India and Pakistan exchanged more gun and mortar fire in the disputed Kashmir region on Thursday, injuring five civilians, but Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi hinted an end could be in sight for the worst cross-border violence in a decade.
Fighting intensified between India and Pakistan in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir on Wednesday, wounding a dozen along a more than 200-km (124-mile) stretch of border.
The rise in rural wages now taking place across Asia could lift hundreds of millions of people out of extreme poverty in the next decade, a new report showed on Thursday.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday he wants to hold bilateral talks with neighboring Pakistan "without a shadow of terrorism," a day after Pakistan's prime minister expressed frustration with stalled talks over Kashmir.
