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The US-led coalition said Friday it had unintentionally killed more than 1,300 civilians in air strikes during itsfight against the Islamic State groupin Iraq and Syria since 2014.

India's gross domestic product (GDP) growth in the January-March quarter of 2018-19 slipped to 5.8 per centagainst 6.6% in the third quarter, due to poor performance in agriculture and manufacturing sectors, official data released by Central Statistics Office showed.

President Ram Nath Kovind as exhorted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday coordinated theassignment of portfoliosamong members from the Union Council of Ministers.

ChinahopesCanadaunderstandstheconsequencesofsidingwith the United States and doing its bidding,China's foreign ministry said on Friday after USVice President Mike Pence called for the release of twoCanadians detained inChina.

"AmericaFirstis a fallacy,"MexicanPresidentAndres Manuel Lopez Obradortold USPresidentDonaldTrumpin a letter on Thursday, responding to a White House announced it was imposing ablanket 5%tariffon all goods from Mexicofrom June 10.