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'Narrow-minded politics': India condemns US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar's visit to PoK
Fp Staff •Omar is currently on a four-day visit to Pakistan where apart from meetings with the political leadership in Islamabad, she is visiting Lahore and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar meets Tajikistan's top leadership, discusses Afghan crisis
•Jaishankar said that India and Tajikistan are strong partners in fighting terrorism, fundamentalism and radicalism. He also met his Kyrgyz counterpart Ruslan Kazakbaev and the two leaders agreed to strengthen traditional cooperation
China eyes BRI extension to Afghanistan as it awaits Taliban government formation
•India has been severely critical of the BRI as the CPEC, which is a part of it, passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. China has its eyes on the lucrative rare-earth metals and rich minerals found in Afghanistan
India calls US envoy to South Block, conveys 'grave concern' over $125mn military assistance to Pakistan
•India has conveyed its "grave concern" to the US over its decision to provide military assistance to Pakistan. External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the issue was taken up with the US Ambassador here and with the Donald Trump administration in Washington
Egypt accuses United Nations of 'politicising' Mohamed Morsi’s death, calls for ‘independent inquiry’
•Egypt accused the UN on Wednesday of seeking to 'politicise' the death of Mohamed Morsi by calling for an 'independent inquiry'. Foreign ministry spokesman Ahmed Hafez said it was a 'deliberate attempt to politicise a case of natural death'. 'Concerns have been raised regarding the conditions of Mr. Morsi's detention, including access to adequate medical care', said UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Rupert Colville.
Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: 93.9% NRIs in US support Narendra Modi's re-election, give thumbs up to Sushma Swaraj's ministry, finds survey
•Non-Resident Indians living in the US overwhelmingly supported Prime Minister Narendra Modi's re-election in the recently-concluded general elections and gave a near-perfect score to the Ministry of External Affairs for addressing their issues, according to a survey.
'Give peace a chance': Pakistan says 'no intention to escalate' tension with India, but stresses right to self-defence
•Pakistan on Wednesday said it does not have any intention to escalate the confrontation with India and wanted peace to be given a chance, hours after its jets violated Indian air space and dropped some bombs in Rajouri sector in Jammu and Kashmir.
US cancels high level dialogue with India as trade tensions escalate; Mike Pompeo calls Sushma Swaraj, cites 'unavoidable reasons'
Fp Staff •The United States on Wednesday postponed the proposed high-level '2+2' talks with India scheduled for next week in Washington even as its ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley met with top Indian leaders in New Delhi.
US National Security Advisor John Bolton to meet Russia's top diplomat on Wednesday; Trump-Putin meet on agenda
•Trump-Putin meet will follow US National Security Advisor John Bolton's trip to Moscow on Wednesday. Bolton will be meeting Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to discuss the meeting between two presidents.
China denies building tunnel to divert Brahmaputra amid reports of polluted waters flowing in from tributary Siang
•China on Wednesday denied plans to construct a tunnel to divert Brahmaputra river waters amid reports of highly polluted waters from its tributary Siang flowing into India.