Pak: Bus attack was suicide bombing

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday that last month’s bus attack that killed nine Chinese workers was a suicide bombing. The minister said an investigation into the attack showed there was a “nexus of Indian RAW and Afghan NDS” in the attack, referring to India’s and Afghanistan’s intelligence agencies. Reuters

Tunisia: Six migrants found dead in desert

Tunis: Six migrants, including four children, died of thirst in Tunisia’s part of the Sahara Desert near the border with Algeria, the Governor of Tunisia’s Tozeur region said on Thursday. The migrants from sub-Saharan Africa died amid the heat wave. AP

Canada PM Trudeau plans snap election

OTTAWA: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a snap election for September 20 to seek voter approval for the government’s costly plans to combat Covid-19, four sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Reuters