80 m. ago Voices: Right now, there’s just one thing preventing nuclear war between India and Pakistan

As an uneasy, decades-long stand-off breaks into open conflict, Peter Popham says the hostile neighbours have failed to develop protocols to prevent tensions from escalating further – to catastrophic levels

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2 h. ago Why are Pakistan and India fighting? Their history explained amid fears of an all

There have been fears raised that an all-out war could begin

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2 h. ago Pakistanis say India will ‘pay a huge price’ following cross

Pakistanis vowed to make India “pay a huge price” following cross-border strikes between the two nuclear-armed rivals on Wednesday (May 7).

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3 h. ago London statue unveiling honouring Bollywood icons Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol postponed amid India

The statue, which is to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, will now be unveiled at a later date as fears of an all-out war between India and Pakistan escalate

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3 h. ago Pakistan calls India air strikes 'act of war' and vows 'strong and robust' response

It comes after India missiles killed at least 26 people

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4 h. ago India Pakistan war 'would spark Armageddon with 125m deaths and global starvation'

Hundreds of millions could die 'immediately' and billions more would be hit by knock-on effects on Earth's atmosphere if nuclear war broke out between India and Pakistan, scientists said

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5 h. ago UK 'ready to support both' India and Pakistan amid war fears after Kashmir air strikes

Leaders are fearful over rising tensions between the two countries

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6 h. ago India and Pakistan: A history scarred by bloody conflicts since 1947 partition

Tensions rise between the two nations as India launches several strikes

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6 h. ago Moment Trump learned about India and Pakistan clashes and air strikes and called it a 'shame' as two nuclear

India and Pakistan were teetering on the brink of war this morning after New Delhi hit what it called 'terrorist camps' overnight, prompting stark threats from Islamabad.

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8 h. ago India Pakistan war fears: Live updates amid huge tensions between nuclear

At least 26 people - including young children - have been killed after India fired missiles at nine sites across Pakistan, notably infrastructure used by militants

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8 h. ago India Pakistan LIVE: Nuclear powers on brink of 'all out war' as missiles fired

At least 26 people - including young children - have been killed after India fired missiles at nine sites across Pakistan, notably infrastructure used by militants

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8 h. ago Pakistan 'shoots down jets' and decries 'act of war' after India launches missile strikes

India’s Defence Ministry said the strikes targeted at least nine sites ‘where terrorist attacks against India have been planned’

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9 h. ago ‘Like powerful thunder’: Panic in Kashmir’s border villages as long

Residents on both sides of the Line of Control have been preparing for violence for days. It came in the middle of the night, with the whistle of missiles overheadFull report: Pakistan decries ‘act of war’Live coverage: deadly Indian missile attackFor days, residents living on both sides of the volatile border between India and Pakistan, dividing the disputed region of Kashmir, had been bracing themselves for war.After India accused Pakistan of involvement in a terrorist attack which killed 26 people, and vowed to retaliate with military might, locals knew a confrontation between the two countries could take place at any moment. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ as it retaliates against India missile attack

India claimed strikes, which followed attack on Hindu tourists in Kashmir last month, targeted ‘terrorist infrastructure’India-Pakistan crisis - live updatesAt least eight people, including a child, have been killed and 35 injured after India launched attacks on what it claimed were nine sites of “terrorist infrastructure” inside Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir, in a sharp escalation of hostilities between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.Loud explosions were heard early on Wednesday, and power was knocked out in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistani Kashmir, witnesses said. Continue reading...

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13 h. ago India Pakistan war fears: MP Stella Creasy expresses her concern with five

Stella Creasy, a Labour and Co-operative politician for Walthamstow, northeast London, tweeted in the wake of India's attack on nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir

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15 h. ago Donald Trump offers 'hope' as India and Pakistan edge toward World War 3

As explosions were heard across the region, Pakistan's military swiftly confirmed the attack, accusing India of a deliberate missile strike and warning of impending retaliation.

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15 h. ago India Pakistan war fears: Everything we know about the WW3 concern sparked by Pakistan conflict

The UK-India free trade deal is under the spotlight following events in Bahawalpur and Islamabad, which have sparked fears World War Three could happen in the near future

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15 h. ago Kashmir crisis: Pakistan says it is retaliating to India’s ‘act of war’ – live

Pakistani PM calls India’s missile attack on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir ‘cowardly’; defence minister says ‘We are in the process of retaliating’ Pakistan vows to retaliate after wave of Indian missiles hits countryUS president Donald Trump was just asked about the Indian missile strikes into Pakistani-administered territory.“It’s a shame,” Trump told reporters. “We just heard about it.”In Ahmedpur East, we have information about the martyrdom of a child and 12 people injured Two civilians were martyred in Kotli.We know that a mosque was struck [in Ahmedpur]; ordinance landed on a house near it Parents and a child are stuck and being rescued. Continue reading...

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16 h. ago World War 3 fears as India fires missiles at Pakistan pushing rivals to nuclear brink

India fired multiple missiles into Pakistan as loud explosions were heard around the city of Muzaffarabad and other areas, as the neighbouring nuclear powers edge closer to all out war

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16 h. ago India Pakistan war fears: Live updates as tensions boil over with missile strikes

The Indian Armed Forces launched strikes on nine sites, targeting what they claim to be 'terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir'

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