Following are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours

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....ollowing are the top foreign stories at 2030 hours<BR>PTI News<BR>Dated:- 1-2-2026<BR>PTI<BR>FGN13: TRUMP-VENEZUELA-INDIA-OIL India to buy Venezuelan oil instead of Iranian crude, claims Trump New York: US President Donald Trump has claimed that India will be purchasing oil from Venezuela instead of Iran. FGN27: CHINA-XI-YUAN Xi calls for building 'strong' yuan to boost global role, ch....

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....allenge dollar dominance Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has pitched for building a "strong currency" to expand the global use of the yuan and elevate it to the status of an international reserve, a move seen as a call to challenge the US dollar. FGN39: BUD-REAX-UK UK industry ‘bullish’ about progressive Budget that sustains reform momentum London: UK-focussed businesses and gl....

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....obal investment experts expressed great optimism around the Union Budget tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Lok Sabha on Sunday, describing it as “confidence boosting” and “progressive” in its aims to meet the government’s goals set for Viksit Bharat by 2047. FGN38: BANGLA-BNP-EC BNP alleges 'unusual' voter migration ahead of Bangladesh polls Dhaka: The BNP on S....

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....unday alleged it found an “unusual” voter migration in capital Dhaka and other parts of Bangladesh ahead of the February 12 parliamentary elections. FGN35: PAK-LD MILITANTS 145 terrorists, 17 security personnel killed in last 40 hours in Pakistan’s Balochistan: CM Bugti Islamabad/Karachi: At least 145 terrorists and 17 security personnel have been killed in the last 40 hours in multi....

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....ple counter-terrorism operations in the restive Balochistan province, Chief Minister Sarfaraz Bugti said on Sunday. FGN33: UK-EPSTEIN-ANDREW Pressure mounts on Britain’s ex-prince Andrew to testify in Jeffrey Epstein case London: There is mounting pressure this weekend on Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, Britain's scandal-hit former prince whose royal status was revoked by his brother King Ch....

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....arles III, to testify before a US committee investigating the extent of the crimes of convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein. FGN29 LD IRAN Iran's supreme leader warns any US attack would spark 'regional war' Dubai: Iran's supreme leader warned Sunday that any attack by the United States would spark a “regional war” in the Mideast, further escalating tensions as President Donald Trump ....

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....has threatened to militarily strike the Islamic Republic. (AP) PTI GSP<BR> News - Press release - PIB....