China has delivered the third of the eight new "advanced" Hangor-class submarines to Pakistan as part of Beijing's efforts to upgrade Islamabad's naval strength to support its growing presence in the Indian Ocean,

Floods triggered by cloudbursts and monsoon rains have killed around 400 people, with many more still missing, officials said. Rescue workers are desperately searching for survivors among the muddy debris.

Rescuers began a third day of scouring the mountains of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in northwestern Pakistan, while others looked for missing people in the Kishtwar district of Indian-controlled Kashmir.

United States President Donald Trump held talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Alaska in a momentous summit in Alaska. After the meeting, Trump hinted that he may not impose additional secondary tariffs on countries purchasing Russian crude oil,

The international Court of Arbitration lacks any legal authority to make pronouncements on the Indus Waters Treaty between India and Pakistan as New Delhi has never recognised the legitimacy of the court,

"Nuclear sabre-rattling is Pakistan's stock-in-trade," India 's External Affairs Ministry said in a public statement on its website. "It is also regrettable that these remarks should have been made from the soil of a friendly third country."

During his Friday speech, Modi also hinted India would continue its unilateral suspension of the Indus Water Treaty. The treaty, which India suspended after the April massacre, allows sharing of the Indus River that runs about 2,897 kilometers (1,800 miles) through South Asia and is a lifeline for both countries.

Pakistan will create a new force in the military to supervise missile combat capabilities in a conventional conflict, apparently a move to match neighbouring arch-rival India.