Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hours

FGN21 VIETNAM-INDIANS-BOAT **** Bodies of 15 Indians killed in Vietnam boat accident to be repatriated on Monday Hanoi: The mortal remains of the 15 Indian tourists who were killed in a boat accident off Vietnam's Phu Quoc Island will be repatriated to India later on Monday, the Indian Embassy in Hanoi said. **** FGN38 PAK-AFGHAN-DEPORTATIONS **** Pakistan deports over 2.6 million Afghan nationals in three years amid crackdown Lahore: Pakistan has deported more than 2.6 million Afghan nationals, including women and children, in the last three years, an official said on Monday. **** FGN33 PAK-PM-QATAR **** Pak PM Sharif leaves for Qatar to offer condolences on former emir’s death Islamabad: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday left for Qatar on a one-day visit to offer condolences at the death of former emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. **** FGN40 THAILAND-3RDLD FIRE **** Fire at a music bar in Bangkok kills at least 27 people Bangkok: A huge fire tore through a music bar in Bangkok overnight, killing at least 27 people and leaving 25 hospitalised in critical condition in the Thai capital's most deadly blaze in 17 years. (AP) **** FGN36 US-5THLD IRAN **** US and Iran vie for Strait of Hormuz, waterway key to global energy supplies, in latest attacks Dubai: The United States and Iran each asserted Monday they controlled the Strait of Hormuz after a weekend of attacks stretching across the wider Middle East, further threatening any diplomacy to end the war. (AP) **** PTI SKS SKS