Turkey on Wednesday slammed Washington for sending a letter which threatened to remove Ankara from the F-35 fighter jet programme, saying the language used was "not in the spirit of the alliance".


US letter on F-35s not in spirit of alliance: Turkey


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US President Donald Trump will meet with his Polish counterpart Andrzej Duda on Wednesday to highlight the deepening of the military-to-military relationship between the two sides, the White House has said.


Trump, Polish President to talk on security: WH


US President Donald Trump has again taken aim at India's tariffs on Harley Davidson motorcycles ahead of his meeting with his "very good friend" Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asserted that they were working on reducing them.


Trump again takes aim at India's tariffs on Harley Davidson mobikes


Turkey on Tuesday slammed a resolution approved by the US House of Representatives that condemned Ankara's purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems.


Turkey slams US resolution on Ankara's purchase of S-400


US President Donald Trump said that he will move forward with proposed tariffs on $300 billion worth of Chinese imports if China's President Xi Jinping does not meet with him at the G20 summit later this month in Japan.


Trump to slap more tariffs on China if Xi skips G20 summit


Iran's Foreign Ministry on Monday denied that the country is planning to purchase the Russian S-400 air defence missile system.


Iran denies plans to buy Russia's S-400 missile system


France said on Monday that it was carrying out an investigation into a break in at the Paris office of the Indian Air Force (IAF) Project Management Team (PMT) overseeing the Rafale fighter deal and the Indian government will be updated about the details.


Probe on into break in at IAF project office: French Minister


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday met Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena for the second time in 10 days and agreed that terrorism was a "joint threat" that needed collective and focussed action. The two leaders had last week met at Modi's swearing-in ceremony.


Terrorism a joint threat, needs collective action: Modi (Roundup)


Indian democracy has been strengthened by the sweeping mandate in the general elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said here on Sunday, adding that democracy is a part of Indian culture.


Indian democracy strengthened by poll verdict: Modi


Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged the Indian diaspora to contribute to India's development and said the country's image had changed a lot in the last few years.


Contribute to India's development: Modi tells diaspora


A Russian and a US warship came close to a collision in the East China Sea on Friday, with both sides blaming each other for the incident.


Russian, US warships 'almost collide' in East China Sea


With the aim to strengthen connectivity between India and Nepal, New Delhi is taking the lead to amend a clause of the Indo-Nepal Treaty of Trade and Transit in order to explore water routes for better links between the two countries, an official said here on Friday.


'Indo-Nepal Treaty to be amended soon'


Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, also the Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, has attended a reception for the first regiment of the Qatari Rafale fighter squadron (Al Adiyat) received by the country in implementation of a deal concluded in 2015 with French company Dassault Aviation SA.


Qatari Emir attends reception for 1st regiment of Al Adiyat fighters


India's role in advancing South-South cooperation through its India-UN Development Partnership Fund has been held up by UN leaders as a model for cooperation among developing countries.


UN leaders praise India's leadership in driving South-South cooperation


The government has notified an agreement with Marshall Islands, a country comprising a chain of volcanic islands and coral atolls in the Pacific Ocean, for the exchange of banking and company information for tax purposes. It will help curb tax evasion and tax avoidance.


India-Marshall Islands tax data pact notified


Fresh activities have been detected around North Korea's main nuclear complex, housing its uranium enrichment facility, indicating some operations at the plant, a US monitor has said.


Fresh activities observed around N. Korea's N-plant


US President Donald Trump on Wednesday arrived at Portsmouth port city of the UK to join Queen Elizabeth II, outgoing British Prime Minister Theresa May and other world leaders to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings.


Trump joins world leaders at 75th D-Day anniversary


The Border Security Force (BSF) and the Border Guards Bangladesh (BGB) exchanged greetings, flowers and sweets on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr on Wednesday.


Indian, B'desh border guards exchange greetings on Eid


Tens of thousands of people gathered in Hong Kong on Tuesday to mark the 30th anniversary of the 1989 crackdown on pro-democracy protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square.


Thousands mark 30th Tiananmen anniversary in HK


Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday vowed to buy Russian-made S-400 missile defence system despite being threatened with sanctions from the US.


Erdogan vows to keep S-400 deal with Russia


The US has accused China of playing a "blame game", misrepresenting trade talks between the two countries in response to Beijing's release of a white paper blaming Washington for the setback in negotiations.

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