Following are the top foreign

Following are the top foreign

stories at 1700 hours today:

FGN13 BANGLA-ZIA

Dhaka: In a setback to former Bangladesh prime minister Khaleda Zia, the Supreme Court uphelds a High Court judgement rejecting her plea for a re-investigation into a graft case against her.

FGN7 UAE-INDIANS

Dubai: About 100 Indian sailors aboard 22 ships have been stranded in UAE waters and have sought the help of the Indian Consulate General in Dubai, a media report says.

FGN6 PAK-JADHAV

Islamabad: Pakistan says that it was "travesty of logic" to link the case of Kulbhushan Jadhav with civilian prisoners, a day after India sought early consular access to its national sentenced to death by a military court. (By Sajjad Hussain)
 

FGN12 SYRIA-2NDLD BLAST

Damascus: A suicide car bomber pursued by security forces blew himself up in eastern Damascus, with a monitor reporting 18 killed in the deadliest attack to hit the Syrian capital in months.(AFP)

FGN11 RUSSIA-LD ACCIDENT

Moscow: Russian officials say at least 14 people have been killed after a bus caught fire following a nighttime collision with a truck that was being towed and six other people have been killed in separate road accidents.(AP)

FGN5 ISRAEL-MODI-MOSHE

Jerusalem: Sandra Samuels, the brave Indian nanny who saved Israeli child Moshe Holtzberg during the 2008 Mumbai terror attack, feels Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to meet her along with the boy during his visit.(By Harinder Mishra)

FGN2 ISRAEL-LD OLMERT

Jerusalem: Ehud Olmert, Israel's former prime minister, was released from prison days after a parole board granted him early release from his 27-month corruption sentence, a Prison Service official said. (AP)

FGN10 IRAN-TOTAL

Tehran: French energy giant Total is to sign a USD 4.8 billion deal to develop an Iranian offshore gas field, the oil ministry said today, in the biggest foreign deal since sanctions were eased.(AFP)

FGN9 CHINA-SIKKIM-MAP

Beijing: China has released a map to back its claim that Indian troops "transgressed" into the Doklam area of the Sikkim sector, which it claims as part of its territory. (By K J M Varma).