Iran marks 34th anniversary of liberation of strategic port city of Khorramshahr

Here is a round-up of global news developments:

• Iran marks the 34th anniversary of the liberation of the strategic port city of Khorramshahr during the war with Iraq. Iranian forces recaptured the southwestern city in a major operation in 1982. 6000 Iranian forces were killed and thousands of others injured during the operation.
• Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani and visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are holding talks in Tehran. The discussions began immediately after Rouhani welcomed Modi in an official ceremony at Sa’ad Abad Palace. This is the Indian premier’s first visit to Iran since taking office in 2014.
• Local Iraqis in the city of Mosul say Daesh has moved its chemical weapons laboratories to populated residential areas to avoid being targeted by airstrikes. There are also reports of the terror group testing homemade chlorine and mustard gas on prisoners at a jail in Nineveh province.
• Another proof of Saudi Arabia’s use of internationally-banned cluster munitions in its war on Yemen: A leading human rights group has found a British-made cluster bomb in a Yemeni village. Amnesty International discovered the bomb during an inspection in Yemen’s northern province of Hajjah.
• Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi says no theory is being favored on what caused EgyptAir's Flight 804 to crash in the Mediterranean. Sisi says an investigation into the cause of the incident could take a long time. Egypt is using submarines to locate the black boxes.
• Hundreds of protesters have staged a rally in Bangkok to mark the second anniversary of the army coup that toppled Thailand's elected government. The protesters were holding pro-democracy banners and chanting slogans against the current military government.
• US President Barack Obama has reiterated that he would not apologize to Japanese for atomic bombings of Hirshoma and Nagasaki during World War two. He says leaders often have to make hard decisions during times of conflict. The attacks in August 1945 killed around 140000 people.
• A Russian folk band has chosen the world's longest pedestrian suspension bridge for its weekly rehearsal. Using traditional instruments, the musicians performed at the 439-meter-long footbridge. The bridge is one of Russia's top tourist destinations.

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