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Pakistan FM to visit China on heels of conflict with India over Kashmir
May 18, 2025 (AFP)
Ishaq Dar, who also holds the portfolio of deputy prime minister, will start his visit on Monday in Beijing where he will hold "in-depth discussions" with Chine...
Indian vets to be re-deployed as security guards in Kashmir: govt
May 17, 2025 (AFP)
Around 70 people were killed in the violence, which was sparked by an attack on tourists by gunmen in Indian-administered Kashmir last month that New Delhi accu...
Turkey says to continue anti-PKK operations until 'region cleared'
May 15, 2025 (AFP)
The military will "continue to act in the regions used by the separatist PKK terrorist organisation with determination until it is certain the region is cleared...
India-Pakistan: conflict with no clear winner
May 14, 2025 (AFP)
- No clear winner - Both South Asian countries claim to have achieved their goals in their worst conflict since 1999, without admitting significant losses. Four...
Pakistan returns Indian border guard captured after Kashmir attack
May 14, 2025 (AFP)
The guard was captured a day after an April attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 people and sparked tit-for-tat missile, drone and fighter jet a...
India, Pakistan military to confer as ceasefire holds
May 12, 2025 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump announced the truce late Saturday after four days of missile, drone and artillery attacks which killed at least 60 people and sent tho...
Indian teams defuse bombs in Kashmir border areas
May 12, 2025 (AFP)
Tens of thousands of people living on the Indian side of the divided Himalayan territory fled last week to escape intense artillery bombardment that reduced man...
Indian PM Modi vows strong response to any future 'terrorist attack'
May 12, 2025 (AFP)
A weekend ceasefire which US President Donald Trump said he brokered appeared to be holding Monday after four days of intense jetfighter, missile, drone and art...
Iraq: PKK decision to disband boosts regional stability
May 12, 2025 (AFP)
The PKK decision is a "significant opportunity to promote peace efforts and end long-standing conflicts," a foreign ministry statement said. It would also "stre...
India, Pakistan ceasefire holds after early violations
May 11, 2025 (AFP)
The ceasefire was agreed on Saturday after four days of missile, drone and artillery attacks which killed at least 60 people and sent thousands fleeing, in the ...
Outside mediation now crucial for Pakistan and India
May 10, 2025 (AFP)
Pakistan said it launched counterattacks on Saturday after India struck three of its air bases overnight following days of missile, artillery and drone strikes ...
India says repulsed fresh Pakistan attacks as de-escalation efforts grow
May 09, 2025 (AFP)
Nearly 50 people have been killed on both sides, mainly in Pakistan, since India launched air strikes on Wednesday targeting "terrorist camps" and sparking the ...
India and Pakistan trade fire after deadly escalation
May 08, 2025 (AFP)
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif vowed to retaliate after India launched deadly missile strikes on Wednesday morning, with days of repeated gunfire along...
India warns Pakistan attacks will get 'firm response' after trading fire for another day
May 08, 2025 (AFP)
"Our response was targeted and measured. It (is) not our intention to escalate the situation," Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar said in a speech to his ...
A bitter return for Iraqis kicked out of Europe
May 08, 2025 (AFP)
He now faces the same challenges that drove him to leave the northern Kurdistan region of Iraq. More than a year has passed, and he is still without a job. Jala...
China says 'concerned' by India strikes on Pakistan, urges restraint
May 07, 2025 (AFP)
India and Pakistan exchanged heavy artillery along their contested frontier on Wednesday, after New Delhi launched missile strikes on its arch-rival. Pakistan s...
India says strikes on Pakistan were 'right to respond' as Pakistan warns to 'avenge'
May 07, 2025 (AFP)
India's military said the strikes destroyed "nine terrorist camps" belonging to those it blames for an attack last month in Indian-administered Kashmir that kil...
India launches strikes on Pakistan, Islamabad vows to 'settle the score'
May 07, 2025 (AFP)
Dead were reported on both sides. Pakistan said Indian strikes had killed at least eight people, and India said Pakistani artillery fire had killed three civili...
Pakistan warns will 'avenge' deaths from Indian strikes
May 07, 2025 (AFP)
At least 43 deaths have been reported so far, with Islamabad saying 31 civilians were killed by the Indian strikes and firing along the border, and New Delhi ad...
Dozens killed as India, Pakistan clash in worst violence in decades
May 07, 2025 (AFP)
At least 38 deaths were reported, with Islamabad saying 26 civilians were killed by the Indian strikes and firing along the border, and New Delhi adding at leas...
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