FGN10 CHINA-JAISHANKAR

Jaishankar to visit China to attend SCO FMs meeting Beijing: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will travel to China to participate in the foreign ministers' meeting of the SCO bloc in the Chinese city of Tianjin next week, an official announcement here said on Saturday.

FGN28 LANKA-US-LD TARIFF

Sri Lankan exporters alarmed over proposed 30 per cent US tariff Colombo: Sri Lankan exporters have raised concerns over a proposed 30 per cent tariff on the country's goods entering the US, even as President Anura Kumara Dissanayake says "discussions are ongoing to secure the maximum possible concessions."

FGN29 USISPF-BIRLA

Kumar Mangalam Birla joins USISPF Board of Directors New York: US-India Strategic Partnership Forum (USISPF) announced that Aditya Birla Group Chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla has joined its Board of Directors as a member of the board’s Executive Committee.

FGN17 PAK-MUNIR-SHARIF

Zardari to continue as president, army chief never sought presidency: Pak PM Islamabad: Strongly dismissing rumours that Pakistan's President Asif Ali Zardari may be forced to step down and Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Asim Munir aspired to assume the presidency, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said such claims were "mere speculations".

FGN12 PAK-RUSSIA-STEEL

Pak, Russia sign agreement to revive Pakistan Steel Mills project Islamabad: Pakistan and Russia have signed an agreement to restore and modernise the Pakistan Steel Mills project, marking a new chapter in cooperation between the two countries, according to media reports.

FGN6 PAK-ATTACK-THWART

Security forces thwart attack on police station in northwest Pakistan Peshawar: Pakistani security forces on Saturday claimed to have foiled an attack on a police station in the country's restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

FGN32 RUSSIA-UKRAINE-LD WAR

Russian drone, cruise missile, bomb attacks kill at least 6 in Ukraine Kyiv: At least six people were killed overnight and on Saturday as Russia continued to pound Ukraine with hundreds of drones and missiles as part of a stepped-up bombing campaign that has further dampened hopes for a breakthrough in efforts to end the more than three-year-old war. (AP)

FGN30 GAZA-ISRAEL-LD AIRSTRIKE

52 Palestinians killed in Gaza from Israeli airstrikes, shootings near aid site Deir al-Balah: Israeli airstrikes killed at least 28 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip including four children, while 24 others were fatally shot on their way to aid distribution sites, Palestinian hospital officials and witnesses said on Saturday. (AP)

PTI PY

Proposed US tariff on Sri Lankan exports prompts exporters' alarm and government talks to secure trade concessions Proposed US tariff measures on Sri Lankan goods have alarmed exporters and prompted government discussions to secure maximum possible concessions; the operative concern is the imposition of tariff barriers and negotiated mitigation to preserve market access and exporter viability.