US, Iran explore short-term deal to end fighting

ISLAMABAD/WASHINGTON/DUBAI, May 7 (Reuters): The United States and Iran are edging toward a limited, temporary agreement to halt their war, sources and officials said on Thursday, with a draft framework that would stop the fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved.The emerging plan centres on a short-term memorandum rather...

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India state polls deepen Hindu-Muslim political divide, results show

NEW DELHI, May 07 (Reuters): India's main opposition Congress party drew increasingly strong backing from Muslim voters while Hindus overwhelmingly voted for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, results from recent elections in four states have shown.This voter trend highlights hardening religious polarisation in the officially secular nation, and the deep-seated...

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Israeli strike kills top Hamas official's son in Gaza: hospital, Hamas

GAZA CITY, May 07 (AFP): A Gaza hospital and Hamas on Thursday said the son of the Palestinian Islamist movement's chief negotiator had died from wounds sustained in an Israeli strike a day earlier.Azzam Khalil al-Hayya, 23, the son of top Hamas official Khalil al-Hayya, "was martyred after succumbing to...

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