Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

    
     FGN33: BIDEN-WORLD-LEADERS-REAX
     *World leaders thank Biden for his 'global leadership' and 'friendship' as he withdraws from US presidential race
     Washington: Describing US President Joe Biden as a "great man" who loved his country, world leaders on Monday thanked him for his bold steps and global leadership during challenging times.
    
     FGN17: US-BIDEN-LD HARRIS
     Honoured by Biden's endorsement, aim to defeat Trump in November: Kamala Harris
     Washington: US Vice President Kamala Harris, endorsed by Joe Biden to be a new Democratic presidential nominee, has said that she intends to "earn and win" the nomination of the party and "do everything in my power" to unite the nation to defeat her Republican rival Donald Trump in November.
    
     FGN36: US-TRUMP-MUSK-KHOSLA
     Elon Musk and Indian American venture capitalist Khosla argue over Trump's candidature for US presidency
     New York: Tech billionaire Elon Musk and Indian-American venture capitalist Vinod Khosla were engaged in a war of words on Monday over Donald Trump's candidature for the US presidency.
    
     FGN13: US-BIDEN-TRUMP
     Trump slams Biden for ending reelection campaign, says 'we have to start all over again'
     Washington: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump hit out at incumbent US President Joe Biden for ending his reelection campaign and claimed that "everybody around Biden, including his doctors, knew that he was not capable of running for or being president".
    
     FGN45: SINGAPORE-GAZA-AID
     Singapore to send more humanitarian assistance to Gaza
     Singapore: Singapore on Monday said it will send a fourth tranche of humanitarian assistance to Gaza, taking the country's donations to the war-raged Palestinian enclave to more than USD 12.7 million.
    
     FGN25: US-BIDEN-HARRIS-X
     Biden campaign’s rapid response account renamed to support Harris' nomination
     Washington: The Biden campaign’s rapid response account on X has been renamed “Kamala HQ" after US President Joe Biden bowed out of the presidential race and endorsed his deputy Kamala Harris as the Democratic Party's presidential nominee.
    
     FGN18: US-INDIAN AMERICANS-BIDEN-REAX
     Right thing to do: Indian-Americans on Biden dropping out of 2024 Presidential race
     New York: US President Joe Biden did the “right thing” by dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, prominent members of the Indian-American community have said, noting that this must have been a hard decision for him to make but one he took to put “America first”.
    
     FGN42: PAK-IMRAN-PARTY-ARREST
     Police arrests jailed former Pak PM Imran Khan’s party’s information secretary during raid
     Islamabad: Pakistan police on Monday arrested jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s information secretary Rauf Hasan in a raid at the party’s central secretariat here, stepping up the crackdown on the Opposition party.
    
     FGN35: AVI-AIRBUS-INDIA
     Airbus shortlists 8 sites for H125 helicopter final assembly line in India
     Marignane (France): European major Airbus has shortlisted eight sites in India for setting up its final assembly line for H125 helicopters and the ground-breaking ceremony for the facility is expected later this year.*

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