Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

FGN41 UK-2ND LD JAISHANKAR ****EAM Jaishankar raises Khalistan issue with UK leaders London: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has raised India's long-standing concerns about pro-Khalistan extremism in the UK during his meetings with the country's top leaders, stressing that they should be on guard against the misuse of freedom of expression and speech.

FGN37 US-CHINA-2NDLD MILITARY ****US and China agree to resume military-to-military communications during Biden-Xi summit Woodside/Beijing: US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have agreed to resume high-level military-to-military communication and counter-narcotics cooperation as they met for four hours in a bid to establish a working relationship amidst Beijing's aggressive actions in the Indo-Pacific region.

FGN38 UK-JAISHANKAR-RUSSIA ****India softened global inflation, should be thanked for Russian oil purchases: Jaishankar London: India’s purchase policies softened the oil and gas markets by its decision to continue transactions with Russia and should be thanked for managing global inflation as a consequence, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said.

FGN34 UK-JAISHANKAR-BANGLADESH India-Bangladesh ties stand out as 'model relationship' in Indian subcontinent: EAM Jaishankar London: India-Bangladesh ties stand out as a 'model relationship' in the Indian subcontinent in terms of benefits of regional cooperation, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said, highlighting the progress in bilateral relations in the last 10 years.

FGN31 UK-JAISHANKAR SECURALISM ****Secularism does not mean non-religious, but equal respect to all faiths: EAM Jaishankar London: Secularism for India does not mean being non-religious but an equal respect to all faiths, but the “appeasement” government policies of the past made the biggest religion of the country feel like it had to be self-deprecatory in the name of equality, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said.

FGN21 UN-3RDLD GAZA RESOLUTION ****UNSC overcomes deadlock, adopts resolution calling for urgent humanitarian pauses throughout Gaza to allow humanitarian access United Nations: The UN Security Council has called for urgent humanitarian pauses and corridors throughout Gaza to allow unhindered humanitarian access in the strip, finally overcoming deadlock and adopting a resolution in the month-long Israel-Hamas conflict.

FGN39 PAK-IMRAN ****Pak court extends until Nov 20 stay against jail trial of Imran Khan in cipher case Islamabad: A Pakistan high court Thursday extended until November 20 the stay against the jail trial of former prime minister Imran Khan in the cipher case.

FGN40 EGYPT-GAZA-INDIAN WOMAN ****Indian woman evacuated from Gaza reaches Cairo; looking forward to her homeward journey to Kashmir Jerusalem/Cairo: After being evacuated from war-torn Hamas-ruled Gaza with the help of Indian missions in the region, Lubna Nazir Shaboo is now looking forward to her homeward journey from Cairo to Kashmir.

FGN29 CHINA-LD FIRE ****26 killed in Chinese coal company office fire Beijing: At least 26 people were killed and more than 60 injured after a fire tore through a building of a coal mine company in north China's Shanxi province on Thursday, state media reported. PTI AMS