Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

    FGN18 US-QUAD-SUMMIT
US President Biden to host first-ever in person Quad Summit on Sep 24, PM Modi to attend
    Washington: US President Joe Biden will host the first-ever in-person Quad summit on September 24 that will be attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison and Japanese premier Yoshihide Suga, the White House has announced. By Lalit K Jha
    
     FGN13 UNGA-LD LEADERS
PM Modi, President Biden and over 100 world leaders to address UNGA in person next week
    United Nations: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden will address the UN General Debate in-person next week, as over 100 heads of state and government arrive in New York to attend the annual high-level General Assembly session, which had gone virtual in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By Yoshita Singh
    
     FGN34 CHINA-QUAD
China slams upcoming Quad summit
    Beijing: China on Tuesday hit out at the upcoming first-ever Quad summit to be hosted by US President Joe Biden, saying the formation of "cliques" targeting other countries "won’t be popular" and has "no future". By K J M Varma
    
     FGN4 US-BLINKEN-PAK
US will look at Pakistan's role in last 20 yrs: Blinken tells lawmakers
    Washington: The US will look at the role Pakistan played in the last 20 years, Secretary of State Tony Blinken told angry lawmakers who expressed outrage over Pakistan’s "duplicitous" part in Afghanistan post 9/11 and demanded that Washington reassess its relationship with Islamabad. By Lalit K Jha
    
     FGN8 UN-AFGHAN-2NDLD FUNDING
Int'l community announces over $1.2 bn in pledges for Afghanistan humanitarian crisis
    United Nations/Geneva: The international community has announced over USD 1.2 billion in aid for the Afghanistan humanitarian crisis, with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres underlining the importance to engage with the Taliban to ensure continued humanitarian assistance in the country and address other concerns including terrorism, human rights and the nature of the government. By Yoshita Singh
    
    FGN32 LANKA-UNHRC-REAX
Lanka rejects UNHRC charge of possibility of expansion of military role in country's civilian functions
    Colombo: Sri Lanka on Tuesday rejected a charge by the UN rights body that the military may expand its role in civilian functions, saying there is no militarisation in the island nation and the government's move was aimed at ensuring food security amid soaring inflation.
    
    FGN39 UK-JOHNSON-MOTHER
UK PM Boris Johnson mourns mother's sudden death
    London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is mourning the death of his mother, professional painter Charlotte Johnson Wahl, who suddenly passed away at a hospital here. By Aditi Khanna
    
    FGN24 VIRUS-UK-CHILDREN-VACCINE
England schoolchildren aged 12-15 years to be offered COVID vaccine first dose
    London: Schoolchildren aged between 12 and 15 years will be offered a first dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine starting next week, the UK government has announced after the country’s Chief Medical Officers gave their go-ahead for the jabs for younger age groups. By Aditi Khanna
    
     FGN2 US-INDIA-ENERGY-LEGISLATION
US senator introduces legislation to strengthen India-US cooperation in clean energy
    Washington: A top American senator has introduced legislation to boost cooperation between India and the US in the areas of clean energy and climate change, emphasising that he witnessed firsthand the “positive results” that come when the two nations work as a team to tackle common challenges. By Lalit K Jha
    
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