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Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Sunday claimed that the trade negotiations between India and the United States are on full swing and expressed hope that it will conclude soon.

A positive progress in trade battle with China has been hinted by the US President Donald Trump, saying talks with Beijing's envoy had gone well.

The Chinese Embassy in Washington on Tuesday slammed the US imposition of visa restrictions on some Chinese entities on the lines of treatment of Muslim minorities in Xinjiang.

"North Korea fired unidentified projectiles from Wonsan ... towards the East Sea (Sea of Japan) this morning," the South's Joint Chiefs of Staff said without providing further details.

The United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday tagged Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the father of India. The two leaders, who met at the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York, heaped praises on each other during the press briefing.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that his country joining the United States in its war against terrorism after the deadly 9/11 twin tower attack was the biggest blunder they did in the past.

The United States on Saturday announced that President Donald Trump will be holding a bilateral meeting with PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday, which will be his second meeting in three days including the “Howdy, Modi!” event in Houston, on the opening day of the 74th UN general assembly debates.

The US President on Wednesday suggested that countries like India, Russia, Turkey, Afghanistan, Iran, Iraq and Pakistan need to fight against Islamic State in Afghanistan.

In 30-minute-long phone call with PM Modi, Donald Trump discussed several topics but there was no mention about latter's July 22 offer to mediate in the Kashmir dispute.

The Trump administration believes that giving access to the state-controlled Huawei on 5G would risk America's national security. With this the US is also sending message to Huawei and other companies operating in the US.