Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours

     FGN35 PAK-MANMOHAN-SHARIFS
* Shehbaz, Nawaz Sharif criticised for not offering condolences on Manmohan Singh’s demise
     Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif's decision of not offering condolences on the passing of former India premier Manmohan Singh was severely criticised on social media. *
    
     FGN33 US-4THLD JIMMY CARTER
* Former US president Jimmy Carter, after whom an Indian village was named, passes away at 100
     Washington: Jimmy Carter, the 39th US president and the third American head to make a trip to India, during which a village in Haryana was named Carterpuri in his honour, has died peacefully at his home in Plains, Georgia surrounded by his family. *
    
     FGN25 UK-INDIAN-STUDENT
* Missing Indian student’s body found in Scotland river
     London: The body of a 22-year-old Indian student missing since earlier this month has been found in a river in Scotland and her family has been informed while formal identification is awaited. *
    
     FGN24 YEAR-NEPAL
* Nepal 2024: Politicians play musical chairs, new PM does balancing act between India and China
     Kathmandu: The tradition of musical chairs continued in Nepal politics in 2024. Coalition equations changed yet again with a dispensation perceived as pro-China coming to power, a development India viewed with caution. *
    
     FGN46 BANGLA-MYANMAR
* Bangladesh says in touch with Myanmar govt, rebel Arakan Army over border tensions
     Dhaka: Bangladesh’s interim government led by Professor Muhammad Yunus on Monday said it was in touch with both the Myanmar government and the rebel Arakan Army (AA), which has gained control over the 271-kilometer border shared by the two countries. *

     FGN18 US-JIMMY CARTER-INDIA
* Jimmy Carter's India visit that forever linked him to a village in Haryana
     Washington: Jimmy Carter, the 39th US President who died at the age of 100, shared a unique connection with India and a village in Haryana was named Carterpuri in his honour during his visit to the country in 1978.
    
     FGN43 PAK-IMRAN
* Pak’s jailed former PM Imran Khan says don't want to make any deal for release
     Islamabad: Pakistan’s jailed former prime minister Imran Khan on Monday said that neither he wants to make any deal with the establishment nor is any foreign country trying to get him released. *
    
     FGN42 PAK-POLIO
* Pak reports new polio case, yearly tally rises to 68
     Islamabad/Peshawar: Pakistan reported a new polio case on Monday, taking the year’s tally to 68 in a blow to national efforts to control the crippling disease. *
    
     FGN28 YEAR-GCC-INDIA
* GCC region 2024: India deepens ties with region, first PM visit to Kuwait in 40 years
     Dubai: India has deepened its diplomatic and economic ties with the Gulf Cooperation Council region this year with Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting three of the six GCC countries - including Kuwait where no Indian PM had been after Indira Gandhi.**

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