Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours:

FGN36 PAK-4THLD BLAST

10 killed in suicide attack outside Sufi shrine in Pakistan's Lahore Lahore: A teenage Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up outside one of Pakistan's oldest and most revered Sufi shrines in Lahore on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including five police commandos, and injuring 25 others as the country marks the Muslim holy month of Ramazan.

FGN35 PAK-2NDLD AASIA

Aasia Bibi leaves Pakistan after acquitted in blasphemy case, reunites with family in Canada: lawyer Islamabad: Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian woman who was freed from death row by the Supreme Court in a high-profile blasphemy case that polarised the society, has quietly left the country and reunited with her family in Canada, her lawyer said Wednesday.

FGN32 IRAN-2NDLD NUCLEAR

Iran suspends nuclear deal curbs in push for relief from US sanctions Tehran: Iran said Wednesday it had stopped respecting limits on its nuclear activities agreed under a 2015 deal with major powers until they find a way to bypass renewed US sanctions. (AFP)

FGN30 AFGHAN-2NDLD EXPLOSION Taliban overruns international NGO office in Kabul attack

Kabul: Taliban militants Wednesday overran a central Kabul compound housing an international aid organisation, Afghan officials said, the latest assault to rock the war-torn city. (AFP)

FGN29 UN-INDIA-LD PAVADIA

India's Jagjit Pavadia re-elected to International Narcotics Control Board United Nations: In a significant victory for India, Jagjit Pavadia, a former Narcotics Commissioner, has been re-elected to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) for another five-year term, securing the highest number of votes.

FGN34 LANKA-TOURISM Lanka offers relief package to revive tourism industry hit by Easter attacks

Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has announced a one-year debt moratorium and subsidised working capital for the tourism sector as a slew a measures to help revive the tourism industry hit hard by the Easter Sunday terror attacks.

FGN21 LANKA-CHILDREN Up to 200 children in Sri Lanka lost family members in Easter bombings: report

Colombo: About 200 children in Sri Lanka have lost their family members, some of them sole breadwinners, in the massive Easter Sunday bombings, according to a leading charity organisation.

FGN7 PAK-INDIAN-LD PRISONERS Pakistan arrests 34 Indian fishermen for violating territorial waters

Karachi: Pakistan has arrested 34 Indian fishermen for allegedly violating the country's territorial waters, nearly 10 days after releasing 60 prisoners from India as a goodwill gesture, officials said Wednesday.

FGN10 PAK-SHARIF-LD JAIL

Nawaz Sharif back in jail after massive show of strength Lahore: Pakistan's deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif has returned to prison to serve his sentence in a corruption case after the end of his six-week bail which was granted to him on medical grounds.