Following are the top foreign stories at 1700 hrs – The Week

FGN30 US-VIRUS-4THLD ORIGIN US intelligence agencies fail to reach conclusion on COVID-19 origins Washington: The US intelligence community has failed to reach any firm conclusion on the exact origin of COVID-19 and is split on whether it leaked from a lab in China or emerged in nature, even though it does not believe the virus was developed as a biological weapon, according to results of a detailed review ordered by President Joe Biden. By Lalit K Jha FGN28 US-AFGHAN-ISIS-2NDLD AIRSTRIKE US airstrike targets ISIS-K ‘planner’ in Afghanistan Washington: The US military has said that it carried out a drone strike…