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     FGN24: PAK-JUDGES-LD ATTACK
     * Two policemen killed in terror attack on convoy of judges in NW Pakistan
     Peshawar: Two police personnel on security duty of judges were killed and two others injured on Friday when their convoy was ambushed by terrorists in the restive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwest Pakistan, police said. *


     FGN23: PAK-IMRAN-OPPOSITION ALLIANCE
     * Jailed former Pak PM Imran Khan’s party vows to form ‘grand opposition alliance’ against ruling PML-N govt
     Islamabad: Jailed former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has approved the formation of a "grand opposition alliance" by expanding the existing platform, Tehreek Tahafuz-e-Ayin-e-Pakistan, to act as a powerful anti-government movement, a senior party leader has said. *

    
     FGN21: NEPAL-OLI-THAILAND
     * Nepal's new PM Oli likely to visit Thailand on his first overseas trip
     Kathmandu: Nepal's newly-elected Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli is most likely to choose Thailand as the destination of his first foreign trip, breaking the tradition of visiting a neighbouring country first. *

    
     FGN19: PAK-LD IMF
     * Pakistan paid over USD 3.6 billion in interest to IMF: Finance Ministry
     Islamabad: Pakistan has paid more than USD 3.6 billion in interest on loans to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in the last 40 years, the finance ministry of the cash-strapped government has informed Parliament. *

    
     FGN12: US-TRUMP-LD FUNDS
     * Trump campaign raised USD 139 million in July
     Washington: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump received USD 138.7 million in donations in July, a hefty sum but much behind the USD 200 million his Democratic rival Vice President Kamala Harris raked in in the week after announcing her candidacy. *

    
     FGN9: US-LD ISRAEL
     * Biden calls Netanyahu, reaffirms commitment to Israel’s security against threats from Iran
     Washington: US President Joe Biden has spoken to Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and reaffirmed his commitment to Israel's security against all threats from Iran and its proxies, as the country braces for a response to the assassination of a top Hamas leader in Tehran. *


     FGN3: US-PANNUN
     * US continues to expect accountability from India on Pannun's assassination bid
     Washington: The US has said it expects accountability from India concerning the alleged role of an Indian government employee in the failed attempt to assassinate a Sikh separatist on US soil last summer. *

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