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How differing interests and policies of these three governments are influencing diplomatic efforts.

Rescuers bring residents stranded by flooding in northeastern China to safety as dual typhoons continue to wreak havoc.

Rebels in Syria are claiming a series of high-level defections, including the prime minister, a long-time supporter of Syria's president.

Impoverished North Korea struggles with floods that have left hundreds dead or missing.

Japan marks the 67th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima with a minute of silence.

Leaders of the Free Syrian Army spoke with CBS News correspondent Charlie D'Agata about government forces arriving in large numbers around the city of Aleppo with an increase in tanks and troops. They feel a large-scale assault is imminent.

In his weekly address, President Obama put aside policy talk to praise U.S. Olympians heading into the final week of the London Games, and thank them for bringing the country together amid 'the back-and-forth of campaign season.'

The hundreds of Syrian refugees fleeing across the border into Jordan are putting pressure on the country, which is calling for international aid.

Sean King thinks the dispute between the U.S. and China over the South China Sea will not escalate beyond rhetoric. He adds that a conclusion to the dispute will have to happen collectively.

Rob Subbaraman says that China still has a one-in-three chance of a hard economic landing by 2014. He explains why.

A brigade of the Syrian rebel army has posted an online video claiming that the 48 Iranians it kidnapped were members of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, and has warned Tehran of further abductions over its support for the Syrian government.

Hoda Abdel Hamid interviewed a Syrian army deserter in northern Iraq, who claimed that Iranian Revolutionary Guards and members of Lebanon's group Hezbollah were present within the Syrian Army.