Following are the top foreign stories at 1715 hours

FGN16: BANGLA-PAK-FLIGHT ****Bangladesh to resume direct flights with Pakistan from Jan 29 Dhaka: State-run Biman Bangladesh Airlines will resume direct flights between Dhaka and Karachi from January 29, restoring nonstop air connectivity between Bangladesh and Pakistan after more than a decade, officials said on Wednesday.**** FGN12: PAK-BANGLA-DEFENCE ****Bangladesh expresses ‘potential interest’ in procuring JF-17 fighter jets, says Pakistan Lahore: Bangladesh has expressed a “potential interest” in procuring JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft from Pakistan, the military said on Wednesday.**** FGN9: BANGLA-HADI-PARTY ****Inquilab Moncho rejects Hadi murder chargesheet, warns of escalation if justice denied Dhaka: Slain Bangladeshi student leader

Sharif Osman Hadi’s party has rejected the police chargesheet in his murder case and accused the state machinery of being involved in the killing.**** FGN13: YEMEN-SEPARATIST-2NDLD LEADER ****Yemen’s anti-Houthi council expels separatist leader and says he faces treason charges Aden (Yemen): A council fighting against Yemen’s Houthi rebels said Wednesday that it had expelled the leader of a separatist movement and charged him with treason after he reportedly declined to travel to Saudi Arabia for talks. (AP)**** PTI SCY