Following are the top foreign stories at 1800 hours:
FGN1 US-DOVAL
Ajit Doval in US; to meet Secretary of State and other top officials
Washington: A week after the successful India-US 2+2 Dialogue in New Delhi, National Security Advisor Ajit Doval is in Washington to hold meetings with top officials of the Trump Administration. By Lalit K Jha
FGN12 SWARAJ-RUSSIA
Swaraj, Russia's Deputy PM review progress in bilateral cooperation
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FGN10 US-H1B-LD PENALTY
USD 300,000 penalty imposed on US firm for paying low wages to H-1B employees
Washington: A US-based IT staffing company has been asked to pay over USD 300,000 to its 12 H-1B employees for paying them far below their salary and imposed a penalty of over USD 45,000 for violating the labour provisions, amidst the Trump administration's crackdown against the abuse of the visa category popular among Indian professionals. By Lalit K Jha
Rice, wheat producing countries should be concerned about India's domestic support policy: US
Washington: The US has alleged that India is providing massive subsidies to its farmers producing rice and wheat and said that other countries need to be concerned about New Delhi's "trade distorting policy". By Lalit K Jha
FGN7 US-IRAN-OIL
Prepared to take strongest action for not complying with Iranian sanctions US
Washington: The United States is prepared to take "strongest action" against countries and entities who are found not complying with the Iranian sanctions, including reducing to zero the purchase of crude oil from Iran, a top Trump Administration official told lawmakers. By Lalit K Jha
Plane carrying Begum Kulsoom's body arrives in Lahore
FGN17 LANKA-UN-WAR-CRIME
SL will urge UN to remove war crime charges against its troops: Sirisena
FGN13 KOREAS-2NDLD LIAISON
Two Koreas open joint liaison office in North