Xinhua world news summary at 0100 GMT, May 26

The U.S. has lifted all nuclear-related sanctions as promised in the nuclear deal with Iran, but has not changed the primary U.S. embargo on the Islamic Republic, said an official of the U.S. Treasury Department Wednesday.

The U.S. will continue to prohibit Americans from investing in Iran, importing or exporting to Iran most goods or services, or otherwise engaging in commercial or financial dealings with most Iranian persons or companies, said Adam Szubin, acting under secretary of the Treasury Department, adding that the embargo long pre-dates Washington's concerns with Tehran's nuclear program. (US-Iran-Sanctions)

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UNITED NATIONS -- The UN Security Council on Wednesday adopted a resolution to terminate sanctions regime imposed on Liberia more than a decade ago.

The newly-adopted resolution decided to end immediately the arms embargo imposed on the country, and also terminate the related sanctions committee and panel of experts. (UN-Liberia-Sanction Termination)

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BERLIN -- The German cabinet approved on Wednesday Germany's first-ever bill aimed at integrating refugees.

Presenting the new law, German Chancellor Angela Merkel underlined both the supportive and punitive elements of the bill, promising Germany would be a country that makes migrants "a good offer," but at the same time with the expectation "people take up that offer so that integration can work." (Germany-Refugees-Integration Law)

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JERUSALEM -- A prominent right-wing Jewish activist who advocates for the rights of Jews to pray at the Jerusalem flashpoint site of Temple Mount was sworn-in as a lawmaker for the Likud party on Wednesday.

Yehuda Glick, 50, was sworn-in as a lawmaker for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party, replacing Moshe Ya'alon, the outgoing defense minister who resigned from his post last week amid a recent deal to increase Netanyahu's coalition. (Israel-Right Wing) Endi