Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman, who was released from Pakistan's custody on Friday, reached Delhi around midnight from Amritsar.


Wing Commander Abhinandan lands in Delhi


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The proposed India-EU free trade agreement (FTA) cannot be finalised without an Indian commitment to lower import duties on cars and car parts since this is a politically sensitive issue in the European Union (EU), the EU Ambassador to India Tomasz Kozlowski said here on Friday.


India-EU FTA not possible without India cutting car tariffs: EU Ambassador


Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Friday said his country would respond in self-defence to any act of "unprovoked aggression" by the Indian military.


Pakistan will respond to any aggression in self-defence: Army chief


China on Friday urged the UN Security Council to reconsider the sanctions imposed on North Korea in order to move forward in the negotiations for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula after a second summit between US President Donald Trump and Pyongyang leader Kim Jong-un ended inconclusively.


China urges UNSC to reconsider sanctions on North Korea


US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo on Friday said that Washington will continue to engage with Pyongyang in order to achieve denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.


Pompeo: US will continue to engage with Pyongyang on denuclearization


In an obvious attack on Pakistan, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj told the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that states which shelter and fund terrorists must be told to dismantle terror camps on their soil.


Sushma's veiled attack on Pakistan at OIC, says terror camps must go


Terming terrorism as a major challenge for the entire world, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said that India was getting full cooperation from the Islamic countries in its fight against terrorism.


India getting Islamic countries' cooperation in fighting terror: Rajnath


The Islamabad High Court on Friday dismissed a petition filed against the release of Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman who was captured by Pakistan two days earlier.


Pakistan court rejects plea to stop Indian pilot's release


Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared on Friday that every Indian was "proud that the brave" Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman who was taken captive by Pakistan hails from Tamil Nadu.


Every Indian proud of Wg Cdr Abhinandan: Modi


North Korean media on Friday hailed the submit between US President Donald Trump and regime leader Kim Jong-un as "positive and productive" and omitted to mention that the meeting ended without any key agreements.


N. Korean media hails Trump-Kim summit


The US will withdraw its troops from Afghanistan over the next three to five years under a new Pentagon plan, the American media has reported.


US troops to exit Afghanistan by 2024: Report


The Union Cabinet on Thursday approved an MoU between India and the US to access tipline reports on missing and exploited children.


Cabinet approves MoU with US on missing children


While Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday announced that Wing Commander Varthaman Abhinandan will be released from captivity on Friday, the protocol for such return is confined to the sole incidence of Flight Lieutenant K. Nachiketa (now Group Captain), an Indian Air Force (IAF) officer who was released by Pakistan in 1999 during the Kargil War.


No protocol for captive's return, Kargil only precedent: Ex-diplomat


Punjab Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Thursday welcomed Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan's announcement regarding the release of captured Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Varthaman Abhinandan and argued strongly for a dialogue between both the countries to ensure lasting peace in the region.


Sidhu welcomes announcement to release IAF pilot, bats for dialogue


In what is being seen as a diplomatic victory for India, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan announced on Thursday that the captured IAF pilot will be freed on Friday after New Delhi sought his unconditional, immediate and unharmed release.


Pakistan to free captured Indian pilot (Third Lead)


The captured Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot will be freed on Friday "as a peace gesture", Pakistan Prime Minister announced on Thursday, hours after Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said that Imran Khan was ready to talk to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi to de-escalate tensions between the two neighbours.


Indian pilot to be freed Friday as 'peace gesture', says Imran


India on Thursday demanded the immediate and unharmed release of Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman and ruled out talks on the issue, saying Pakistan cannot use it as a deal.


India demands immediate release of captured Indian pilot


A summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ended on Thursday with no agreement after Washington refused Pyongyang's demands for economic sanctions relief.


Trump-Kim summit breaks down over sanctions


Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan is ready to talk to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi over telephone "to extend an invitation of peace", Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Thursday.


Imran Khan ready to talk peace to Modi: Pakistan Foreign Minister


Pakistan on Thursday said that it will decide on the status of captive Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman "in a couple of days".


Will decide on status of Indian pilot in couple of days: Pakistan


US President Donald Trump on Thursday said that he has received "reasonably attractive news" from Pakistan and India and hoped that tensions between the two countries could end.

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