Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours

Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours:

FGN48 SINGAPORE-QUAD-MEETING

India, US, Aus, Japan discuss regional and global issues of common interest in Indo-Pacific region

Singapore: Senior officials of India, Australia, Japan and the United States met here on Thursday and held consultations on regional and global issues of common interest, amid China flexing its muscles in the strategic Indo-Pacific region. By Gurdip Singh

FGN47 UK-3RDLDALL-BREXIT

Indian-origin minister leads resignations in fresh Brexit jolt for PM Theresa May

London: Embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May's leadership was in jeopardy and faced a possible vote of no confidence after Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab, Indian-origin minister Shailesh Vara and two other ministers resigned Thursday from her divided Cabinet over UK's "half-baked" divorce deal with the European Union. Aditi Khanna

FGN25 PM-LD EAS

India committed to peaceful and prosperous Indo Pacific region: PM Modi

Singapore: India was committed to a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific region, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday as he called for enhancing multilateral cooperation, economic and cultural ties among member nations at the 13th East Asia Summit in Singapore.

FGN21 SINGAPORE-PM-2NDLD HACKATHON

PM Modi gives awards to winning teams of first India-Singapore Hackathon

Singapore: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday felicitated the six winning teams, including three from India, of the first India-Singapore Hackathon and said the platform for youngsters to showcase their work was a boost to technology, innovation and youth power. By Gurdip Singh

FGN18 US-LD NEOMI RAO

President Trump sends Neomi Rao's DC Circuit court nomination to Senate

Washington: US President Donald Trump has sent the nomination of Neomi Rao, a prominent Indian-American attorney and academic, to the Senate to replace Justice Brett Kavanaugh on the powerful D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. By Lalit K Jha

FGN30 CHINA-INDIA-LD DEFENCE

Top India, China officials hold defence, security dialogue, agree to maintain peace on the border

Beijing: A year after the Doklam standoff, top defence officials of India and China have agreed on the importance of maintaining peace in the border areas while implementing the consensus reached between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and President Xi Jinping at Wuhan. By K J M Varma

FGN45 BANGLA-MYANMAR-4THDLD REPATRIATION

Bangladesh calls off "rushed" repatriation plan of Rohingyas to Myanmar

Dhaka: Bangladesh on Thursday called-off its plan to repatriate hundreds of Rohingya refugees in the country after they refused to return to Myanmar where the minority Muslim community feared for their lives. Anisur Rahman

FGN37 LANKA-PARLIAMENT-LD CHAOS

Chaos in Lanka parliament as Speaker comes under siege

Colombo: Sri Lankan lawmakers on Thursday exchanged blows and threw objects at each other, leaving at least one of them bleeding, as MPs loyal to President Maithripala Sirisena surrounded the Speaker in his chair after Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who lost a floor test, demanded fresh elections to resolve the raging political turmoil.

FGN10 US-PAK-TERRORISM

Pak certainly needs to do more in its fight against terrorism : US

Washington: Pakistan certainly needs to do more in its fight against terrorism and the Trump administration expects Islamabad to act against terror groups like the Haqqani network and Lashkar-e-Taiba in same way as it did against al-Qaeda after the 9/11 attacks, a top American official has said. By Lalit K Jha

FGN31 PAK-KHAN-MALAYSIA

Imran Khan to visit Malaysia next week; likely to seek monetary aid

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan will visit Malaysia next week where he is likely to seek monetary assistance to minimise the cash-strapped Pakistan's dependence on an IMF bailout package. By Sajjad Hussain

FGN46 PAK-OFFICER

Afghanistan hands over body of slain police officer to Pak

Peshawar/Islamabad: The Afghan officials on Thursday handed over the body of a senior Pakistani police officer to the Pakistani authorities, days after he was abducted from Islamabad and his corpse was found in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province.

FGN38 KHASHOGGI-PROSECUTOR-PRINCE

Saudi crown prince exonerated in Khashoggi murder: prosecutor

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's public prosecutor on Thursday exonerated Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, accusing two senior officials of giving the orders. (AFP)

FGN49 SAUDI-MINISTER-KHASHOGGI

Saudi FM refuses international inquiry into Khashoggi murder

Riyadh: Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Thursday rejected Turkey's demand for an international inquiry into the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in his country's consulate in Istanbul. (AFP) CPS

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