the Grand Hotel in Vienna where bilateral meetings are taking place aimed at salvaging Iran's 2015 nuclear deal. The United States is indirectly participating in discussions in Vienna in an attempt to save the international agreement on the Iranian nuclear issue. The European powers will serve as intermediaries between the two parties, in the hope of achieving concrete results after two months of deadlock. IMAGES
Diplomats from 29 countries including US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson are meeting in Paris to push for sanctions and criminal charges against the perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria. Tillerson and his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian will also co-host a meeting of ministers ahead of a new round of peace talks in Vienna later this week and again in Sochi in Russia the week after. IMAGES of the family photo
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura arrives to meet Syrian delegates for peace talks in Geneva, Switzerland. IMAGES
World leaders including the Presidents of Georgia, Argentina and the EU Council arrive for a Summit on Peace in Ukraine, hosted by Switzerland. IMAGES
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says he hopes a giant summit in Switzerland on how to end the war in his country would swiftly help usher in a "just peace". "I believe that we will witness history being made here at the summit," Zelensky says at the start of the two-day gathering, adding: "May a just peace be established as soon as possible." SOUNDBITE