Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours

    
     FGN26: IRAN-US-OIL-INDIA
     *White House now begging world, including India, to buy Russian oil: Iran Minister
     Dubai: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said the US, despite "bullying India" to end Russian oil imports, is now begging them to buy crude from Moscow, two weeks after its war with Iran.
    
     FGN34: PAK-FUEL-CRISIS
     Pak PM approves up to 30% salary cuts in state firms amid fuel crisis
     Islamabad: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday approved salary deductions ranging from 5 to 30 per cent for employees of state-owned enterprises (SOEs) and autonomous institutions as part of a broader austerity drive.
    
     FGN9: US-INDIANS-FRAUD
     11 Indian nationals charged in US over visa fraud
     New York: Eleven Indian nationals, living illegally in the US, have been charged with visa fraud for conspiring to carry out staged armed robberies of convenience shops, according to US federal prosecutors.
    
     FGN15: LANKA-IRAN-SAILORS
     Sri Lanka repatriates remains of 84 Iranian sailors killed in US torpedo strike
     Colombo: Sri Lanka has repatriated the remains of 84 Iranian sailors who were killed when their frigate was sunk by a US submarine, an official said.
    
     FGN32: IRAN-5THLD US
     Iran strikes back after US bombs oil-critical Iranian island
     Dubai: A missile struck a helipad inside the US Embassy compound in Baghdad and debris from an intercepted Iranian drone hit an oil facility in the United Arab Emirates as the US-Israel war with Iran entered its third week Saturday. (AP)*

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