U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday that the United States has developed a "much better" relationship with Pakistan recently.

India will use "all instruments at its command" to respond to Pakistan over its alleged role in a deadly bombing in Kashmir, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Friday, hours after Islamabad warned it would respond with "full force" if attacked.

The International Olympic Committee have suspended all Indian applications to host future events and urged international sports federations not to stage competitions in the country after two Pakistanis were denied visas to compete in New Delhi.

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman cemented a $10 billion deal for a refining and petrochemical complex in China on Friday, meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping who urged joint efforts to counter extremism and terror.

Pakistan's military is conducting court-martial proceedings against two senior officers on charges of espionage, a spokesman said on Friday, without giving details.

Lighter fuel, deodorant cans and drums full of chemicals stored in a residential building in the Bangladeshi capital fuelled a blaze this week that killed at least 70 people and injured more than 50, a senior fire official said on Friday.

Sri Lanka's central bank unexpectedly slashed banks' statutory reserve ratio on Friday to spur credit growth as policymakers struggle to boost the island's faltering economy after a political crisis.

Pakistan has re-instated a ban on two charities linked to Hafiz Saeed, the founder of the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) militant group that has carried out attacks in India, the interior ministry said on Friday.

Pakistan has made only "limited progress" on curbing money laundering and terrorism financing, failing to show a proper understanding of the risks posed by Islamic State, Al Qaeda and others, the Paris-based Financial Action Task Force said.

Pakistan will likely turn to Islamic banks to borrow another 200 billion rupees ($1.45 billion) to try to ease a financial crunch in its power sector, a senior finance ministry official said on Friday.