U.S. President Donald Trump has said that India and Pakistan could handle their dispute over Kashmir on their own but that he was there should they need him to mediate.
Indian security forces killed a suspected militant in a gunbattle in Kashmir on August 21, police said, the first clash since New Delhi removed the special status of the territory this month.
Pakistan said on August 15 that three of its troops were killed in a cross-border exchange of fire along the separation line in the contested Kashmir region, but India denied that five of its soldiers died, as well.
A strict curfew in effect in Indian-controlled Kashmir for a fifth day was to be eased for Friday prayers on August 9.
Tajik authorities have transferred dozens of Afghan convicts to their home country to serve their sentences there, officials say.
Iran has released nine of 12 Indian crew from a Panama-flagged oil tanker detained on July 14, India said.
Unidentified gunmen have killed two members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) and wounded another two near the border with Pakistan, Iranian state television says.
An explosion has killed five soldiers and wounded one near the border with India in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, Pakistan's military said in a statement on July 3.
More than 700,000 people applied for tickets to the Cricket World Cup match between Pakistan and India in the British city of Manchester in a stadium that holds about 23,500 fans, official said.
The leaders of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) countries have signed a joint declaration at their summit in Kyrgyzstan's capital, Bishkek, calling for greater cooperation among member countries and reaffirming their intent to ensure security for their region.
At least four militants, including two former police officers, were killed in India-administered Kashmir on June 7 during an operation launched by the security forces, officials said.
Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi, for his landslide general election victory, and said he looked forward to working with him for "peace, progress, and prosperity in South Asia.”
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