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Riding on the success of Chinese brands in the Indian markets, India has left the US far behind to become the second largest smartphone market in 2019. China took the first spot, a report from Counterpoint Research said on Friday.

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has warned the US President Donald Trump to avoid going into war with Iran as it may have disastrous consequences.

The United States has confirmed its first case of Coronavirus, a virus that has claimed six lives in China and has already affected hundreds of people living there. A US man who lives near Swattle has approached the authorities after reading about the SARS-like virus in news reports. He has been hospitalised.

A Twitter war of words has broken between the US and Iran after a leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei slammed America and European countries for being “American lackeys”.

An Indian official who spoke on condition of anonymity said: “Both sides are in touch to work out mutually convenient dates for the visit.” He did not elaborate on the timeline of the state visit.

Reports are coming in with the information that a fresh set of rockets have slammed into an Iraqi airbase north of Baghdad where US forces have been based. Four local troops have been injured in the attack on January 12.

The US President Donald Trump on Sunday issued a warning to Iran against the killing of protesters who have been raising voice against the downing of a civilian airliner as his defense secretary left the door open to talks with Tehran without preconditions.

Iran will welcome any peace initiative from India in de-escalating tensions with US after the killing of Iranian military commander Qasem Soleimani, the Iranian envoy here said on January 8 reaffirming that they want peace and not war.

"What we know is that the US State Secretary (Mike Pompeo), in a call to the Secretary General of the United Nations, said: 'We did not have time to issue a visa for Mohammad Javad Zarif and we will not issue a visa'," Zarif said.

President Donald Trump reaffirmed his strong stand against Iran by claiming that the country will never be able to obtain a nuclear weapon amid rising tensions over killing of a top Iranian commander.