TEHRAN -- Britain would facilitate a conditional release of the detained Iranian oil tanker, Britain's top diplomat said Saturday, while Iran insisted on continuing oil exports under any condition.

Britain would facilitate the release of Iran's detained Grace 1 oil tanker if Tehran promised it would not go to Syria, British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said Saturday following a phone call with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, amid calls for de-escalating the Gulf tensions. (Iran-Britain-Oil Tanker)

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HAVANA -- Cuba on Saturday revised up its economic growth for 2018.

"In 2018, the GDP growth was 2.2 percent at current prices, higher than the 1.2 percent estimated last December," Economy Minister Alejandro Gil told a session of the National Assembly of People's Power. (Cuba-GDP)

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PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Saturday that he has approved the creation of a space command within the country's air force in order to beef up its space defense policy and better protect its strategic interests.

"To ensure the development and reinforcement of our space capabilities, a space command will be created next September in the air force," Macron told a gathering of military forces ahead of the July 14 Bastille Day parade. (France-Macron-Space)

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LUXEMBOURG -- The three-year-old Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) on Saturday further expanded its membership to 100 with the approval of the African newcomers of Benin, Djibouti and Rwanda.

The decision was made unanimously by AIIB's Board of Governors at its fourth annual meeting held in Luxembourg. (AIIB-Annual Meeting) Enditem

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