Iran's state-run IRNA news agency says a militant attack near the Pakistani border with Iran has left five Iranian forces dead.

Pakistan's military says its security forces have faced off with militants in two separate shootouts in the restive northwest near Afghanistan, killing six insurgents.

Tehran: A militant attack near the Pakistani border with Iran left five Iranian forces dead, the state-run IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. The report said the dead were ethnic Baluch members of the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard's volunteer Basij force and were killed in Saravan city in Sistan and Baluchistan province.

The Indian Ministry of External Affairs refutes reports of denying visas to Pakistani participants for the Asian Youth Scrabble Championship in New Delhi. According to sources, 12 visas, including for titleholders,

With over three months to go for the Champions Trophy, India made it official that the Men in Blue would not travel to Pakistan. Pakistan have now threatened to pull out as hosts. There may be a chance of a hybrid model or South Africa may host the competition instead to accommodate India.