Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours
FGN39: COP31-NEPAL-2NDLD HIMALAYAS ****Mountain agenda proposals fall short of Nepal's expectations at COP31: FM Khanal Antalya (Turkiye): Proposals by Nepal
FGN39: COP31-NEPAL-2NDLD HIMALAYAS ****Mountain agenda proposals fall short of Nepal's expectations at COP31: FM Khanal Antalya (Turkiye): Proposals by Nepal
FGN39: COP31-NEPAL-2NDLD HIMALAYAS ****Mountain agenda proposals fall short of Nepal's expectations at COP31: FM Khanal Antalya (Turkiye): Proposals by Nepal
FGN39: COP31-NEPAL-2NDLD HIMALAYAS
****Mountain agenda proposals fall short of Nepal's expectations at COP31: FM Khanal
Antalya (Turkiye): Proposals by Nepal and Bhutan, and separately by Kyrgyzstan, to secure formal agenda items on mountain-related issues at the 31st UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) failed to secure the backing of major negotiating blocs, Nepal's Foreign Minister Shisir Khanal has said.****
FGN32: UK-HASINA
****UK parliamentarians appeal to Foreign Secretary for Sheikh Hasina death penalty safeguards
London: Six UK parliamentarians have written to British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband to appeal for a coordinated diplomatic push to secure safeguards against a death penalty for former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina if she returns to Dhaka.****
FGN25: PAK-IMRAN
****Pakistan's jailed former PM Imran Khan taken to hospital for eye treatment
Islamabad: Pakistan’s incarcerated former prime minister Imran Khan was taken to a government hospital for treatment of his eye condition, a media report said on Wednesday.****
FGN21: US-NEPALI-COURT
****Nepali-American found guilty of murdering his wife
Washington: A US jury has found Nepali-American Naresh Bhatt guilty of murdering his wife, hacking her body into pieces and disposing of it in a landfill in 2024.****
FGN34: PAK-GANGRAPE
****Pak Deputy PM Ishaq Dar's grandson, 7 others indicted in Lahore gang rape case
Lahore: A Pakistani court has indicted eight suspects, including grandson of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, in a gang rape of two foreign women, an official said on Wednesday.****
FGN40: PAK-COURT-AFRIDI
****Court reissues arrest warrant for suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa CM in Radio Pakistan attack case
Peshawar: An anti-terrorism court (ATC) in Peshawar on Wednesday reissued arrest warrants for suspended Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi in the 2023 Radio Pakistan attack case and extended the interim pre-arrest bail of three former provincial ministers until November 17.****
FGN33: LANKA-MONKS
****Three Buddhist monks begin hunger strike over Sri Lanka's Anuradhapura sacred site plan
Colombo: Three Buddhist monks began a hunger strike on Wednesday in Sri Lanka's ancient city of Anuradhapura, demanding the withdrawal of a government development plan for the area's sacred zone.****
(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)