Following are the top foreign stories at 2145 hours today:

Following are the top foreign stories at 2145 hours today:

FGN44 US-TRUMP-2NDLDALL AFGHAN

Washington: Ruling out a hasty withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, President Donald Trump issued the sternest warning yet by an American leader to Pakistan for providing safe havens to terrorists and sought an enhanced role for India in bringing peace in the war-ravaged country. By Lalit K Jha

FGN24 TRUMP-AFGHAN-LD PAK

Washington: Talking tough, President Donald Trump hits out at Pakistan for providing safe havens to "agents of chaos" that kill Americans in Afghanistan and warned Islamabad that it has "much to lose" by harbouring terrorists. By Lalit K Jha
 

FGN23 TRUMP-AFGHAN-LD INDIA

Washington: President Donald Trump vows to boost US' strategic partnership with India in Afghanistan but pressed New Delhi to provide more help to the war-torn country, especially in the economic sector, as it makes billions of dollars in trade with America. By Lalit K Jha

FGN53 US-LD SANCTIONS

Washington: The US slapped sanctions on 10 Russian and Chinese companies and six individuals for helping in advancing North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programme by conducting business with the reclusive nation. By Lalit K Jha

FGN31 PAK-SHARIF

Lahore: For the third consecutive time, ousted Pakistan prime minister Nawaz Sharif and his sons fail to appear before the country's top anti-graft body which is to interrogate them over the money laundering and corruption charges revealed by the Panama Papers. By M Zulqernain

FGN54 HALEY-AFGHAN-INDIA

Washington: US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley said that the Trump administration had to put pressure on India to step up its role in bringing about a political solution to end the prolonged war in Afghanistan.By Lalit K Jha

FGN55 PAK-SHARIF-LD WIFE

Lahore: Kulsoom Nawaz, wife of Pakistan's ousted prime minister Nawaz Sharif, has been diagnosed with throat cancer, a close aide of former premier said. By M Zulqernain

FGN46 UK-DAWOOD

London: India's most wanted terrorist Dawood Ibrahim remains the only "Indian national" on an updated list of financial sanctions released by the UK which also listed 21 aliases for the underworld don. By Aditi Khanna

FGN30 CHINA-INDIA-RAJNATH

Beijing: China says that the only way to end the standoff in Doklam was for India to unconditionally withdraw its troops from the area, a day after Home Minister Rajnath Singh hoped Beijing would soon make a "positive" move. By K J M Varma

FGN51 NEPAL-OLI-INDIA

Kathmandu: Main opposition leader KP Sharma Oli urged Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba to discuss the issues of Nepal's national interest during his India visit, including the problem of floods in border areas, energy development and the 1950 bilateral treaty.By Shirish B Pradhan

FGN41 PAK-TRUMP

Islamabad: Pakistan said that it wants peace in Afghanistan and pledged to work to eliminate terrorism, hours after US President Donald Trump's stern warning to Islamabad over providing safe havens to terrorists.By Sajjad Hussain

FGN35 BANGLA-SENTENCE

Dhaka: Bangladesh's High Court upheld a trial court verdict sentencing to death 15 people including three army officers and a gangster, who had fled to India after the gruesome killing of seven people three years ago.By Anisur Rahman

FGN33 LANKA-MINISTER

Colombo: Sri Lanka's ruling party has urged President Maithripala Sirisena to sack Justice Minister Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe for criticising the government's USD 1.1 billion deal with China to develop the strategic Hambantota port.

FGN50 SPAIN-SUSPECTS-LD COURT

Madrid: An alleged member of the terror cell that unleashed carnage in Spain last week admitted to a judge today that he and other suspects had planned a bigger attack, a judicial source said.(AFP)

FGN42 ITALY-QUAKE-LD RESCUE

Milan: Firefighters on the Italian resort island of Ischia first freed a 7-month-old baby and then his two older brothers from the rubble today, working through the night and often by hand to rescue the children after a 4.0-magnitude. (AP)

FGN40 IRAQ-FORCES-ISIS

Tal Abta (Iraq): Iraqi forces recaptured from the Islamic State group the first two districts of jihadist bastion Tal Afar, as the Pentagon chief visited Baghdad in a show of support.(AFP)

FGN39 SINGAPORE-US-SHIP

Singapore: Divers searching for 10 missing sailors on a US destroyer that collided with a tanker off Singapore have found human remains, a US admiral said.