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Pakistan 'doing utmost' to bring US, Iran back to talks

ISLAMABAD/TEHRAN, July 30 (AFP): Mediator Pakistan said on Thursday it was doing its "utmost" to bring Iran and the United States back to talks under a memorandum of understanding, aimed at halting their war, to which Islamabad is a signatory."We are doing our utmost to bring all parties back to...

Indian police charge 13 over exam paper leaks

NEW DELHI, July 30 (Reuters): India's Central Bureau of Investigation has filed charges against 13 people in connection with leaked question papers for the national medical college entrance test, days after youth-led protests over the scandal forced the education minister to quit, reports Reuters.About 2 million students had taken the...

Rushdie assailant convicted of terrorism charges: US Justice Dept

A federal jury on Wednesday convicted novelist Salman Rushdie's assailant of "engaging in an act of terrorism" for the bloody August 2022 attack at a New York cultural center, reports AFP.Hadi Matar, a 28-year-old Lebanese American, "chose to align his values with the terroristic values of the leaders of Iran,"...

Drone strike near Suez Canal in Egypt raises new security threat in widening war

DUBAI, July 30 (Reuters): A drone strike on gas vessels in Egypt's Mediterranean port of Damietta signalled a potential new front in the US-Iran war, raising the prospect of threats to navigation through the Suez Canal, one of the last remaining export routes for Saudi oil.Egypt's cabinet said on Thursday...

Gaza ceasefire talks see rare progress

CAIRO, July 30 (Reuters): Talks between mediators and Hamas leaders in Cairo to reach an end to the conflict in Gaza have seen rare progress towards full implementation of a US-brokered Gaza peace plan, sources close to the effort said on Thursday.Meanwhile, Israeli strikes killed at least six Palestinians in...

Russia pounds Ukraine in new air attack, killing 9, including children

KYIV, July 30 (Reuters): Russia pounded Ukraine with dozens of missiles and hundreds of drones in overnight attacks on Thursday that killed nine people, and President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said delays in supplies of air defence missiles from allies were costing lives.Russia launched more than 70 missiles and about 280 drones,...

Arrested Canadian NATO intern suspected of spying for China

BRUSSELS, July 30 (Reuters): Belgian authorities suspect a Canadian NATO intern arrested on suspicion of espionage was working for China, according to two sources with knowledge of the case.In announcing her arrest on Saturday, Belgian prosecutors said the woman worked at NATO's military headquarters in the city of Mons and...

Trump says he could withdraw, then renominate Blanche as attorney general

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said he has "no objection" to temporarily withdrawing the nomination of Todd Blanche to serve as attorney general, and then re-nominating him after two Republican senators who have been holding up the nomination leave office, reports Reuters."I have no objection to temporarily withdrawing Todd's...

3 die as migrant boat tries to cross English Channel from Dunkirk

PARIS, July 30 (Reuters): Three people died while trying to cross the English Channel on a "taxi-boat" for migrants near the French port of Dunkirk, the local administration in charge of the Channel and North Sea said on Thursday.The French administration said the boat got into difficulties early on Thursday...