2 h. ago Pakistan and India hint at imminent military action over Kashmir. A look at the nuclear rivals

A deadly attack on tourists in the disputed Kashmir region last week has spiked tensions between India and Pakistan

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5 h. ago Algeria drafts wartime mobilization bill amid regional tensions

Algeria’s government proposed a law to streamline military mobilization amid tensions with neighboring countries Morocco and Mali, as well as former colonial ruler France

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49 h. ago Pakistani minister's chilling World War Three threat that country 'has 130 nukes aimed at India'

A Pakistani government minister has warned India that their nuclear arsenal are 'not kept as models' and were 'targeted' at India as tensions rise in the disputed Kashmir region

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61 h. ago China and Philippines display competing flags on disputed South China Sea sandbank

Beijing and Manila accuse eachother of illegal activities around Sandy Cay near the Spratly Isles, as joint US-Filipino military drills get underway in regionChina and the Philippines have displayed their national flags in competing photo opportunities on a disputed sandbank in the South China sea, ratcheting up longstanding regional tensions between the two countries.The dispute played out at Sandy Cay, which is part of the disputed Spratly Islands, and comes days after the US and the Philippines launched their annual joint military drills called “Balikatan”, or “shoulder to shoulder”, which this year will include an integrated air and missile defence simulation for the first time. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Man shot dead at home in mysterious circumstances amid high terror alert in India’s Kashmir

Killing comes amid a major security crackdown in the Kashmir region, as well as high tensions on the de facto border with Pakistan

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6 d. ago Modi vows to pursue terrorists to ‘ends of the Earth’ after Kashmir attack

Indian PM makes first speech amid increasing tensions with Pakistan after 26 men killed in contested Himalayan region India’s prime minister, Narendra Modi, has vowed to punish all those responsible for Tuesday’s attack in Kashmir, pursuing them “to the ends of the Earth”.Twenty-six men were killed in the tourist hotspot of Pahalgam, in the deadliest attack on civilians in the contested Muslim-majority territory since 2000. Continue reading...

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