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- Officials say high-level military-led visit is in continuation of stalled Islamabad talks last weekend
- Messages exchanged between US and Iran since via Pakistan as efforts continue to revive negotiations
- Iran’s military warned on Wednesday it would block trade through the Red Sea, along with the Gulf and Sea of Oman, if the US naval blockade continues
- In Jeddah, Sharif will hold a meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
- Meeting will involve discussions on further strengthening relations between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan and an exchange of views on regional situation
- Intensive contacts underway with international and regional actors in effort to end hostilities, with a truce a nonnegotiable condition for moving forward, senior Lebanese official says
- Moves reflect ‘a clear effort to position Lebanese state as sole authority’ for negotiations and sends message ‘that Lebanon should not be treated as subordinate to external actors,’ analyst says
- At a cathedral in the capital Yaounde ahead of the visit, people scrambled to get hold of tunics bearing the pope’s image
- Leo is due meet 93-year-old Biya, the world’s oldest head of state, later on Wednesday
- Cuts are biggest round of redundancies at the broadcasting corporation in 15 years
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