Pakistan's National Assembly yesterday passed legislation closing a loophole that allowed people who killed in the name of "honour" to go free, mandating life imprisonment even if the victim's relatives forgive the murder.

Pakistan's media regulator has launched a crackdown on companies airing Indian television channels and content, officials said yesterday, after an escalation of violence in the disputed Kashmir region between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

The Indian army says that its soldiers foiled an attack on an army camp and killed three suspected rebels in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

Even as his government continued to insist that India had not conducted surgical strikes across the Line of Control (LoC), Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif hit out at India for its 'aggression'.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal says Bangladesh will stay beside India if the neighbouring country is attacked following the ongoing tension with Pakistan.

Indian police have arrested six members of an Islamic State-inspired group suspected of plotting attacks on key figures and public places during the Hindu festival of Diwali, the national counter-terrorism agency says.

Regretting that the regional environment is “not conducive” to host the 19th Saarc Summit, current chair of the regional grouping Nepal says member states must ensure their territories are not used for cross-border terrorism.

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has offered to act as mediator between India and Pakistan to defuse rising tensions over disputed Kashmir. The offer comes after Pakistan's ambassador meets with the UN chief and urges him to personally intervene, while India says it does not want to aggravate the situation.

In backdrops of “surgical strikes” on terror launch pads across the de facto border in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, the Indian authorities issue an alert for stepping up vigil at different important places across the country.

Pakistan officially announces the postponement of 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) summit amid pull out of five nations including Bangladesh and India.

Sri Lanka joins with Bangladesh, India, Bhutan and Afghanistan to pull out of the 19th Saarc Summit in Islamabad citing reasons that Pakistan’s environment is “not conductive”.

Sonia Gandhi, head of India's main opposition party Congress, yesterday said a "strong message" has been sent with the surgical strikes by the army against terror bases in Pakistan across the Line of Control (LoC) and insisted that Islamabad bears a "great responsibility" in the continuing cross-border attacks in India.

India was on high alert yesterday fearing a Pakistani backlash after its military carried out surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control (LoC).

Islamabad is open to using tactical devices — a reference to tactical nuclear weapons that Pakistan is believed to possess — against India if it feels its safety is threatened, Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif said in an interview to Pakistani TV channel SAMAA.

Indian Army's "surgical strikes" on terrorist launch pads across the Line of Control has sent a message to Pakistan to not take India for

Villages along Punjab's border with Pakistan are put on high alert after Indian Army carried out surgical strikes on the LoC.

India’s ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party and main opposition Congress hail the armed forces’ surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the de facto border with Pakistan.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif faces a key choice in the coming weeks about who should run Pakistan's powerful military, one

Nepal government says that a conducive environment be created soon to ensure participation of all member states in the 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Summit.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs M Shahriar Alam says the decision to boycott Islamabad Saarc summit is purely Bangladesh's own decision.