Following are the tope foreign stories at 2000 hours

Following are the tope foreign stories at 2000 hours:
FGN44 LANKA-BLASTS-POLITICS
'Tussle for power between Prez Sirisena and PM Wickremesinghe proves costly for Lanka'
FGN37 LANKA-LDALL BLASTS
ISIS claims Lanka Easter blasts as toll rises to 321
Colombo: Sri Lanka's worst terror attack targeting churches and luxury hotels that killed 321 people on Easter Sunday was claimed by the Islamic State even as a senior minister informed Parliament Tuesday that initial probe suggested local Islamist extremists carried out the devastating blasts in retaliation for the shootings in New Zealand mosques

FGN43 UN-LANKA-BLASTS
UNSC strongly condemns 'heinous and cowardly' terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka

United Nations: The UN Security Council has strongly condemned the series of "heinous and cowardly" terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter that killed 321 people, underlining the need to bring perpetrators, organisers, financiers of these reprehensible acts of terrorism to justice. By Yoshita Singh
FGN31 LANKA-BLASTS-PROBE-2NDLD MINISTER
Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday bombings a revenge attack for Christchurch carnage: minister
FGN49 CHINA-INDIA-NAVY
Indian battle ships take part in Chinese navy's biggest fleet review, Pakistan gives it a miss
FGN 24LANKA-BLASTS-ARRESTS
40 arrested in Easter Sunday blasts in Sri Lanka: Police
FGN20 LANKA-BLASTS-SHANGRILA
Shangri-La Hotel in Colombo closed until further notice

FGN14 LANKA-BLASTS-TOURISM
Sri Lanka tourism industry to take a beating from Easter blasts: industry officials
FGN42 UK-TRUMP-LD VISIT
Trump to make first state visit to UK in June
London: US President Donald Trump will make his first state visit to the UK between June 3 and 5, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday, more than two years after an invitation was first extended. By Aditi Khanna
FGN21 JAPAN-INDIAN
Indian-origin 'Yogi' wins ward assembly elections in Japan
FGN29 NEPAL-PRESIDENT-CHINA
Nepal's President to start nine-day visit to China
FGN45 UN-LANKA-CHILDREN
At least 45 children killed in Sri Lanka attacks: UN
Geneva: At least 45 children were among the more than 320 people killed in suicide bomb attacks in Sri Lanka, the United Nations said Tuesday. (AFP)

FGN41 UN-SPECIES-LD EXTINCTION
One million species risk extinction due to humans: draft UN report
Paris: Up to one million species face extinction due to human influence, according to a draft UN report obtained by AFP that painstakingly catalogues how humanity has undermined the natural resources upon which its very survival depends. (AFP)
FGN33 MYANMAR-LD LANDSLIDE
More than 50 feared killed in landslide at Myanmar jade mine
Yangon: More than 50 people are feared killed after a landslide in northern Myanmar engulfed jade miners while they were sleeping, local police said Tuesday, the latest deadly accident in a notoriously dangerous industry. (AFP)

FGN40 RUSSIA-NKOREA-SUMMIT
N Korea's Kim to meet Putin Thursday in Russia's Far East