Following are the top foreign stories at 2100 hours

FGN41 AIRSTRIKES-2NDLDALL PAK Air strikes: Pak vows to respond 'at the time and place of its choosing'

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday strongly rejected India's claim of targeting terrorist camp in the country and causing heavy casualties even as it vowed to respond "at the time and place of its choosing" and raise the issue at the United Nations and other international forums. By Sajjad Hussain and M Zulqernain

FGN40 AIRSTRIKES-PAK-LD ARMY Pakistan Army confirms Indian jets dropped 'four bombs'

Islamabad: Pakistan Army confirmed that Indian fighter jets dropped "four bombs" during an operation on Tuesday but downplayed its significance, saying the Indian attack was repulsed and while going back the aircraft "jettisoned their payload." By Sajjad Hussain

FGN39 UK-LD INDOPAK Avoid taking action that will pose risk to regional stability: UK tells India, Pak

London: The UK government Tuesday urged India and Pakistan to avoid taking action that will pose a risk to regional stability and said it was working with international partners to ensure that those responsible for the Pulwama terror attack are held to account. By Aditi Khanna

FGN42 AIRSTRIKES-PAK-MEDIA-REAX Pak media stick to official line on IAF's air strikes on JeM training camp

Islamabad: Pakistani media gave extensive coverage to the Indian Air Force's (IAF) pre-dawn operation to destroy a Jaish-e-Mohammed terror camp in the country and most of them stuck to the official line that the Indian fighter jets entered the Pakistani territory by 3 to 4-km without doing any damage.

FGN37 AIRSTRIKES-PAK-SUMMON Pak summons India's diplomat over 'violation of its territorial sovereignty'

Islamabad: Pakistan on Tuesday summoned India's acting High Commissioner here and condemned the "violation of its territorial sovereignty" by Indian fighter jets. By Sajjad Hussain

FGN35 AIRSTRIKES-PAK-OIC Air strikes: Pak expresses reservation about OIC's invitation to India

Islamabad: Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said on Tuesday that he has spoken to his UAE counterpart and "expressed reservations" about invitation to India's External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj to attend the OIC meeting scheduled later this week.

FGN33 AIRSTRIKES-BALAKOT-RESIDENTS Residents in Pakistan's Balakot thought earthquake jolted them from sleep

Islamabad: Residents in the quake-prone Balakot town in Pakistan's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province Tuesday said they were woken by "loud explosions" and thought a fresh tremor must have hit the region when Indian Air Force jets pounded a large terror training camp.

FGN32 AUS-CARDINAL-3RDLD CONVICTION Top Cardinal found guilty of child sexual assault in Australia

Melbourne: Cardinal George Pell, one of the most powerful men in the Roman Catholic Church, has been found guilty of child sexual assault in Australia in a verdict which has sent shockwaves through the Vatican and around the world. By Natasha Chaku

FGN31 AUS-LD INDOPAK Aus says Pak can no longer allow legal & physical space to extremists to operate from its soil

Melbourne: Australia on Tuesday asked Pakistan to take "urgent and meaningful" action against terrorist groups including JeM and said it can no longer allow extremist groups the legal and physical space to operate from its territory. By Natasha Chaku

FGN34 DENMARK-NOBEL-RESIGN Nobel-awarding body official formally resigns after turmoil

Copenhagen: The academy that awards the Nobel Prize in literature says its first female permanent secretary has left the body that has been marred by sex-abuse scandals. (AP)

FGN43 VIETNAM-KIM-TRUMP-SUMMIT Kim, Trump arrive in Hanoi ahead of nuclear summit

Hanoi: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump arrived in Hanoi Tuesday, ahead of a second summit closely watched for concrete steps to dismantle Pyongyang's nuclear programme. (AFP)

FGN44 TALIBAN-US-TALKS Taliban hopeful on deal amid new round of talks with US

Doha: The Taliban and Washington's peace envoy are close to reaching an agreement on US troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, a spokesman for the Islamic insurgents said Tuesday amid a new round of talks with the United States. (AP) MRJ MRJ