Following are the top foreign stories at 2000 hours

     FGN40 MALDIVES-INDIA-TOURISM
     * Maldives discusses tourism sector prospects with India
     Male: India and Maldives are discussing tourism again starting with exploring the prospects for investment and development in the sector at an Atoll south of the capital Male, a media report said on Friday. *

     FGN6: US-SITHARAMAN
     *Jobs creation most pressing global issue: Sitharaman
     Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has called jobs creation the most pressing global issue, given the continued economic headwinds and rapid technological changes that are reshaping the skills needed for youth to enter the job market.
    
     FGN37 BANGLA-KHALEDA-COURT
     * Dhaka court scraps 2015 case against Khaleda Zia over death of 42 people during BNP’s blockade
     Dhaka: A court here has scrapped a case against former prime minister Khaleda Zia and three others over the death of 42 people across the country during the Bangladesh Nationalist Party’s blockade programme and general strikes in 2015. *
    
     FGN46 LANKA-ISRAELI-TOURISTS-ATTACK
     * 3 arrested in Sri Lanka on suspicion of plotting attack on Israeli tourists detained further under anti-terrorism law
     Colombo: The three suspects held for allegedly plotting an attack on Israeli tourists on the eastern coast were on Friday were further detained under the provisions of the Prevention of Terrorism Act, police said here. *
    
     FGN42 PAK-IMRAN-SISTERS
     * Imran Khan's sisters get bail
     Islamabad: A Pakistan court on Friday granted bail to jailed former prime minister Imran Khan's two sisters, who were arrested during a protest here earlier in the month in alleged anti-terrorism cases. *
    
     FGN19: PAK-ATTACK
     10 security personnel killed in attack at checkpost in Pakistan
     Peshawar: Ten security personnel were killed and three others injured when militants attacked their checkpost in Pakistan's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said on Friday.

     FGN5: US-POLLS-SURVEY
     Trump takes narrow lead over Harris in US presidential polls survey
     Washington: Republican presidential candidate and former president Donald Trump has taken a narrow lead over his Democratic rival and Vice President Kamala Harris ahead of the November 5 elections, according to a survey.
         
     FGN21: US-SITHARAMAN-BRITAIN
     Sitharaman holds bilateral talks with Chancellor of Exchequer of UK
     Washington: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday had a bilateral meeting with Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom Rachel Reeves.*

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