Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Sept. 9

The European Parliament (EP) warned Tuesday against infringing the fundamental rights of asylum seekers in the European Union (EU).

Ahead of a major EP debate on Wednesday about the EU's migrant crisis, MEPs said the rights of asylum seekers could be infringed by reception centre conditions, summary expulsions, sometimes called "hot returns", barbed wire and other deterrence measures. (EU-Refugees)

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GENEVA -- Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Migration and Development Peter Sutherland told the press on Tuesday the "Schengen most definitely could fall apart if we don't get a common European policy in respect of migration."

"If we have a situation where one, two, three, four, or indeed currently five countries take 72 percent of the total refugee community, and others take much less, some virtually none, the inevitable consequence over time will be that the political pressure placed on those who are most generous will become more and more difficult," he explained. (UN-Schengen)

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WASHINGTON -- Three more U.S. Democratic senators said Tuesday that they would support the nuclear agreement with Iran, bringing the number of lawmakers who have announced their decision to favor the deal to 41.

The three senators who said they would back the agreement are Gary Peters of Michigan, Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut and Ron Wyden of Oregon, according to local media reports. (U.S.-Iran)

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WASHINGTON -- Hillary Clinton on Tuesday acknowledged that her use of a private email system while helming the U.S. State Department was a "mistake", adding that she is "sorry" for it.

"I do think I could have and should have done a better job answering questions earlier. I really didn't perhaps appreciate the need to do that," Clinton told ABC News on Tuesday, referring to an early strategy of her and her campaign to either dismiss the controversy or joke about it. (U.S.-Clinton) Endit