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Tuesday, 01 September 2015 9:48 PM [ Last Update: Tuesday, 01 September 2015 9:49 PM ]

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov reacts during a meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Moscow on August 17, 2015. AFP PHOTO / KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV

1. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Bashar al-Assad is the legitimate president of Syria.

2. A senior Iranian commander says the US is turning the Daesh Takfiri group into a lever to achieve its goals in the Middle East.

3. Lebanese security forces block the entrances of the Ministry of Environment in Beirut, after anti-government protesters occupy the building.

4. The International Organization for Migration says some 26-hundred asylum seekers died in 2015 in the Mediterranean Sea while trying to reach Europe.

5. European and Asian stocks fall as the manufacturing sector in China shows a slowdown.

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