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.****

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