Days after a commentary in a daily indicated that China could meddle in the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan, Beijing on Thursday denied it would do so, saying it was a bilateral dispute. ....

At least 30 miners were injured in an explosion at a coal mine in northeastern Iran and up to 80 others remained trapped underground, officials said. ....

Barack Obama proposed to a "serious" girlfriend before he met his eventual wife Michelle, according to a new biography of the former US President. ....

At least eight civilians were killed in a suicide bombing in Kabul city on Wednesday that targeted a convoy of foreign troops, the Interior Ministry said. ....

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "paying attention" to the India-Pakistan border tension, but UN observers have not received any reports from India about any recent ceasefire violations, Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said Tuesday. ....

At least 10 Iraqi soldiers were killed on Tuesday in an attack by Islamic State (IS) militants on a military base in Iraq's western province of Anbar. ....

China is ready to resolve the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan because it has a "vested interest," an opinion piece in a Chinese daily said on Tuesday. ....

A Chinese Communist Party official has accused some colleagues of allegedly donating money to the Dalai Lama, saying this severely undermines the fight against separatism. ....

After US president Trump policy of buy American hire American, Information technology major Infosys on Tuesday said it will hire 10,000 American workers over the next two years. ....

Pakistan on Monday rejected India's accusation that it killed two soldiers in "unprovoked" firing and mutilated their bodies near the Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir. ....