Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours

Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours:

FGN45 ISRAEL-US-3RDLD EMBASSY

Jerusalem: The US opens its embassy in Jerusalem under a controversial move by President Donald Trump, amid a bloodbath right on the border with Gaza where Israeli soldiers shoot dead at least 41 Palestinians in clashes, in the deadliest escalation of violence since 2014. (By Harinder Mishra)

FGN35 CHINA-INDIA-2NDLD FUND

Beijing: The Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, a top state-run Chinese bank launches China's first India-dedicated publicly offered investment fund, urging the Chinese to invest heavily stating that the Indian economy is entering the "golden age of economic take-off". (By K J M Varma)

FGN33 PAK-PM-SHARIF

Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi says that former premier Nawaz Sharif clarified to him that his statement about the Mumbai terror attack was "misreported". (By Sajjad Hussain)

FGN42 BANGLA-IFTAR-STAMPEDE

Dhaka: At least 10 women killed and several others injured in a stampede and heatstroke as thousands of people gathered to collect Iftar essentials at a village in Bangladesh's Chattogram district.

 

FGN29 LANKA-INDIA-RAWAT

Colombo: Army Chief General Bipin Rawat pays tribute to Indian Peace Keeping Force personnel who died during the Sri Lankan civil war.

FGN28 PAK-SHARIF-PETITION

Lahore: A petition is filed in a Pakistani court to register a treason case against ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif for his controversial remarks questioning the policy to allow the "non-state actors" to cross the border and "kill" people in Mumbai in 2008.

FGN22 PAK-MUMBAI-LD SHARIF

Islamabad: Pakistan's top civil and military leadership today condemned the "fallacious" statement by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif about the Mumbai terror attack and termed it as "incorrect and misleading". By Sajjad Hussain

FGN14 PAK-NSC-MUMBAI

Islamabad: Pakistan's top civil-military body today rejected as incorrect and misleading remarks by ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif who criticised the country's handling of militant groups responsible for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.