Following are the top foreign stories at 1730 hours today:

Following are the top foreign stories at 1730 hours today:

FGN15 CHINA-INDIA-LD ADVISORY

Beijing: Amid bilateral tensions over the Sikkim standoff, China issues an advisory for its citizens travelling to India, asking them to take necessary precautions for their personal safety. (By K J M Varma)

FGN20 PAK-LD SUMMON

Islamabad: Pakistan summons India's deputy high commissioner here over alleged ceasefire violations during which the senior Indian diplomat lodges a strong protest over the death of two civilians in firing by Pakistani troops. (By Sajjad Hussain)

FGN14 BANGLA-JMB-MILITANT

Dhaka: Banned militant outfit Jama'atul Mujahideen's top explosives expert, wanted in India in the 2014 Burdwan blast case arrested in Bangladesh, a year after the deadly Dhaka Cafe attack for which he allegedly supplied grenades.
 

FGN8 UN-NUCLEAR-LD TREATY

United Nations: Over 120 countries vote in the UN to adopt the first-ever global treaty to ban nuclear weapons, even as India and other nuclear powers including the US, China and Pakistan boycotted the negotiations for the legally binding instrument to prohibit atomic weapons. (By Yoshita Singh)

FGN2 US-LD AIRINDIA

Washington: Air India says it plans to expand its base in the US by adding Los Angeles and Houston as new destinations, a day after launching the state-carrier's first direct flight from Delhi to Washington DC. (By Lalit K Jha and Shah Imran Ahmed)

FGN 3 US-FRAUD

Washington: Two Indian-Americans pleads guilty to the charges of their involvement in a massive telephone impersonation fraud and money laundering scheme in the US perpetrated by India-based call centres. (By Lalit K Jha)

FGN11 G20-TRUMP-PUTIN

Hamburg: Fresh from his lengthy head-to-head encounter with Russian President Vladimir Putin, US President Donald Trump met with a long list of world leaders, including British Prime Minister Theresa May and President Xi Jinping of China, as he wraps up his second trip abroad.

FGN1 EGYPT-ATTACK-IS

Cairo: Islamic militants attack a remote Egyptian army outpost in the Sinai Peninsula with a suicide car bomb and heavy machine gun fire, killing at least 23 soldiers in the deadliest attack in the turbulent region in two years.