Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours

    FGN51: NEPAL-LD-GOVT
     *Former Chief Justice Sushila Karki to lead Nepal's interim government; set to be first woman PM
     Kathmandu: Nepal's former Chief Justice Sushila Karki will lead an interim government, the Nepalese President's office announced on Friday, ending days of political uncertainty after the abrupt resignation of Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli this week following wide-spread anti-government protests against a ban on social media and alleged corruption.
    
     FGN50: NEPAL-KARKI-PROFILE
     Top post in judiciary to being Nepal's first female PM, Sushila Karki scripts history
     Kathmandu:When she completed her Masters in Political Science from Banaras Hindu University 50 years ago, Sushila Karki may not have thought she would go on to create a record in Nepal's politics.
    
     FGN48 NEPAL-PROTEST-LD TOLL
     51 people, including Indian, died in recent anti-government protest in Nepal: Police
     Kathmandu: At least 51 people, including an Indian woman, have died in this week’s violent protest across Nepal that forced Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli’s resignation, police said on Friday as new details of the extent of damages emerged.
    
     FGN28: NEPAL-HOTELS
     Gen Z protests cause Rs 25 billion loss to Nepal's hotel industry
     Kathmandu: Nepal's hotel industry, a vital revenue earner of its tourism-driven economy, has suffered a loss of over 25 billion Nepalese rupees after nearly two dozen hotels across the country were vandalised, looted or torched during the recent student-led anti-government protests, according to a media report on Friday.
    
     FGN19: NEPAL-FOREIGNERS
     Nepal eases visa, exit rules for stranded foreign nationals
     Kathmandu: Nepal authorities have announced temporary measures to facilitate foreign nationals stranded in the country due to the ongoing curfew in the Kathmandu Valley.
    
     FGN33: UK-INDIA-FTA-LD PANEL
     British Parliament panel scrutinises impacts, implications of India-UK FTA
     London: A British Parliament panel will scrutinise the impacts and implications of the UK-India Free Trade Agreement (FTA), concluded during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit in July, as it opened an inquiry this week.
    
     FGN42 BIZ-THAROOR-LD TRUMP-TARIFFS
     Trump's tariffs hurting India, number of jobs already lost: Tharoor
     Singapore: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Friday described US President Donald Trump as "mercurial", whose tariffs on goods have started to hit Indian businesses, and a number of jobs have already been lost.
    
     FGN43: PAK-SHARIF-SCO
     Pakistan to host next SCO summit in 2027: Shehbaz Sharif
     Islamabad: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Friday said that Pakistan will host the next Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in 2027, as he urged the authorities to start preparations for it in the national capital.
    
     FGN14: US-INDIAN-2NDLD KILLED
     Indian-Origin motel manager beheaded in US; co-worker arrested
     Houston: A 50-year-old Indian-origin motel manager in the US was beheaded in front of his wife and son in Texas following a dispute over a washing machine, police said.
    
     FGN39: PAK-IMRAN-COURT
     Former Pak PM Imran Khan, wife’s sentence pleas to get early hearing
     Islamabad: A Pakistani court has accepted a plea for an early hearing for the suspension of sentences for jailed former prime minister Imran Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, in the Al-Qadir Trust case.*

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