Following are the foreign stories at 2000 hours

FGN45: CHINA-INDOPAK-LDALL KASHMIR Beijing: Asking India and Pakistan to exercise restraint, China on Tuesday said they should avoid actions that "unilaterally" change the status quo and exacerbate tensions between them as it voiced "serious concern" over the situation in Kashmir.

FGN42: PAK-PARLIAMENT-2NDLD KASHMIR

Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday expressed apprehension that Pulwama-like attacks can follow the revocation of the special status for Jammu and Kashmir, which could trigger a conventional war between Pakistan and India.

FGN44: UK-ARTICLE370 London: The UK government on Tuesday said that it was monitoring the situation in Kashmir closely and called for calm as the country's parliamentarians echoed some of the wider divisions over the India's decision to revoke Article 370 and bifurcate the state of Jammu and Kashmir.

FGN39: TALIBAN-LD US

Kabul: The United States and the Taliban have resolved differences in peace talks over the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and guarantees from the insurgents that they will cut ties with other extremist groups, a Taliban official said Tuesday. (AFP)

FGN47: US-LD MORRISON New York: Nobel laureate Toni Morrison, a pioneer and reigning giant of modern literature whose imaginative power in "Beloved," ''Song of Solomon" and other works transformed American letters by dramatising the pursuit of freedom within the boundaries of race, has died at age 88. (AP)

FGN26 PAK-ART370-ARMY

Islamabad: Pakistan Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Tuesday said that his troops are prepared to "go to any extent" to help Kashmiris, a day after the Indian government revoked Article 370 which gave special status to Jammu and Kashmir.

FGN22: US-CHINA-2NDLD CURRENCY Washington/Beijing: The US has officially labelled China a "currency manipulator," accusing it of using the yuan to gain "unfair competitive advantage," a charge dismissed by Beijing as "wayward unilateralism and protectionist", further escalating the tense trade war between the world's two largest economies.

FGN18: ART370-2NDLD US

Washington: The US is "closely following" the events in Jammu and Kashmir after the Indian government scrapped the constitutional provision that accorded special status to the state, a senior official has said while urging all stakeholders to maintain peace and stability along the Line of Control.

FGN38: CHINA-US-2NDLD MISSILES Beijing: China warned Tuesday it would take unspecified countermeasures if the US goes ahead with plans to deploy ground-based intermediate-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region. (AFP)

FGN31: AFGHAN-TALIBAN-LD ELECTIONS

Kabul: The Taliban warned Afghans on Tuesday to keep away from election rallies and ordered its fighters to "stand against" the planned September vote. (AFP)

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