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US envoy discusses peace deal issue with Ghani

KABUL, Sept 02 (AFP): The US envoy leading efforts to forge a deal with the Taliban has met with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul, an official said on Monday, as a historic agreement with the insurgents appeared close.Zalmay Khalilzad has spent about a year meeting with the Taliban in...

Johnson mulls snap polls amid rift with MPs

LONDON, Sept 02 (BBC): Boris Johnson is considering seeking an early general election if MPs seeking to block a no-deal Brexit defeat the government this week.The BBC understands "live discussions" are going on in No 10 about asking Parliament to approve a snap poll.Political editor Laura Kuenssberg said it could...

ICC judges ask prosecutor to review Gaza flotilla decision

THE HAGUE, Sept 02 (AP): Appeals judges on Monday ordered the International Criminal Court's prosecutor to reconsider again her refusal to open a formal investigation into the 2010 storming by Israeli forces of an aid flotilla heading to the Gaza strip. Presiding Judge Solomy Bossa ordered Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda to...

Islamabad grants Delhi access to alleged spy on death row

ISLAMABAD, Sept 02 (AFP): Pakistan said it would grant consular access to an alleged Indian spy on death row on Monday, weeks after theInternational Court of Justice called for a review of his sentence in a case that has stoked tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals."Consular access for Indian spy Commander...

HK school students join protest boycotting class

HONG KONG, Sept 02 (BBC): Thousands of secondary school and university students have boycotted classes in Hong Kong, in the latest pro-democracy protests.Organisers say 10,000 pupils from 200 secondary schools did not turn up for the first day for the new school year.The student action comes on the same day...

Iran warns of 'strong step' if no new terms in N deal

TEHRAN, Sept 02 (AP): Iran will "take a strong step" away from its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers if Europe cannot offer the country new terms by a deadline at the end of this week, a government spokesman said on Monday as top Iranian diplomats traveled to France and...

News in Brief -(03-09-2019)

Baby born to brain-dead mom in Czech RepublicPRAGUE, Sept 02: A healthy baby was born in the Czech Republic to a mother who had been brain-dead for nearly four months, doctors said on Monday. The baby girl was born by cesarean section in the 34th week of pregnancy last month,...