Sudden floods triggered by heavy rains have killed more than 200 people across parts of Pakistan, India-administered Kashmir and Nepal, authorities have said, as scores of people remain missing.

More than 300 people are dead in northwest Pakistan after two days of intense rains and floods, local officials have said.

More than 360 people, mostly women and children, have died in rain-related incidents across Pakistan since June 26.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned Pakistan that India will punish its neighbor if there are future attacks on India as he marked 78 years of independence from British colonial rule. Modi’s remarks Friday come three months after nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan engaged in four days of intense fighting,

Amid US tariff tensions, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his Independence Day address from the Red Fort, sent a firm message to President Donald Trump.

“Sanctions can go up, they can be loosened. They can have a definitive life. They can go on indefinitely,” he told Bloomberg.

Delhi's increased imports of cheap Russian crude since the Ukraine war have strained India-US relations and disrupted ongoing trade talks with Washington.

Around 70 per cent of India's goods exports to the US, valued at $60.85 billion, are now exposed to the 50 per cent tariff imposed by the US administration, according to an analysis by ICRIER, a econ...

He acknowledged India's reduced oil purchases from Russia, while noting China's continued significant intake.