FGN86 AZERBAIJAN-JAISHANKAR-LD BILATERAL
****Jaishankar discusses trade & investment and connectivity with Azerbaijani counterpart
Baku: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held “very productive” talks with his Azerbaijani counterpart Jeyhun Bayramov in Baku on Friday and discussed ways to bolster cooperation in trade and investment, energy, tourism and connectivity.****
FGN74 CHINA-7THLD QUAKE
****16 killed in Tibet’s magnitude 7 earthquake; China deploys drones to search for survivors
Beijing: China on Friday deployed satellites and drones to search for survivors after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck a mountainous region in Tibet, killing at least 16 people and injuring 76 others, authorities said.****
FGN72 PAK-TURKIYE-LD DAR
****Pakistan’s Dar in Turkiye for key meeting with regional, European counterparts
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar reached Turkiye on Friday to attend a key meeting of foreign ministers of select regional and European countries, as Islamabad and Ankara deepen cooperation through emerging diplomatic and defence groupings.****
FGN62 NEPAL-LAMICHHANE-INDIA
****Nepal’s ruling RSP chief Lamichhane leaves for India on three-day religious visit
Kathmandu: Nepal’s ruling Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP) president Rabi Lamichhane left for India on Friday on a three-day religious visit, accompanied by his wife Nikita Poudel, party sources said.****
FGN61 PAK-ACCIDENT
****12 killed as passenger bus, van collide in Pakistan’s Balochistan
Karachi : At least 12 people, including three women, were killed when a passenger bus collided with a van near Uthal in Pakistan’s Balochistan province on Friday, police said. ****
FGN60 PAK-SECURITY-MILITANTS
****10 militants killed in separate operations in Balochistan: Pak Army
Karachi: Pakistani security forces have killed 10 militants in two separate engagements in Balochistan, including an operation following an attack on a construction company’s worksite in the coastal town of Gwadar, the military said on Friday.****
FGN57 PAK-ONLINE-CHILD ABUSE
****Pakistani girl rescued after being targeted by international online abuse network
Karachi: A 14-year-old Pakistani girl has been rescued in Karachi after allegedly being targeted by an international online network accused of coercing children into self-harm and other abusive behaviour.****
FGN55 UK-MEGHAN-FATHER-ABUSE
****Meghan Markle ‘deeply distressed’ over child abuse allegations against father
London: Meghan Markle, the wife of Britain’s Prince Harry, on Friday said she is “deeply distressed” as allegations of child sex abuse images against her father hit the headlines.
(PTI News)
