Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarked on a five-day visit to the United States on Wednesday to attend a slew of meetings where he will highlight India’s achievements, concerns and also suggest measures to deal with the evolving situation on the regional as well as the global front.
This will also be the first-ever in-person bilateral meeting with the two leaders since the new administration took charge in the United States in January this year.
According to US Central Command commander General Kenneth McKenzie, the strike was intended to target a suspected IS operation that US intelligence had "reasonable assurance" targeted attacking the Kabul airport.
According to numerous sources briefed on a 90-minute discussion between the two leaders last week, Xi did not accept Biden's offer and instead urged that Washington adopt a more conciliatory tone toward Beijing.
Blinken told the House Foreign Affairs Committee in the first public hearing on Afghanistan since the fall of the US-backed Afghan government last month that Pakistan had a "multiplicity of interests, some of which contradict ours."
According to the report, the measures would have to pass the Judiciary Committee, the House of Representatives, and the Senate before becoming law.
The document that was revealed was heavily censored and did not explicitly link the Saudi government to the hijackers. It was published due to demand from family members of 9/11 victims who have sued Saudi Arabia for involvement.
Although China has not formally recognised the Taliban as Afghanistan's new rulers, in July, Wang welcomed Mullah Baradar, who has subsequently been named deputy prime minister.
White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Biden "believes that it is a woman’s right, it is a woman’s body and it is her choice,” in response to a reporter.
Record rains transformed streets into rivers and shut down subway systems as water cascaded down platforms onto tracks, prompting an unprecedented flash flood emergency alert for New York City.
