Officials in Tehran also said that a prisoner swap for Americans detained in Iran was not an option.
American astronauts drink recycled urine while aboard the International Space Station, but the Russian crews, who also inhabit the station, do not.
The tight China-Sudan partnership could unravel if Beijing's economic turbulence forces Beijing to cut back on the heavy flow of cash and arms to Khartoum.
If the economy slips into recession, that could have a profound impact on the party's hopes of keeping the White House.
James Holmes received a sentence of life in prison for killing 12 people in a Colorado movie theater in 2012.
Former national security adviser Mohammed Sambo Dasuki lost his job shortly after Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari took office in May.
According to UN estimates, there will be 4.27 million Syrian refugees by the end of 2015.
"This is just a harbinger of things to come," one analyst said. "African currencies are becoming extremely volatile."
Social media users around the world shared their panicked reactions to "Black Monday" on Twitter using the hashtag #GreatFallOfChina.
The six remaining contestants battle it out in a restaurant kitchen.
In the annual tag team challenge, Tommy's partnership with Katrina ends in a disastrous party platter.
In the latest spat between Nigeria's two main political factions, the former ruling Peoples Democratic Party accused the government of being "undemocratic."
Government property, including cars and houses, is still in the hands of advisers who served under ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.
Russian-backed forces in Ukraine are preparing for "full combat readiness."
The audit will cover accounts "all the way to 2014, 2015," including all contracts and agreements, managing director Emmanuel Kachikwu said.
More than 200 people are hospitalized after an explosion in Tianjin.
The government failed to fully fund a light rail project and other ventures, leaving them unfinished or abandoned, Muhammadu Buhari said.
Nigeria holds some of the world's richest oil reserves and yet two-thirds of Nigerians still live in poverty and without access to grid electricity.
The article by Speaker Sergei Naryshkin is one of many instances of growing anti-U.S. rhetoric in Russia.
“In my opinion, the leadership and the structure of the church in Nigeria are as guilty as the politicians," Nigerian-born pastor Sunday Adelaja said.
Kerry said many challenges remained in thrashing out a Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), particularly on issues of autos and dairy, but the U.S. would do everything in its power to make it happen.
The move comes one day after the African nation's president appointed a new head of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation.
