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....ollowing are the top foreign stories at 1715 hours<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 28-2-2025<BR>PTI<BR>FGN40: PAK-2NDLD BLAST 5 killed, 20 injured in blast at mosque in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Peshawar: A powerful blast killed at least five people and injured 20 others during Friday prayers at a mosque in northwest Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province ahead of the fasting month of....

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.... Ramazan, police said. FGN35: BANGLA-POLITICS-STUDENTS PARTY Students-led political party to be launched amid unrest in Bangladesh Dhaka: Bangladesh on Friday is set to witness emergence of a political party led by students who spearheaded the 2024 street campaign that led to the toppling of the then prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s Awami League regime. FGN41: PAK-AFGHAN-TERROR Pak r....

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....eiterates concern over weapons left by US in Afghanistan being used for terror attacks Islamabad: Pakistan on Friday reiterated its concern over the weapons left by the US in Afghanistan after hasty withdrawal in 2021. FGN37: NEPAL-LD QUAKE Strong earthquake shakes Kathmandu, 4 injured Kathmandu: At least four people were injured in Kathmandu and elsewhere due to a strong earthquake in t....

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....he neighbouring Sindhupalchowk district early Friday morning. FGN42: SINGAPORE-FERTILITY RATE Singapore disappoints with low fertility rate in 2024 Singapore: Singapore's total fertility rate remained at its record low of 0.97 in 2024, a disappointment for the birthrate-promoting government initiatives of the prosperous island state. FGN32: PAK-POLIO Pakistan confirms two new poliovi....

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....rus cases in Sindh, Punjab; total number rises to 5 this year Islamabad: Pakistani authorities have confirmed two new poliovirus cases, one each in Sindh and Punjab provinces, posing a setback to the country’s efforts to eradicate the crippling disease, according to a media report. FGN22: UN-INDIA Disguised veto: India calls out secrecy over rejection, putting on hold listing bids at UNS....

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....C subsidiary bodies United Nations: Underlining the need for more transparency in workings of the UN Security Council’s subsidiary bodies, India said details about rejecting or putting on hold requests to blacklist terror entities are not made public and are the exclusive preserve of a select few, calling it a “disguised veto”. FGN12: SAFRICA-IMD-GEORGIEVA Countries need to put publi....

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....c debt on sustainable path, rebuild fiscal buffers: IMF MD at G20 meeting Johannesburg: Most countries need to put public debt on a sustainable path and rebuild fiscal buffers, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva told economic leaders from the G20 countries. PTI GSP<BR> News - Press release - PIB....