Egypt’s President Mohammed Morsi will attend a summit in Iran later this month, the first such trip for an Egyptian leader since relations with Tehran deteriorated decades ago.

Indian and Pakistani officials today held extensive talks on terrorism and Kashmir - the two key issues that have fuelled decades of hostility between the two nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours.

Stopping terror attacks in India is expected to top the agenda when Indian and Pakistani officials resume peace talks tomorrow, their first face-to-face meetings since train bombings killed more than 200 people in India’s financial capital.