US President Donald Trump has urged his "two good friends", Prime Ministers Narendra Modi of India and Pakistan's Imran Khan, to work towards reducing tensions over Kashmir. He also advised Pakistan to "moderate rhetoric with India" over Kashmir. ....

Pakistan Army Chief Gen. Qamar Javed Bajwa's term has been extended by three years citing the "regional security environment". ....

Pakistan on Sunday attacked Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh over his statement that any talk with Pakistan would only be on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), saying it is "reflective of the predicament that India finds itself in" after its Kashmir move. ....

Saying India is home to among the biggest start-up eco-systems in the world and witnessing transformation in many sectors, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said it was a great time to innovate in his country, proposing extensive cooperation between the two neighbours in new areas like space and digital payments. ....

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday warned India against any "misadventure" in Pakistan, saying "miscalculation" on the part of New Delhi would elicit a "tit-for-tat" response from Islamabad, amid heightening tensions between the two neighbours following India's move to revoke Article 370 granting special status to Jammu and Kashmir. ....

India's Ambassador to the US Harsh Vardhan Shringla has said that American President Donald Trump's mediation offer on Kashmir was "not on the table anymore" and "unlikely to happen", a media report said on Tuesday. ....

The future of Sino-Indian ties depends on mutual sensitivity to each other's core concerns and it's vital to "not let differences become disputes", External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar conveyed this to his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi, here on Monday, as the two sides met for the first time after exchanges became a bit frosty over the changed status of Jammu and Kashmir. ....

After accusing India's BJP government of having a "racist" ideology and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi of having the "mindset of Hitler", Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said the events in Jammu and Kashmir were unfolding "exactly according to RSS ideology inspired by Nazi ideology". ....

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres came out on Thursday against changing the status of Jammu and Kashmir and backed Security Council resolutions, of which the main one requires Pakistan to withdraw all its nationals from Kashmir. ....

Pakistan's top civil and military leadership has decided to expel Indian High Commissioner Ajay Bisaria and suspend bilateral trade with India in the wake of New Delhi's move of revoking special status for Jammu and Kashmir. ....