Following are the top foreign stories at 2010 hours

Following are the top foreign stories at 2010 hours:

FGN26: CHINA-US-TRADE-2NDLD TALKS Beijing: Top trade negotiators from the US and China began their talks in "good spirits" here on Thursday amid the optimism generated by President Donald Trump's remarks about extending the March 1 deadline for the world's two largest economies to reach a trade deal.

FGN20: UK-ISIS-LD JIHADIBRIDE

London: A pregnant Bangladeshi-British teenager, who fled London in 2015 to join the Islamic State terror group in Syria, says she is not the same "silly" girl now, but wants to return to the UK as she is worried about the health of her unborn child.

FGN28: UK-JALLIANWALA London: Indian-origin peers in the House of Lords have initiated a “historic” debate on the Jallianwala Bagh massacre in April 1919 during the British Raj, to be held next Tuesday.

FGN14: UK-MALLYA

London: Vijay Mallya has once again taken to social media in an attempt to send out messages to the Indian government, this time with a direct reference to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's speech in Parliament about bringing back fugitives.

FGN16: PAK-US-LD TALIBAN Islamabad: In a surprise announcement, the Afghan Taliban said that its negotiators would meet top US and Pakistani officials, including Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Monday in Islamabad as part of the ongoing peace talks to end the 17-year bloody war in Afghanistan.

FGN8: US-PAK-CITIZENS

Washington: The US has urged its citizens to reconsider their travel to Pakistan mainly due to terrorism and risks to civil aviation operating within or near the country.

FGN17: PAK-SHARIF Lahore: A top court Thursday granted bail to Shehbaz Sharif in two corruption cases, in a major relief to the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief and Leader of Opposition in the National Assembly who is currently in a jail.

FGN7: US-CONTAMINATED DRUG

Washington: A bipartisan group of powerful US lawmakers Wednesday sought a congressional briefing on contaminated drugs from India and China used in the treatment of high blood pressure.