Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours

Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours:

FGN50 UK-COURT-ASSANGE UK court finds Assange guilty of breach of bail conditions

London: A British court on Thursday found WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange guilty of breaching his bail conditions in 2012.

FGN22 UK-ASSANGE-2NDLD ARREST Julian Assange arrested from UK embassy hideout, says Scotland Yard

London: Wikileaks co-founder Julian Assange was on Thursday arrested after staying in Ecuador's embassy in London for seven years as the South American country withdrew the asylum granted to him. By Aditi Khanna

FGN48 PAK-INDIA-QURESHI Imran Khan's statement on Modi taken out of context: Qureshi

Islamabad: Pakistan Foreign Minister Mahmood Qureshi on Thursday said Premier Imran Khan's statement regarding the outcome of general elections in India was taken out of context as "everyone knows" about Khan's reservations regarding Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to a media report.

FGN13 UK-EU-3RDLD BREXIT New 'Brextension' gives UK Oct 31 Brexit deadline

London: It is neither as short as British Prime Minister Theresa May had hoped for - until June 30, or as long as some EU leaders were in favour of, but after hours of deliberation in Brussels, the 28-member economic bloc gave the UK six more months to thrash out Brexit. By Aditi Khanna

FGN20 PAK-HINDU-GIRLS Hindu sisters not forcibly converted, allowed to live with husbands: Pak court

Islamabad: A Pakistani high court on Thursday declared that the two Hindu teenage sisters were not forcibly converted from Hinduism to Islam, and permitted them to live with their spouses, according to a media report.

FGN11 US-INDIAN-STUDENTS-ADVISORY Indian students urged to 'exercise due diligence' before taking admission in US varsities

Washington: Students from India are advised to "exercise their due diligence" before seeking admission into American universities, the Indian Embassy here has said, months after over 100 Indians landed in trouble for enroling at a fake educational institution set up by US authorities to expose immigration fraud. By Lalit K Jha

FGN10 IMF-INDIA-LOANS India needs to bolster level of capitalisation of government-owned banks: IMF

Washington: Noting that the level of non-performing loans in India remains high, the International Monetary Fund has favoured bolstering the level of capitalisation of some banks, particularly government-owned banks. By Lalit K Jha

FGN31 PAK-JALLIANWALA UK govt must apologise for Jallianwala Bagh massacre: Pak

Lahore: Pakistan on Thursday endorsed the demand that the UK government must apologise for the 1919 Jallianwala Bagh massacre and the famine of Bengal ahead of the 100th anniversary of the mass killing. By M Zulqernain

FGN47 ECUADOR-ASSANGE-LD CITIZENSHIP Quito withdraws Assange's Ecuador citizenship

Quito: President Lenin Moreno's government withdrew the Ecuadoran citizenship granted Julian Assange, acting before the WikiLeak founder's arrest in London Thursday, Foreign Minister Jose Valencia said. (AFP)

FGN42 SUDAN-2NDLD COUP Sudan army topples veteran leader Bashir

Khartoum: Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir was ousted by the army on Thursday, brought down by months of anti-government protests against his three decades of iron-fisted rule. (AFP)

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