Following are the top foreign stories at 1715 hours

FGN31: UK-3RDLD PM London: Boris Johnson on Tuesday won the Conservative Party's leadership race to become the next Prime Minister of Britain, amid the political uncertainty over the country's divorce deal with the European Union.

FGN32: UK-JOHNSON-PROFILE

London: Boris Johnson, the new British Prime Minister, is expected to rely on his declared personal connect with Prime Minister Narendra Modi to deliver a "truly special" UK-India relationship and strike a "new and improved" trading relationship.

FGN11: US-INDOPAK-LD DIALOGUE Washington: The Trump administration has launched a damage control exercise after the President's remarks about mediation on Kashmir, with the State Department on Tuesday saying it was a "bilateral" issue between India and Pakistan, and the US "welcomes" the two countries "sitting down" for talks.

FGN17: US-IMRAN-LD OSAMA

Washington: The ISI provided intelligence to the CIA which helped the US track down and kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday, in a significant revelation as Islamabad had so far denied having any knowledge of the dreaded al-Qaeda chief in the country until he was shot dead by US Navy Seals in 2011.

FGN19: US-IMRAN-DOCTOR Washington: Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered to release jailed Pakistani surgeon Shakeel Afridi, who helped the CIA track down al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden, in exchange of neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui serving an 86-year US prison sentence after her 2010 conviction in shooting at FBI agents and American soldiers in Afghanistan.

FGN21: TRUMP-IMRAN-INVITATION

Washington: Pakistan on Tuesday said US President Donald Trump has accepted Prime Minister Imran Khan's invitation to visit the country.

FGN6: US-KASHMIR-LAWMAKERS Washington: An influential Democratic Congressman on Tuesday apologised to India's US envoy for President Donald Trump's "embarrassing" remarks on Kashmir, while several others came out in support of New Delhi's established stand against any third-party role on the issue.

FGN14: TRUMP-KASHMIR-2NDLD DIPLOMATS

Washington: Donald Trump's controversial remarks that Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought his mediation on resolving the Kashmir issue between India and Pakistan will "damage" bilateral ties, according to former diplomats and experts, with one of them saying the US president did not do his homework.

FGN15: US-TRUMP-LD IMRAN Washington: US President Donald Trump and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan have discussed ways to resolve the Afghanistan conflict and the challenge terrorism poses to the regional stability, the White House said Tuesday.

FGN18: US-INDOPAK-IMRAN

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has told US President Donald Trump that normal ties with India would be beneficial for both the countries, asserting that a "peaceful neighbourhood" was a priority of his foreign policy, according to officials here.

FGN30: CHINA-LD LI Beijing: Former Chinese premier Li Peng -- known as the "Butcher of Beijing" for his role in the Tiananmen Square crackdown -- has died aged 90, state broadcaster Xinhua said Tuesday. (AFP)

FGN27: AFGHAN-GHANI-LD TRUMP

Kabul: Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said Tuesday the US should clarify remarks President Donald Trump made about Afghanistan, including a claim he could easily win the war but didn't "want to kill 10 million people". (AFP)

FGN25: CHINA-CHANDRAYAAN Beijing: China on Tuesday congratulated India on the successful launch of the Chandrayaan-2 and expressed its desire to work with New Delhi for outer space exploration as both countries stepped up their space programmes including plans to build their own space stations.

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