Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

FGN15 US-POMPEO-2NDLD INDIA

Ahead of Trump-Modi meeting, Pompeo to visit Delhi to advance "incredibly important" ties with India Washington: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has said that his upcoming visit to New Delhi will be focused on advancing America's "incredibly important" ties with India which is a significant part of President Donald Trump's strategy to advance the shared goal of a "free and open" Indo-Pacific region, where China is flexing its muscles.

FGN13 US-TRUMP-2NDLD INDIA 50 per cent import tariff on US motorcycles by India unacceptable: Trump

Washington: Ahead of his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, US President Donald Trump has again criticised India's high import tariff on the iconic Harley Davidson motorcycles as "unacceptable", though he acknowledged that his "good friend" slashed the duty by half from 100 per cent. By Lalit K Jha

FGN12 PAK-MODI-FLIGHT Pakistan to let PM Modi's plane fly over its airspace to Bishkek

Lahore: Pakistan has approved "in principle" India's request to allow Prime Minister Narendra Modi's aircraft fly over its airspace to Bishkek to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit this week, according to a senior Pakistani official, who hoped that New Delhi would respond to Islamabad's offer for peace dialogue. By M Zulqernain

FGN14 PAK-2NDLD ZARDARI Pak court grants anti-graft body 11-day physical remand of Zardari

Islamabad: Pakistan's former president Asif Ali Zardari was sent on a 11-day physical remand by an accountability court on Tuesday, a day after he was arrested in a multi-million dollar money laundering case. By Sajjad Hussain

FGN8 NEPAL-ACCIDENT 2 Indian pilgrims die, 21 injured as truck rams bus in Nepal

Kathmandu: A passenger bus carrying 60 Indian pilgrims has been hit by a truck in Nepal's Rautahat district, killing two persons on the spot and wounding 21 others, a media report said Tuesday.

FGN6 US-INSYS-BANKRUPTCY John Kapoor-founded Insys Therapeutics files for bankruptcy

New York: American pharmaceutical major Insys Therapeutics has filed for bankruptcy and will sell all its assets, the company has announced, a month after its India-born founder and four other former executives were convicted of bribery and racketeering conspiracy, fuelling a national opioid crisis which claimed lives of tens of thousands of people.By Yoshita Singh

FGN18 EU-THYSSENKRUPP-TATA EU blocks Thyssenkrupp-Tata steel merger plan

Brussels: The EU's powerful anti-trust authority on Tuesday blocked the merger of German industrial conglomerate Thyssenkrupp with Indian steel giant Tata, an expected veto that kills the deal. (AFP)

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