FGN40 NEPAL-3RDLD CRASH
****Indian killed as two helicopters collide in Nepal
Kathmandu: A 47-year-old Indian national was killed and another passenger injured when two helicopters collided while landing on Tuesday in Nepal’s Solukhumbu district, police said.****
FGN18 US-ELECTIONS
****US votes for mid-term elections, seen as referendum on Trump
Washington: Americans will vote on Tuesday in one of the most consequential elections in recent times, widely seen as a referendum on Donald Trump’s presidency that has been marked by a prolonged war in Iran, rising inflation, trade wars and deep divisions in society.****
FGN45 LANKA-RAJAPAKSA-BAIL
****Sri Lanka’s Namal Rajapaksa granted bail in bribery case linked to hotel project
Colombo: Sri Lankan opposition parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa, the eldest son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, was granted bail on Tuesday in a bribery case linked to a hotel project involving an Indian company, but he will continue to remain in custody in a separate case.****
FGN37 VIETNAM-DOVAL
****NSA Doval meets Vietnam President To Lam, briefs him on visit outcomes
Hanoi: National Security Adviser Ajit Doval has met Vietnam’s President To Lam during his visit to Hanoi and briefed him on the outcomes of his discussions with the Southeast Asian country’s senior leaders.****
FGN31 MALDIVES-SHAHID-ARREST
****Former Maldives foreign minister Abdulla Shahid arrested over alleged sexual abuse of minor
Male: Former Maldives foreign minister Abdulla Shahid has been arrested over allegations of sexually abusing a minor, according to local media reports.****
FGN47 NEPAL-INDIA-MISRI
****India’s FS Misri to arrive in Nepal on Wednesday, likely to call on PM Shah
Kathmandu: Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri will arrive in Nepal on Wednesday on a two-day visit mainly to lay the groundwork for a likely trip to India by Nepalese Prime Minister Balendra Shah.****
FGN26 UN-INDIA-ARMS
****India, Israel vote against UNGA draft on regional conventional arms control
United Nations: India and Israel have voted against a draft resolution in the UN by Pakistan and Belarus on conventional arms control at regional and subregional levels, with New Delhi saying countries’ security concerns are not confined within regional boundaries.****
FGN20 PAK-KHAN
****Pak’s former prime minister Khan’s lawyer meet him and Bushra at Adiala Jail in Rawalpindi
Islamabad: After several months, former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan’s lawyer has met him, his spouse, Bushra Bibi, at Rawalpindi’s Adiala Jail and discussed legal issues in their cases.****
FGN35 LANKA-CRIME BILL-COURT
****Sri Lanka’s organised crime bill faces 20 petitions in Supreme Court
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s controversial Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill has faced 20 petitions in the Supreme Court challenging its constitutionality, Deputy Speaker Rizvi Salih told Parliament on Tuesday.****
FGN38 PAK-POLIO-LD ATTACK
****2 police officers guarding polio team killed in attack in northwest Pakistan
Peshawar: Two police personnel guarding an anti-polio vaccination team were killed, while another sustained injuries in an attack by unidentified gunmen in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday, an official said.****
FGN46 RUSSIA-UKRAINE-LD WAR
****Death toll hits 31 after Russian strike on Ukrainian aid site, with dozens still missing
Kyiv: The death toll from a Russian attack in southern Ukraine on a site where people had gathered to receive humanitarian aid rose to 31 on Tuesday, with dozens of people still missing, as a wave of overnight strikes targeted power plants across the country, damaged hospitals and wounded scores of people.
(PTI News)
