Two soldiers were killed and three others wounded in India-held Kashmir on Saturday as soldiers traded fire with suspected separatists who were holed up inside an army camp, a minister said. Abdul Rehman Veeri told lawmakers in the area’s legislative assembly that the gun battle, which began early morning, continued …

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un invited the South’s President Moon Jae-in for a summit in Pyongyang Saturday, Seoul said, even as the US warned against falling for Pyongyang’s Olympic charm offensive. The invitation, delivered by Kim’s visiting sister Kim Yo Jong, said Kim was willing to meet the South’s …

The Israeli military shot down an Iranian drone that “infiltrated the country” early on Saturday and struck Iranian targets in Syria that launched it, in what the military called a “severe and irregular violation of Israeli sovereignty”. The military said its planes faced heavy anti-aircraft counter fire from Syria that …