Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

    FGN29 NEPAL-INDIA-2NDLD MAP
Nepal's Parliament unanimously passes bill to redraw map incorporating 3 Indian areas
    Kathmandu: Nepal's Parliament on Thursday amended the Constitution to update the country's new political map which incorporated three strategically important Indian areas, notwithstanding New Delhi's strong protests against such an "artificial enlargement" of territorial claims.

     FGN30 CHINA-INDIA-BORDER
China brushes aside questions on attack by its troops on Indian soldiers, damming Galwan river
    Beijing: Parrying questions about the brutal attack carried out by its troops on the Indian soldiers with iron rods and spikes on June 15, China on Thursday also declined to respond to queries on reports of it building a dam on the Galwan river at the Sino-Indian border to obstruct its flow.
    
     FGN20 US-TRUMP-BOLTON-LD XI
Trump pleaded with Xi for help win 2020 reelection, claims ex-NSA Bolton
    Washington: President Donald Trump virtually pleaded with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at last year's G-20 summit in Japan to help him win the 2020 US presidential election, former US national security adviser John Bolton has claimed in a new book.

     UN-ELECTION-INDIA-ENVOY
India will bring transparency, credibility, effectiveness to work of Security Council: Amb Tirumurti
    United Nations: India will bring transparency, credibility and effectiveness to the UN Security Council, the country's envoy to the world body has said, underlining that the strong support it has received demonstrates the confidence the international community has in its capability to contribute to the powerful UN organ.

     FGN23 UN-INDIA-ENVOY-TERRORISM
World shares India’s concern on terror; hope to use UNSC to strengthen framework on terrorism: Envoy
    United Nations: India hopes to use its two-year term in the powerful UNSC to bolster the framework on terrorism to address issues such as the misuse of information and communications technology by terrorist groups and stem the flow of terror financing, the country’s envoy to the UN has said.
    
     FGN33 CANADA-SIKH-MP
Canada’s Sikh lawmaker calls MP a ‘racist’; removed from Parliament
    Toronto: Canada’s Indian-origin Sikh MP Jagmeet Singh was removed from Parliament after he called a lawmaker “racist” for denying approval for a motion calling out systemic racism in the police force, according to a media report.
    
    FGN24 US-POMPEO-LD CHINA
Pompeo meets top Chinese envoy in Hawaii for talks
    Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has met top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi to exchange views on the bilateral relations and on the coronavirus pandemic, the State Department said, amidst major differences between the two nations on a range of issues.
    
     FGN8 US-CHINA-LD UYGHURS
Trump signs into law bill to punish China over crackdown on Uyghur Muslims
    Washington: US President Donald Trump has signed into law a legislation that condemns the gross human rights violations of Uyghur minority groups in China’s restive Muslim-majority Xinjiang region, paving the way for imposing sanctions against senior Chinese officials. PTI
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