Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

    FGN34 CHINA-RAJNATH-SCO-2NDLD TERRORISM
    *Rajnath refuses to sign SCO communique over exclusion of Pahalgam terror attack
    Qingdao: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday refused to sign a joint communique of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) following the omission of the Pahalgam terror attack and not explicitly addressing India's concerns over Pakistan-backed cross-border terrorism.
    
    FGN23 DEF-RAJNATH-RUSSIA
    Rajnath Singh holds talks with Russian counterpart in Qingdao
     Qingdao: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday held talks with his Russian counterpart Andrey Belousov, focusing on the evolving regional security scenario and bilateral defence and strategic ties.
    
     FGN41 RAJNATH-BELARUS
     Rajnath meets Belarus defence minister in Qingdao
     Qingdao: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday held talks with Belarusian counterpart Viktor Khrenin, focusing on boosting bilateral defence and security cooperation.*

    FGN32 UN-LD INDIA-PAK
     UN: India calls out Pak's attempts to deflect attention from atrocities committed against children
    United Nations: India strongly rejected Pakistan’s “unwarranted aspersions” over UN processes and attempts to deflect attention from atrocities committed against children in the country and rampant cross-border terrorism, asserting that the world has not forgotten the Pahalgam attacks.
    
    FGN16 CHINA-FLOODS
    Six killed in China floods
     Beijing: Six people died due to severe flooding in southwest China's Guizhou province on Thursday, local officials said.
         
    FGN48 IRAN-2NDLD KHAMENEI
    Iran's supreme leader makes first public statement since ceasefire declared in Israel-Iran war
     Dubai: Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei claimed victory over Israel and said his country had “delivered a hand slap to America's face” on Thursday, in his first public comments since a ceasefire was declared in the war between the two countries.(AP)*

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)