Following are the top foreign stories at 1710 hours

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Trump tariff threats, economic slowdown set to overshadow China's annual parliament session Beijing: US President Donald Trump's tariff threats, along with firm policies to contain China and the economic slowdown, are expected to dominate the annual session of the Chinese parliament beginning here on Tuesday.

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Bangladesh's top court upholds acquittal of Khaleda Zia in corruption case Dhaka: Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a High Court ruling that acquitted former premier and BNP chairperson Khaleda Zia in a corruption case in which she was sentenced to seven years in jail by a lower court.

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Preserving records of 'atrocities' by Hasina regime critical: Yunus Dhaka: Bangladesh's interim government's Chief Adviser Muhammad Yunus has called for the “meticulous preservation” of records documenting alleged "atrocities" committed under the administration.

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One injured in firing at Pak-Afghan border, no deal on reopening of crossing Peshawar: An exchange of firing between Pakistani and Afghan security forces at the Torkham border overnight left one civilian from Pakistan injured after the two sides failed to reach an agreement on reopening the crossing, which has been closed for more than a week.

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Imran Khan being kept in solitary confinement in death cell at Adiala jail, claims his party Islamabad: Pakistan's jailed former prime minister Imran Khan was being kept in solitary confinement in a death cell at the high-security Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, his party claimed on Monday.

FGN26 PAK-IMF REVIEW

Pak govt. remains optimistic as IMF mission begins USD 7 billion loan review Islamabad: As a nine-member IMF mission begins its first biannual review of Pakistan’s USD 7 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF), the government remains optimistic about a successful conclusion to the talks, which would unlock a USD 1.1 billion tranche over the following three weeks, a media report said on Monday.

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Source: PTI