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SUDAN

Military to appoint new premier within a week

General Commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan said the military will appoint a technocrat prime minister to rule alongside it within a week. In an interview with Russia's Sputnik news agency published on Friday, Burhan said the new premier will form a cabinet that will share leadership with the armed forces. Western countries have cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Sudan after Monday's military takeover. At least 11 protesters have been killed in clashes with security forces so far.

IRAN

Deal partners seeking date for Vienna talks

Iran and world powers seeking to revive a 2015 nuclear deal are trying to agree a date for the resumption of talks in Vienna as soon as possible, a European Union spokesperson said on Friday. Iran's top negotiator said after talks in Brussels this week that negotiations in Vienna will resume by the end of November. EU spokesman Peter Stano said the Oct 27 meeting in Brussels was "useful" and "helped to define a way forward to resume negotiations in Vienna".

UNITED STATES

Ex-NY governor Cuomo charged with sex crime

Former New York governor Andrew Cuomo was charged on Thursday with a misdemeanor sex crime for forcible touching, a court spokesperson said. The charge is the first to be filed since the once powerful politician was forced to resign this year following a slew of sexual harassment allegations. Cuomo resigned in August after state Attorney General Letitia James issued a report, which was not criminal in nature, concluding that he sexually harassed 11 women, including former staffers.

Agencies - Xinhua