News in Brief-(2022-08-16)

Harry, Meghan to visit UK in September for charity events
LONDON, Aug 15: The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are due to visit the UK next month to attend charity events "close to their hearts". They will be attending the One Young World Summit in Manchester on 5 September which brings together young leaders from more than 190 countries. During the visit, Prince Harry and Meghan will also be at an event for the Invictus Games in Germany. The couple were in the UK was for the Platinum Jubilee celebrations in June. The Sussexes, who stepped down as senior royals in January 2020, live in California. They kept a low-key presence during the jubilee celebrations - watching the Trooping the Colour parade in London from a window and not taking part in the carriage procession. A spokesperson for the couple said they were "delighted" to be visiting. — BBC

Israeli army kills Palestinian youth
RAMALLAH, Aug 15: Israeli forces have killed a Palestinian youth during a military raid on the Kufr Aqab neighbourhood of occupied East Jerusalem. Mohammad Ibrahim Shham, 21, was shot at his home on Monday by the army, the Palestinian news agency Wafa reported. His father told local media that the Israeli army raided their home at dawn and shot their son in the head from point-blank range. The army then arrested his son and announced his death shortly after. "We don't know the reason or why they came to the house. — Al Jazeera

Three dead, dozens injured in Armenian market explosion
YEREVAN, Aug 15: An explosion that set off a fire at a market in the Armenian capital Yerevan on Sunday killed three people and injured dozens of others, officials announced. The fire ripped through the market at Surmalu, said the first reports. "After preliminary data, an explosion happened which set off a fire," said the emergency situations ministry in a statement, giving a toll of three dead and around 40 people hospitalised. — AFP

Iran blames Rushdie, supporters for stabbing
TEHRAN, Aug 15: Iran has "categorically" denied any link with Salman Rushdie's attacker - instead blaming the writer himself. Mr Rushdie, 75, was left severely injured after being stabbed on stage at an event in New York state. He is now able to breathe unaided. He has faced years of death threats for his 1988 novel The Satanic Verses. Earlier, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken accused Iran's state media of gloating about the attack, calling its behaviour "despicable". — BBC