Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours

    
     FGN50: UK-COURT-3RDLD ASSANGE
     London: Wikileaks founder Julian Assange on Monday won the latest round in his legal battle against being extradited to the US, as High Court judges in London granted the Australian national permission to take his extradition appeal to the UK's Supreme Court.
    
     FGN51: VIRUS-UK-TRAVELLERS
     London: Fully vaccinated travellers entering England will soon be exempt from any COVID test requirements, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson revealed on Monday.
    
     FGN52: GERMANY-2NDLD SHOOTING
     Berlin: A lone gunman wounded several people at a lecture hall in the southwestern German city of Heidelberg on Monday, police said. (AP)
    
     FGN48: NATO-UKRAINE-RUSSIA-3RDLD SHIPS
     Brussels: Tensions soared Monday between Russia and the West, with NATO outlining a series of potential troop and ship deployments and Ireland warning that upcoming Russian war games off its coast would not be welcome while concerns abound that Moscow is planning to invade Ukraine. (AP)
    
     FGN33: ISRAEL-INDIA-BENNETT
     Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and other senior officials are likely to visit India this year as the two countries celebrate 30 years of diplomatic relations, Israel's Ambassador to India Naor Gilon said on Monday.
    
     FGN19: LANKA-INDIA-AID-MINISTER
     Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has said that there is a possibility of it obtaining a further USD 1.5 billion in aid from India, weeks after New Delhi announced a billion-dollar assistance package and a balance of payment support to the island nation which is facing a severe foreign exchange crisis.
    
     FGN40: PAK-PUTIN-VISIT
     Islamabad: Pakistan and Russia are in talks to finalise the plan for Russian President Vladimir Putin's first visit to the country this year, according to a media report.
    
     FGN28: UAE-4THLD MISSILES
     Dubai: The UAE defence forces on Monday intercepted and destroyed two ballistic missiles that the Houthi terror group fired towards its capital Abu Dhabi, days after two Indians and a Pakistani were killed in a rare drone and missile attack claimed by the Yemeni rebels.
    
     FGN29: PAK-JUDGE
     Islamabad: Justice Ayesha Malik on Monday took oath as the first woman judge of Pakistan's Supreme Court, in what can be described as a watershed moment in the judicial history of the conservative Muslim-majority country.
    
     FGN35: BURKINA-SOLDIERS-2NDLD MUTINY
     Ouagadougou: Burkina Faso's President Roch Marc Christian Kabore is being held by mutinous soldiers, two of the rebellious soldiers told The Associated Press by phone early Monday. They did not say where Kabore is being held, but said he is in a safe place. (AP)
    
     FGN10: US-UNIVERSITY-LD CASTE
     Washington: Over 80 faculty members of the prestigious California State University have opposed a recent announcement of the university to include caste in its non-discriminatory policy as a "misguided overreach", saying it will actually cause discrimination by unconstitutionally singling out Hindu faculty of Indian and South Asian descent.
    
     FGN30: UK-LAWMAKER-PROBE
     London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday ordered an internal Cabinet Office inquiry into allegations by a Pakistani-origin member of Parliament that she was sacked from her ministerial post due to her Muslim faith.
    
     FGN17: PAK-INDIAN-FISHERMEN
     Islamabad: Twenty Indian fishermen arrested by Pakistan for allegedly entering into the country’s territorial waters are set to be handed over to India through the Wagah border crossing on Monday, according to a senior jail official. PTI
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