Following are the top foreign stories at 1730 hours

    FGN33: BANGLA-JAMAAT-LD BAN
    *B'desh bans Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir under anti-terrorism law
    Dhaka: Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami and its student wing Islami Chhatra Shibir under anti-terrorism law following nationwide unrest, citing the threat posed by the fundamentalist party to public security.
    
     FGN26: US-9/11-2NLD DEAL
    US reaches plea deal with alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed & two others
    Washington: The US has announced that it has entered into a pretrial deal with the alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, a Kuwaiti-Pakistani engineer, and two other co-accused in the 2001 terror attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.
    
     FGN5: US-TRUMP-LD HARRIS
    Is she black or Indian?: Trump questions Harris' racial identity
    Washington: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has launched a racially insensitive attack against Kamala Harris by questioning whether she is “Indian or Black”, drawing a sharp reaction from his Democratic rival who termed his remarks "the same old show" of "divisiveness" and "disrespect".*

    
     FGN29: CHINA-INDIA-MARINER
    China conveys “heartfelt appreciation” to Indian Navy for rescuing injured Chinese mariner
     Beijing: China on Thursday conveyed its “heartfelt appreciation” to the Indian Navy for rescuing a critically injured Chinese mariner from a cargo ship off the Mumbai coast and providing him with timely medical treatment.
    
     FGN21: US-RAMASWAMY-HARRIS
    Vivek Ramaswamy accuses Kamala Harris of leaning into 'identity politics
    Washington: Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has accused Vice President Kamala Harris of leaning into 'identity politics' and claimed that she only considered herself Indian-American when "convenient."

    FGN23: LANKA-INDIA-FISHERMAN-DEATH
    Indian fisherman dies in collision between Sri Lankan vessel and Indian fishing boat
    Colombo: An Indian fisherman was killed and another went missing following a collision on Thursday morning between a Sri Lankan naval vessel and an Indian fishing boat allegedly poaching in the island nation's territorial waters, according to a media report.
    
     FGN20: UK-PM-STABBINGS-MEETING
    *UK PM Starmer meets police after 100 arrests in violent protests over fatal stabbings
    London: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Thursday called a meeting with police chiefs after violent protests outside Downing Street in London over the fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport, north-west England, as the teenage male suspect in the attack was charged with murder.
     FGN15: CHINA-XI-BORDER
    President Xi calls for hi-tech ‘smart system’ to boost China’s border defence
    Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for greater use of technology and the deployment of a “smart system” for border defence to meet “new opportunities and challenges”, amidst Beijing's unresolved land and maritime territorial disputes with its neighbours.
    
     FGN8: US-HARRIS-SUPPORT
    Over 60 state and local South Asian American elected leaders endorse Kamala Harris for US President
    New York: More than 60 South Asian American state and local elected officials from across the US have endorsed Kamala Harris for the presidency, saying that as the daughter of an Indian immigrant mother, she will create a "fairer and more inclusive" immigration system.
    
     FGN32: WHO-INDIA
    India commits USD 85 million to WHO's Global Traditional Medicine Centre
     Geneva: India has committed USD 85 million over 10 years to support the World Health Organisation’s Global Traditional Medicine Centre in Gujarat for a cross-sectoral programme to strengthen the evidence base for traditional medicine.*

(This story has not been edited by THE WEEK and is auto-generated from PTI)