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Former US President Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his New York criminal case until after the 2024 presidential election in November, media reported.

The US has urged China to take immediate action to end its ongoing repression of Muslim Uyghurs and members of other ethnic and religious minority groups in Xinjiang.

Failing to adopt measures for Security Council reforms at its current session, the UN General Assembly on Tuesday decided unanimously to push the negotiations to the next, a move India decried as risking the process's legitimacy.

Pakistani-Canadian Tahawwur Rana faces the grim prospect of facing justice in India for the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai that killed around 175 people after a federal appeals court in the US quashed his appeal against extradition.

A human rights team from the world organisation will visit Dhaka next week to discuss with the interim government investigations into the human rights violations during the recent unrest in Bangladesh, according to a UN Spokesperson.

"New York City is the New Delhi of America", the city's Mayor Eric Adams said at the hoisting of the Indian tricolour on Independence Day, praising the diaspora's contributions to the city.

During the meet, the two leaders are expected to discuss a wide range of bilateral and regional issues, as well as ways to strengthen ties between the world's two largest democracies.

Elon Musk, the electric car magnate, sought to educate Republican Party Presidential candidate Donald Trump about climate change, greenhouse gases, and the future of renewable energy.

After former US President Donald Trump said on Monday that illegal immigration "saved" his life, he remarked that he wants to shut down the federal department of education.

Indian American members of the House of Representatives have called for Congressional hearings on the targeted violence against Hindus in Bangladesh.

UN Under-Secretary-General for Counter-Terrorism Vladimir Voronkov has called on the Security Council members to unite to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a "hotbed of terrorism”.

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US President Joe Biden has held crisis talks on a potential Iranian counterattack on Israel as his administration said it was working around the clock to avoid all-out war in the Middle East.

Microsoft said on Saturday that the CrowdStrike update that grounded hundreds of fights around the world besides disrupting online services affected 8.5 million systems using the Windows operating software, which was less than 1 per cent of Windows devices, but the impact was disproportionately vast as it reflected the use of CrowdStrike by enterprises that run many critical services.

While extolling the importance of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) for the region, India has drawn attention to the roles of Pakistan and China that could undermine it.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reiterated Washington's concerns over Russia's cooperation with North Korea, Iran and China in the midst of its war in Ukraine, stressing it is "not good for your reputation" to work closely with Moscow.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to attend the UN General Assembly's high-level meeting in New York in September, according to the preliminary programme released by the Assembly President Dennis Francis' office.

Former US President and the putative Republican nominee for the White House, Donald Trump has named J.D. Vance, a first-time Senator from Ohio whose wife is an Indian-American, as his nominee for Vice President.

Trump, who is due to be anointed the Republican Party's presidential candidate, had a narrow escape on Saturday when shots aimed at him at a campaign rally grazed his ear and killed two people at the event.

The assassination attempt on Donald Trump, the Republican contender for President, is the latest incident in the stream of violence that has coursed through US body politic.

US Presidential candidate Donald Trump has thanked the United States Secret Service and law enforcement for their prompt response to an assassination incident aimed at him that occurred at an election rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Former US President Donald Trump was shot at an election rally in a possible assassination attempt just a day before the Republican Party is scheduled to begin its convention to formally declare him its nominee for the White House.

China has said that it has banned several business units of American aviation manufacturer Lockheed Martin Corp. and three of its executives over arms deals the company has signed with Taiwan, the self-ruling island it claims as its own territory, media reports said.

Yoga symbolises the strivings of the world organisation for global unity, according to its leaders celebrating the International Day recognising the ancient discipline. 

Warning about the increased sophistication of small arms and the use of drones to get them to terrorists, India has called for universal condemnation of countries providing weapons to terrorists.