Pakistani lawyers shout slogans against the killing of their colleagues a day after suicide bombing at the Civil Hospital in Quetta, during a protest in Islamabad on August 9, 2016. (AFP)
These are some of the headlines we are tracking for you in this edition of Press TV's Top 5:
- At least 29 civilians are killed in new Saudi airstrikes on Yemen as a humanitarian group warns about a catastrophic situation in the country.
- Turkey’s president is to meet his Russian counterpart, a sign of thaw in relations that soured after the shooting down of a Russian warplane by a Turkish jet last November.
- Pakistani lawyers boycott court proceedings, as the country is reeling from Monday’s bomb attack that killed over 70 people, many from the legal profession.
- The Japanese prime minister says Tokyo will stick to its nuclear non-proliferation stance, as Japan marks the 71st anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Nagasaki.
- Commuters across England are facing huge delays as a group of rail workers stage a five-day strike. We’ll have a report from London.
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