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PAKISTAN

FM says India abusing G20 with meeting

India is "abusing" its presidency of the G20 by holding a tourism conference in the portion of disputed Kashmir it controls, Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari told Agence France-Presse. It is the first diplomatic event in the territory since Pakistan suspended trade and diplomatic ties with India in 2019. Non-G20 member Pakistan controls another part of the region, and says holding the tourism meeting from Monday to Wednesday in the territory violates international law, United Nations Security Council resolutions and bilateral agreements. The G20 participants, made up of the European Union and the world's 19 top economies, have been "put in a pretty awkward spot", Zardari said.

SUDAN

Truce in danger as new fighting erupts

Artillery fire could be heard in parts of Khartoum and warplanes flew overhead on Tuesday, residents said, raising fears that intense fighting would erupt and shatter Sudanese hopes raised by a widely-monitored cease-fire. Some other residents reported relative calm early on Tuesday, the first full day of a truce that is being tracked by Saudi Arabia and the United States and is meant to allow for the delivery of humanitarian relief. The cease-fire deal, reached in talks in Jeddah, has raised hopes of a pause in a conflict that has driven nearly 1.1 million people from their homes.

Agencies via Xinhua