FGN48 LDALL NEPAL ****Deadlock over interim govt continues as Nepal President appeals for peace Kathmandu: The deadlock over the selection of an interim head to run the Nepal government continued on Thursday, even as President Ramchandra Paudel appealed for peace and said he was aiming to find a solution to the political crisis within the constitutional framework.**** FGN38 NEPAL-PROTESTERS ****Nepal: Gen Z group wants to dissolve Parliament, amend constitution Kathmandu: Youth-led Gen Z group, which spearheaded the anti-government protests in Nepal, Thursday said that Parliament must be dissolved and the Constitution should be amended to reflect the will of the people, as the death toll from the demonstrations increased to 34.**** FGN33 NEPAL-PRESIDENT ****Nepal’s President appeals for peace, says making efforts to find solution to current crisis Kathmandu: Nepal’s President Ramchandra Paudel Thursday appealed to all sides to cooperate in maintaining peace and said he was making efforts to find a solution to the current political situation within the constitutional framework.**** FGN30 NEPAL-LEADERSHIP ****Nepal: Gen Z leaders hold talks with President Paudel at Army HQ for interim govt formation Kathmandu: Representatives of the protesting ‘Gen Z’ group, Nepalese President Ramchandra Paudel and Army Chief Ashok Raj Sigdel were holding talks at the army headquarters in Bhadrakali on Thursday to pick a leader to run an interim government, sources said.**** FGN7 US-INDIA-GOR-ENVOY ****Sign of importance of India-US ties: Indian Amb Kwatra on Gor’s nomination as US envoy to Delhi New York/Washington: US ambassador-designate to India Sergio Gor is one of President Donald Trump’s “most trusted aides” and his nomination to serve in Delhi is viewed as a sign of “importance and priority” of bilateral ties, India’s Ambassador to the US Vinay Mohan Kwatra said.**** FGN18 NEPAL-PRISONERS ****Three dead in clashes in Nepal prison, over 15,000 inmates escape from different jails amid unrest Kathmandu: Three inmates were killed on Thursday during clashes with security personnel at a jail, while over 15,000 prisoners have escaped from more than two dozen prisons since violent anti-government protests erupted in Nepal.**** FGN43 PAK-LD QATAR ****Muslim countries need to unite to stop Israeli aggression: Pak PM in Qatar Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif Thursday urged Muslim countries to unite against Israeli aggression as he met the Qatari emir and expressed solidarity following Tel Aviv’s recent attacks targeting residential areas in Doha.**** FGN10 NEPAL-SITUATION ****Public movement allowed for few hours amid extended prohibitory orders in violence-hit Nepal Kathmandu: Nepal Army on Thursday extended prohibitory orders in three districts of Kathmandu Valley while allowing public movement during specific windows even as the Himalayan nation gradually returned to normal after violent demonstrations forced Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli to resign.**** FGN49 BANGLA-UNIVERSITY-ELECTION ****Student wing of Ex-PM Zia’s BNP boycotts major university polls in Bangladesh Dhaka/New Delhi: The student wing of former prime minister Khaleda Zia’s BNP on Thursday boycotted polls at a major public university alleging rigging, two days after their crushing defeat at premier Dhaka University.**** FGN50 UK-2NDLD MANDELSON ****UK PM Starmer sacks envoy to US over Jeffrey Epstein links London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday sacked his Ambassador to the US, Lord Peter Mandelson, over scandalous emails linking him to convicted American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.**** (PTI) RD RD