News in Brief - Wed, July, 29, 2015 - 13:30 GMT

1. President Hassan Rouhani says the Iran nuclear conclusion should lead to better cooperation between Tehran and the European Union. In a meeting with visiting French Foreign Minister, Laurent Fabius, Rouhani said Iran and France are capable of having worthwhile relations in all arenas.

2. At least two Syrian forces have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Syrian Golan Heights. The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has reported the death of two members of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah and three pro-Damascus forces in the attack. The report has not been confirmed by the resistance group.

3. A Saudi policeman has been killed and two others injured during an attack near Qatif, a city in the kingdom’s Eastern Province. The Saudi Interior Ministry says two suspects were arrested after the security forces came under fire in al-Jesh village late Tuesday.

4. Saudi jets continue dropping bombs on Yemen despite a self-proposed ceasefire. Several strikes targeted residential areas in Dhale, Ma’rib, and Sa’ada provinces. In retaliation, Ansarullah forces fired rockets on military bases in Saudi Arabia’s Jizan region. Nearly 4,900 Yemenis have been killed since the beginning of the invasion late March.

5. Afghan authorities say they are examining claims of Pakistani intelligence sources that Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is dead. There’s no immediate comment from the militant group on the report. The reclusive Taliban leader has been declared dead many times before.

6. Police in Pakistan say they’ve killed a notorious anti-Shia militant leader. Malik Ishaq and 13 other militants were shot dead in Muzaffar-garh, Punjab province. They were killed in clashes as his followers tried to break him out of detention. Ishaq was behind some of Pakistan’s worst attacks against Shia Muslims.

7. French authorities are deploying additional force at the Eurotunnel in the city of Calais to deal with migrants making their way from there to Britain. On Monday night, about 2,000 migrants tried to break through the terminal's security fence. Up to 1000 migrants are still said to be around the tunnel site.

8. An eight-year-old boy from the US city of Baltimore who lost his hands and feet to a serious infection has become the youngest patient to receive a double-hand transplant. A team of 40 medical experts used steel plates and screws to attach the old and new bones. Harvey is now recovering at hospital.

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