The following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

     FGN10 CHINA-JAISHANKAR
     * Jaishankar to visit China to attend SCO FMs meeting
     Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to China to participate in the foreign ministers' meeting of the SCO bloc in the Chinese city of Tianjin next week, an official announcement here said on Saturday.

     FGN12 PAK-RUSSIA-STEEL
     * Pak, Russia sign agreement to revive Pakistan Steel Mills project
     Islamabad: Pakistan and Russia have signed an agreement to restore and modernise the Pakistan Steel Mills project, marking a new chapter in cooperation between the two countries, according to media reports. *
    
     FGN15 LANKA-US-TARIFF
     * Sri Lankan exporters alarmed over proposed 30 per cent US tariff
     Colombo: Sri Lankan exporters have raised concerns over a proposed 30 per cent tariff on the country's goods entering the US, warning it could severely affect key sectors including apparel and rubber products. *
    
     FGN6 PAK-ATTACK-THWART
     * Security forces thwart attack on police station in northwest Pakistan
     Peshawar: Pakistani security forces on Saturday claimed to have foiled an attack on a police station in the country's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.*

     FGN8 RUSSIA-UKRAINE-WAR
     * Russian drone, cruise missile attacks kill at least 2 in Ukraine
     Kyiv: At least two people were killed overnight into Saturday as Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has further dampened hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than three-year-old war. (AP)*

     FGN11 GAZA-ISRAEL-AIRSTRIKE
     * 28 Palestinians including children killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza
     Deir al-Balah: Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, including four children, hospital officials said Saturday. (AP)**

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