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Despite uproar in US over Helsinki meet, Trump invites Putin to Washington

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President Donald Trump has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to Washington this autumn, the White House said on Thursday, a daring rebuttal to the torrent of criticism in the United States over Trump`s failure to publicly confront Putin at their first summit for Moscow`s meddling in the 2016 election.

No-confidence motion today: BJP confident of win, Congress says issue not only of numbers

The Modi government is expected to have a smooth sailing when it faces the first no-confidence motion in four years in the Lok Sabha today with all eyes on fence sitters like the AIADMK and the BJD and the day-long debate that is likely to set the agenda for the 2019 general elections.

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Final call on no-confidence vote to be taken by Uddhav Thackeray: Shiv Sena

Ahead of the no-confidence motion in Lok Sabha, Shiv Sena chief whip Chandrakant Khaire on Friday said that there was no whip issued to vote one way or another.

US intelligence chief: 'I don't know' what Trump, Putin talked about

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The top US intelligence official said Thursday that, three days after President Donald Trump met privately with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for more than two hours, he does not know what the two men discussed or agreed.

Civilians killed in Afghanistan air strike: Officials

As many as 14 people, including women and children, were killed in an air strike carried out during an operation by Afghan security forces near the northern city of Kunduz on Thursday, officials said.