Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours

FGN19 PAK-AIRSTRIKES-LD FIR Pak registers FIR against "unidentified" IAF pilots for bombing 19 trees in Balakot: Report

Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday registered a First Information Report against "unidentified pilots" of the Indian Air Force (IAF) for bombing and destroying 19 trees in the Balakot area, according to a media report, days after India's preemptive strike against the Jaish-e-Mohammed's largest terrorist training camp in the country.

FGN27 INDOPAK-DIPLOMAT Pak's envoy to India meets PM Khan

Islamabad: Pakistan's High Commissioner to India Sohail Mahmood met Prime Minister Imran Khan on Friday and took his advice on Indo-Pak relations before returning to his post in New Delhi.

FGN24 CHINA-BRI China to host 2nd BRI meet next month: Wang

Beijing: China will host a second global meeting on its ambitious Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) here next month, which Foreign Minister Wang Yi said would be "much bigger" that the first.

FGN12 CHINA-2NDLD INDOPAK India, Pakistan should turn the page, transform crisis into opportunity: Chinese Foreign Minister

Beijing: India and Pakistan should quickly turn the page after the Pulwama terror attack, meet each other halfway and transform the present crisis into an opportunity for a long term and fundamental improvement in their bilateral relations, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday.

US-PAK-LD TERRORISM

Take 'sustained and irreversible' actions against terrorists: US tells Pakistan Washington: Stepping up pressure on Pakistan, the US has asked Islamabad to take "sustained and irreversible" actions against terrorist groups operating from its territory to prevent future attacks and promote regional stability.

FGN14 UN-WOMEN-WAGES

Women with children under six make up about 10.2 per cent of managers in India: Report United Nations: Women are still under-represented at the top positions and face "motherhood wage penalty" globally, according to a UN report which said in India only about 10 per cent of managers with children under six years of age are women as compared to nearly 90 per cent of their male counterparts.