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World in brief: August 27, 2024
Relatives gather around a body of a passenger, killed by gunmen at a highway in Musakhail, as they wait for transportation at a hospital, in Quetta, Pakistan, August 26, 2024

IRAN: Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khameni opened the door today to renewed negotiations with the United States over his country’s rapidly advancing nuclear program, telling its civilian government there was “no barrier” to engaging with its “enemy.”

Ayatollah Khamenei’s remarks set clear red lines for any talks taking place under the government of reformist President Masoud Pezeshkian and renewed his warnings that the US wasn’t to be trusted.

MALAYSIA: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was charged Tuesday with sedition over a speech he made that allegedly questioned the integrity of the country’s previous king.

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