Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

     FGN16: US-QUEENS-SHOOTING
     *10 people wounded in mass shooting outside nightclub in New York's Queens
     New York: A group of men fired at least 30 gunshots into a crowd gathered outside a nightclub in New York's Queens on New Year's Day, injuring 10 people, police said.
    
     FGN17: BANGLA-HINDU MONK-LD BAIL
     Bangladeshi court rejects Hindu monk’s bail petition
     Dhaka: A court in the southeastern port city of Chattogram on Thursday denied bail to Hindu monk and former ISKCON leader Chinmoy Krishna Das in a sedition case.
    
     FGN14: BANGLA-TEXTBOOKS-MUJIBUR RAHMAN
     New textbooks in Bangladesh to alter credit of declaration of independence: Report
     Dhaka: Bangladesh has introduced new textbooks that state that Ziaur Rahman declared the country’s independence in 1971, replacing the previous ones crediting founding father Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman with the declaration, according to a media report.
    
     FGN25: PAK-INDIAN-ARREST
     Indian man crosses over illegally into Pakistan to marry Facebook friend, lands in jail
     Lahore: A 30-year-old Indian man crossed over illegally into Pakistan to meet a Facebook friend he wanted to marry, but instead found himself behind bars. And the woman told the local police she does not want to tie the knot.
    
     FGN19: PAK-ARMY-CIVILIANS
     Pakistan military accepts mercy petitions of 19 convicts involved in May 9 violence
     Islamabad: Pakistan military on Thursday said that it has accepted the mercy petitions of 19 convicts involved in attacks on the army facilities on May 9, 2023.*

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