Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours

For a second time, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will miss her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi's swearing-in on May 30 as she will be on a three-nation foreign visit, officials here said Monday.

CHINA-INDIA-SUMMIT-DIPLOMAT Several ministerial engagements planned ahead of Xi-Modi informal summit: diplomat

Guiyang (China), May 27 (PTI) India and China will have several ministerial-level engagements this year, including a foreign ministers' meeting, to prepare the ground for the second informal summit between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping, a senior Indian diplomat said here on Monday. FGN19

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British Indian entrepreneur leads anti-Brexit surge in EU polls London: British Indian entrepreneur Dinesh Dhamija won his seat as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) from London to lead an anti-Brexit surge in favour of the Liberal Democrat party in the European Parliament elections.

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Lanka security situation '99 per cent' assured: Sirisena Colombo: Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena Monday said the emergency laws in the country will be lifted within a month as the security situation is "99 per cent back to normal" following the deadly Easter suicide bombings.

FGN23 TRUMP-ABE-INDOPACIFIC

US, Japan to work with India, other countries to promote free, open Indo-pacific: Abe Washington/Tokyo: The US and Japan will work with countries like India, Australia, ASEAN, UK and France to "forcefully" promote the idea of a free and open Indo-Pacific, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday, amidst China flexing its muscle in the strategically important region.

FGN29 NEPAL-EVEREST-GARBAGE Over 10,000 kg of garbage collected from Mt. Everest

Kathmandu: More than 10,000 kilograms of solid waste was collected from Mt. Everest during a first-ever cleaning campaign on the world's highest mountain, Nepalese officials said on Monday.

FGN27 NEPAL-LD STRIKE

Maoist activists arrested in Nepal as nationwide strike disrupts life Kathmandu: Several Maoist activists were arrested in Nepal as a general strike called by an outlawed communist group on Monday disrupted normal life in the country, a day after a series of explosions rocked the capital Kathmandu, killing at least four people.

FGN16 NKOREA-2NDLD BOLTON

North Korea slams 'war maniac' Bolton Seoul: North Korea slammed US National Security Advisor John Bolton on Monday, calling him a "war maniac" and "war monger", just as President Donald Trump offered a positive outlook on relations with Pyongyang. (AFP) PTI

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