TOP FOREIGN STORIES AT 1730 HOURS

Following are the top foreign stories at 1730 hours:

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Normalising ties with neighbours will bring peace in Pakistan: PM Imran

Islamabad: Pakistan will work to have "best relations" with all its neighbours and hold talks to normalise ties as without it peace cannot be brought in the country, new Prime Minister Imran Khan has said in his maiden address to the nation.

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Pak wants 'uninterrupted' dialogue with India: Qureshi

Islamabad: Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi today extended the hand of friendship to India soon after taking oath by offering "uninterrupted" dialogue to resolve all the outstanding issues, saying it is the "only wise course" as the two countries cannot afford any "adventurism".

 

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Imran Khan's 16-member Cabinet sworn-in, first meeting held

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan chaired the first meeting of his Cabinet during which strategies to shape the new Pakistan government's policies were discussed, hours after the President administered oath to his 21-member team.

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China's defence minister to visit India tomorrow

Beijing: China has said its relations with India are improving steadily in all areas including the military sphere as its Defence Minister Lt Gen Wei Fenghe is set to begin his four-day visit to New Delhi tomorrow, the first after the Doklam standoff.

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Musharraf demands presidential-level security to appear in Pak court in treason case

Islamabad: Pakistan's former dictator Gen Pervez Musharraf today demanded presidential-level security to appear before a special court hearing the treason case against him, saying his life is in "danger".

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Afghan officials: Taliban take at least 100 people hostage

Kabul: The Taliban ambushed a convoy of busses today on a road in northern Afghanistan and took more than 100 people hostage, including women and children, in the latest brazen assault by insurgents, provincial officials said. (AP)

FGN2 INDONESIA-LD QUAKE

Multiple quakes rock Indonesia's Lombok island, five dead

Mataram: Multiple earthquakes -- including a powerful and shallow 6.9-magnitude tremor -- have rocked the Indonesian holiday island of Lombok, killing at least five people and setting off fresh waves of panic.