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EU foreign ministers to hold emergency meeting on Iran crisis, nuclear deal Foreign ministers for the EU states will hold an emergency meeting on Friday to seek ways to guide the United States and Iran away from confrontation, Reuters reported. President Donald Trump earlier urged European allies to “break away” from the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran. However, the EU says it “will spare no effort” in attempts to keep alive the deal aimed at preventing Iran from developing atomic weapons. The president of the European Council, Charles Michel, on Thursday defended the crumbling Iran nuclear deal, but warned Tehran against “irreversible acts” that would sink the accord. He also used a call with Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani to call for a de-escalation of tensions after Tehran car...

India’s top court orders review of all restrictions in Kashmir India’s Supreme Court on Friday ordered the government to review all restrictions, including the suspension of internet service, in Indian-controlled Kashmir within a week. Defense attorney Vrinda Grover said the top court also directed the Indian government to make public all orders imposing a lockdown in Kashmir in August after the constitution’s Article 370 granting Kashmir special status was revoked, AP said. The court reportedly held that the internet shutdown impacted the freedom of press, which is part of freedom of speech and expression. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government ended Muslim-majority Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status in August. India’s top court orders review of all restrictions...

‘Delegation that epitomizes the dark arts’: India & Pakistan trade poetic barbs at UN Security Council A highly eloquent war of words erupted between the United Nations envoys of India and Pakistan during meetings at the agency’s Security Council, with New Delhi’s representative slamming the “dark arts” of his counterpart. On the heels of a speech from Pakistan’s UN envoy Munir Akram on Thursday – who insisted on New Delhi’s “aggressive intent” toward his country, and that India had been “false and duplicitous” in claiming Kashmir had returned to a state of normalcy – the Indian envoy shot back with surprising diction. “One delegation that epitomizes the dark arts has, yet again, displayed its wares by peddling falsehoods earlier today. These we...