External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is in the Thailand capital Bangkok to attend a number of conferences, including the ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting, the 9th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers' Meeting, the 26th ASEAN Regional Forum and the 10th Mekong Ganga Cooperation Ministerial Meeting.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has already denied any occurrence of such a discussion between Trump and PM Modi. But a reply from PM Modi -- one of the participants in the said meeting -- is all what the Opposition has been demanding.
A meeting of opposition leaders was held in Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad's chamber in Parliament. They called for suspension of all business in the House and sought explanation from the PM in both the Houses on Trump's statements on Kashmir mediation.
"We were paying USD 1.3 billion to Pakistan in aid for many years. The problem was Pakistan was not doing anything for us," Trump told Prime Minister Imran Khan in his Oval Office during their first meeting.
A White House readout issued after Trump hosted Khan for a working lunch in his Cabinet room, did not mention any lifting of the freeze on the US security assistance to Pakistan.
The resignation of Kim Darroch came a day after Trump lashed out at him on Twitter describing him as "wacky" and a "pompous fool" after leaked documents revealed the envoy's dim view of Trump's administration. "I am grateful to all those in the UK and the US, who have offered their support during this difficult few days," Darroch said in a letter.
Facebook and Twitter not invited to the Social Media Summit to be held on Tuesday as the two platforms might censor conservative or Republican views.
Chinese tech giant Huawei will remain banned from developing its 5G wireless networks in the US.
The jostling grew especially intense as reporters tried to enter a room inside the Freedom House on the southern side of Panmunjom where Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un were meeting after exchanging initial handshakes on the border.
At least 250 migrant children have been moved from an overcrowded border station in the US state of Texas where they had been "locked up in horrific cells with an open toilet in the middle of the room", the media reported.
US President Donald Trump Tuesday said he will hold an extended meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Osaka, Japan next week, amid the ongoing trade war between two of the world’s largest economies.
In a dialogue at Huawei's headquarters in Shenzhen with US futurist George Gilder and Nicholas Negroponte, Huawei CEO Ren Zhengfei compared the firm to a "badly damaged" plane, estimating that the company's revenues could miss targets by around $30 billion this year and the next but he expects a revival in 2021.
Modi on Thursday took an oath of office, helming a 58-member ministry. He led his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) towards a resounding victory, crossing the 300 mark for 542 Lok Sabha seats.
State Department Spokesperson Morgan Ortagus told reporters during an off-camera news conference here on Tuesday that the US was confident in the fairness and integrity of the just-concluded general elections in India.
Modi also thanked Congress president Rahul Gandhi, NC leader Omar Abdullah, DMK's MK Stalin and Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh for their wishes.
The immigration reform proposals significantly increase the quota for skilled workers from existing nearly 12 per cent to 57 per cent. Besides, under the proposed reforms, immigrants will be required to learn English and pass a civics exam prior to admission.
On his way back to Washington, he tweeted, "God bless the people of France!"
The president's low-key approach was a marked shift from his posture in recent days. Beginning last weekend, he unleashed a storm of tweets that were unusually harsh and varied, even by Trump's standards.
Former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort was sentenced Thursday to nearly four years in prison for tax and bank fraud related to his work advising Ukrainian politicians, much less than what was called for under sentencing guidelines.
Trump wants to build a US-Mexico border wall and is seeking USD 5.2 billion in funding for the physical barrier which according to him is a must to prevent flow of illegal immigrants into the US.
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