Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

     FGN19 MALI-INDIANS-ABDUCTED
     *5 Indian nationals abducted in Mali; embassy working for 'safe release'
     Bamako: Five Indian nationals were abducted in Mali last week in an "unfortunate incident", the Indian mission here has said.
    
     FGN32 MALDIVES-INDIA-LD AIRPORT
     Maldives inaugurates airport built with assistance from India
     Male:Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu and India's Minister of Civil Aviation Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu jointly inaugurated the Hanimaadhoo International Airport, a project completed with India's financial assistance.
    
     FGN28 UK-BOOKER
     Wanted to write about global loneliness: Kiran Desai on her Booker shortlisted novel
     London: Indian author Kiran Desai, who is in the running for a second Booker Prize in London on Monday for ‘The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny’, said she wanted to write a book about global loneliness that drew on her own “artistic loneliness” as a student in the US.
    
     FGN24 BANGLA-EXPLOSION
     Crude bomb explosion outside B'desh interim chief Yunus' Grameen bank
     Dhaka: Unidentified attackers exploded improvised bombs outside the head office of Bangladesh interim government chief Muhammad Yunus' Grameen Bank overnight on Monday.
    
     FGN27 UK-BBC
     BBC faces leadership crisis after news bosses quit over Trump speech edit, bias claims
     London: The BBC was facing a leadership crisis and mounting political pressure on Monday after its top executive and its head of news both quit over the editing of a speech by US President Donald Trump. (AP)*

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