Brazilian police have been questioning a man accused of driving his car at high speed through a crowd of cyclists, injuring at least 12 of them. Read the full story

Iran said on Tuesday it would soon resume nuclear talks with Turkey and Brazil — a tentative first step back to international negotiations after Tehran was hit with a new wave of sanctions over its disputed nuclear work. Read the full story

Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki says world powers cannot use their nuclear weapons to bully other nations into giving up efforts to obtain peaceful nuclear energy. Read the full story

China welcomes a nuclear fuel declaration Iran issued after talks with Brazil and Turkey, signaling that it may oppose a US-led drive to impose sanctions on Tehran. Read the full story

Tehran has agreed to a draft proposal whereby Iran will ship its domestic low-enriched uranium to Turkey in exchange for 20 percent enriched uranium in return. Read the full story

The White House has reportedly called on Congress to provide waivers in the Iran sanction bill that would allow Chinese and Russian companies to do business with Iran. Read the full story

Brazilian Foreign minister Celso Amorim says his country wants to play a positive role in settling disagreements over the Iranian nuclear program. Read the full story

The death toll in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has reached 95 after mudslides and flooding caused by heavy downpours battered the tourist city. Read the full story

The Brazilian government has announced increased trade tariffs against a variety of American goods in response to illegal US subsidies to cotton farmers. Read the full story

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton failed to win Brazil’s support on Wednesday for more sanctions against Iran and said Tehran would not talk seriously about its nuclear program until the United Nations took new action. Read the full story

Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad asserts that the lingering global financial crisis has exposed the dark side of the capitalist economic system in the West, adding that the US will go down in history as the biggest-ever thief. Read the full story

As the US seeks the broadest possible support for tougher Iran sanctions, the Obama administration is pushing Brazil to join Washington’s fray against Iran. Read the full story

President Lula da Silva of Brazil today attacked the UN for failing to act on the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands and claimed its reticence was down to Britain’s seat on the Security Council. Read the full story

Argentina cemented a Latin American front over the Falklands yesterday as a British oil rig began drilling in the disputed seas around the islands. Read the full story

Brazil has warned against imposing a new round of UN sanctions on Iran, saying that the dispute over Iran’s nuclear program should be resolved through peaceful means. Read the full story

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says he is in “perfect” condition after medical tests for a health scare. President Lula, 64, left a cardiac clinic in Sao Paulo on Saturday saying he was going to improve his diet. Read the full story