International Affairs
- US President Barack Obama today unveiled a USD 7 billion plan to upgrade African power networks, in bid to end blackouts that deter business investment on the continent.
- After a 16-year absence from Australia, national carrier Air India will start direct flights between the two countries using its new fleet of Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from August 29.
- Russia will decide the destination of fugitive US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden, who is currently holed up in Moscow, Ecuador's President Rafael Correa says.
- Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif directs his Water and Power Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, to India to address the severe energy crisis facing the country.