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

Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday said that authorities have arrested or killed all the militants responsible for the deadly Easter blasts, but warned that the country still faces the threat of ISIS terror attacks.

 

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)

FGN31 RUSSIA-PLANE-CRASH-PROBE Russia probes pilot error after deadly plane blaze

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

Beijing: China on Tuesday said its top trade negotiator will take part in talks in Washington this week, removing the uncertainty over the fate of crucial negotiations on tariffs after US President Donald Trump's threat to impose stiff duties on imported Chinese products worth over USD 200 billion.

FGN25 US-H1B-LD FEE

US to propose hike in H-1B application fee: Labour Secretary

Washington: The US plans to hike the H-1B visa application fee to increase funding for the expansion of an apprentice programme, Labour Secretary Alexander Acosta has told American lawmakers, a move that would impose additional financial burden on Indian IT companies.

FGN17 UNSC-INDIA-LD FRANCE

India, Germany, Brazil, Japan 'absolutely needed' at UNSC as permanent members: France

United Nations: India and nations like Germany, Brazil and Japan are "absolutely needed" as permanent members of a reformed and enlarged UN Security Council to better reflect contemporary realities and the addition of these key members to the UN high-table is among France's "strategic" priorities, the French envoy to the UN has said.

FGN15 UN-LD PEACEKEEPERS

Two Indians, among 115 UN personnel, staff honoured for sacrifice in line of duty

United Nations: An Indian police officer deployed to the UN mission in Congo and a consultant with the UN development programme killed in the Ethiopian Airlines plane crash are among 115 UN peacekeepers and staff honoured by the global organisation for their sacrifice in the line of duty.

FGN14 LANKA-SECURITY

Lanka now safe, all extremists linked to Easter bombings killed or arrested: Security authorities

Colombo: All the Islamic extremists involved in the Easter suicide bombings are either killed or arrested, Sri Lankan police and military chiefs have claimed, assuring that the country is now safe and can get back to normalcy.