New Delhi, May 21 (PTI) Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 HOURS

FGN16 PM-PUTIN-SUMMIT PM Modi meets Russian President Putin for first informal summit

Sochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said the strategic partnership between India and Russia has now been elevated into a "special privileged strategic partnership" as he met Russian President Vladimir Putin in this Black Sea coastal city for their first informal summit.

FGN5 PM-RUSSIA LD ARRIVAL PM Modi arrives in Sochi for informal summit with Putin

Sochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today arrived in Russia's Black Sea coastal city Sochi for an informal summit with President Vladimir Putin that will focus on pressing global and regional issues, including impact of the US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal.

FGN12 US-TRUMP-LD FBI Trump demands Justice Department to probe if it or FBI spied on his election campaign

Washington: President Donald Trump has asked the US Department of Justice to investigate whether the FBI spied on his 2016 election campaign for "inappropriate purposes" on the orders of people in the Obama administration.

FGN8 CHINA-ARUNACHAL-MINING China says gold mine operation in Tibetan county close to Arunachal is its sovereign right

Beijing: China today defended its large-scale mining operations in a mineral-rich Tibetan county adjacent to the border with Arunachal Pradesh, asserting that the area belongs to it and Beijing enjoys full sovereignty to conduct such geological activities there. By K J M Varma

FGN6 US-RAMMADHAV-SIKHS NDA govt has almost done away with blacklist of overseas Sikhs: Madhav

Washington: The NDA government has almost done away with the "blacklist" of overseas Sikhs which denied them an Indian visa, a senior BJP leader told Sikh community members here. By Lalit K Jha

FGN7 PAK-PM-LD SABIKA Extremism not limited to particular country or region, its global issue: Pak PM

Karachi: Pakistan's Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has described extremism as a global issue, not limited to a particular country or region as he visited the family of a Pakistani girl, killed in the latest shooting incident in a US school.

FGN17 CHINA-MOSQUES-PATRIOTISM All mosques in China should raise national flag: China Islamic Association

Beijing: All mosques in China should raise the national flag and study the Chinese Constitution, socialist core values to strengthen their "concept of nation" and carry forward "the spirit of patriotism," state-run China Islamic Association said. By K J M Varma

FGN9 CHINA-LD SATELLITE China successfully launches satellite to explore dark side of Moon

Beijing: China successfully launched a relay satellite today to enable a rover to communicate with the Earth from the Moon's mysterious far side, as part of the Communist giant's ambitious goal of being the first country to send such a probe. By K J M Varma

FGN10 AUS-INDIAN Indian student plunges 40 mtrs to death while taking selfie in Aus

Melbourne: In a tragic incident, a 20-year-old Indian student has died after falling off rocks into the ocean from a popular tourist attraction in Western Australia while trying to take a selfie, media reports said. PTI

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