Following are the top foreign stories at 200 hours
Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours:
FGN30 UK-NIRAV MODI Nirav Modi set for fresh bail plea in UK court
London: Fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi will file a third bail plea Wednesday before a UK court, which has already rejected his bail twice before as he fights his extradition case in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud and money laundering case amounting to up to USD 2 billion. By Aditi Khanna
FGN29 LD LANKA Sri Lanka still faces threat of ISIS terror attacks: PM Wickremesinghe
FGN32 MYANMAR-2NDLD JOURNALISTS Myanmar frees two Reuters journalists after global outrage
Yangon: Two Reuters journalists jailed for their reporting on the Rohingya crisis in Myanmar walked out of prison on Tuesday, freed in a presidential amnesty after a vigorous global campaign - and backroom diplomacy - for their release. (AFP)
Moscow: Russian investigators were on Tuesday considering pilot error as the cause of a crash-landing that saw a plane erupt in flames at Moscow's busiest airport and kill 41 people, media reported. (AFP)
FGN27 CHINA-US-LD TRADE
Despite tariff threats, Chinese official to visit US for trade talks
FGN25 US-H1B-LD FEE
US to propose hike in H-1B application fee: Labour Secretary
FGN17 UNSC-INDIA-LD FRANCE
India, Germany, Brazil, Japan 'absolutely needed' at UNSC as permanent members: France
FGN15 UN-LD PEACEKEEPERS
Two Indians, among 115 UN personnel, staff honoured for sacrifice in line of duty
Lanka now safe, all extremists linked to Easter bombings killed or arrested: Security authorities
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