3 h. ago Twins, 12, among those killed in Indian border town in Pakistani shelling: ‘We are paying with our blood’

Pakistan’s attack in Poonch has left a trail of devastation, with homes shattered and families torn apart in the border town that never saw it coming, Shweta Sharma and Mohammad Dawood report

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4 h. ago What we know about India’s airstrikes on Pakistan days after deadly Kashmir attack

UN urges restraint as ‘world cannot afford a military confrontation between India and Pakistan’

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5 h. ago Pakistan and India trade accusations of drone attacks as conflict escalates

Pakistani military official accuses Delhi of ‘another blatant act of aggression’ a day after Indian strikes killed dozensPakistan and India accused each other of overnight drone and missile attacks, with Delhi claiming to have thwarted strikes on more than a dozen cities and Islamabad claiming to have shot down 25 Indian drones.The allegations levelled on both sides marked a stark escalation of the conflict between the two nuclear-armed nations, after Indian missile strikes on Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday killed 31 people. Continue reading...

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8 h. ago Pakistan says one civilian killed and 12 Indian drones shot down

Military spokesperson accuses Delhi of ‘another blatant act of aggression’ a day after Indian strikes killed dozensPakistan claims to have shot down 12 Indian drones overnight and said drone attacks had left one civilian dead and four soldiers injured.Pakistan’s military spokesperson Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said at a press conference that India had “apparently lost the plot” as he accused it of“yet another blatant military act of aggression” in sending more than dozen drones overnight over major Pakistani cities including Rawalpindi, where Pakistan’s military has its headquarters. Continue reading...

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14 h. ago Chilling warning India and Pakistan conflict will spark nuclear war 'at any time'

Pakistan's defence minister Khawaja Asif has spoken out in the wake of India's sickening attack on Pakistani-controlled territory, which has killed dozens of people

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19 h. ago 'Nuclear war' warning issued as India says it 'will respond' if Pakistan attacks back

Nuclear war with India could break out 'at any time', Pakistan's defence minister has said, as fears of a tit-for-tat bloodshed continue to grow. 

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19 h. ago India conducts mock drills across country during escalating tensions with Pakistan

India conducted mock drills across the country on Wednesday (7 May) after a deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir killed 26 people on 22 April.

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22 h. ago Kashmir crisis live: India must ‘suffer the consequences’ for ‘cowardly’ attack says Pakistan PM

Shehbaz Sharif addresses nation as tensions escalate after 31 people killed and 57 injured in Indian air force attackPakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after deadly India missile strikesAnalysis – India and Pakistan can ill-afford war, but who will talk them down?Footage shows the aftermath of India’s missile attack on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday.Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has spoken with Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, in a phone call on Wednesday.Erdoğan stated that Turkey was ready to do what it can to prevent the tensions from escalating, and that his diplomatic contacts in that regard would continue. Continue reading...

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23 h. ago ‘I hope we survive this hell tonight’: People in Kashmiri border villages fear more strikes

Residents on both sides had 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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24 h. ago Pakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after India missile strike kills 26

Fears raised of escalating conflict after statement accusing India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has authorised its military to take “corresponding” retaliatory action against India after an overnight missile attack by the Indian air force killed 26 across Pakistan, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.In a strongly worded statement, Pakistan accused India of “igniting an inferno” in the region after it carried out targeted strikes on nine sites in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and the Pakistani province of Punjab in the early hours of Wednesday. Continue reading...

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25 h. ago Backlash after minister says UK could sell weapons to India as war with Pakistan looms

Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds said the UK should not be ‘squeamish’ about exporting its defence sector

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28 h. ago Rishi Sunak says India's attacks on 'terrorist infrastructure' in Pakistan are 'justified'

Rishi Sunak waded in amid fears the confrontation between the nuclear-armed powers could escalate out of control.

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31 h. ago Kashmir crisis live: Pakistan PM authorises armed forces to undertake ‘corresponding action’ after India strikes kill 26

Pakistan authorises retaliation after India conducts ‘precision strikes’ in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ after Indian missile attackIndia and Pakistan’s Kashmir dispute – explainedUS 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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32 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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32 h. ago India blames Pakistan for Kashmir terror attack that claimed 26 lives. This is its evidence

India’s foreign ministry holds press briefing in capital Delhi to share information about ‘terror camps’ targeted in overnight airstrikes

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33 h. ago India strikes on Pakistan ‘a compulsion both to deter and to pre

India’s foreign secretary has said the strikes on Pakistan were “a compulsion both to deter and to pre-empt”.

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33 h. ago What evidence has India presented linking Pakistan to Kashmir terror attack?

India’s foreign ministry holds press briefing in capital Delhi to share information about terror camps targeted in the airstrikes

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33 h. ago UK Foreign Office issues travel warning for India and Pakistan as Heathrow flights are delayed

Pakistan’s leader has called strikes by neighbouring India ‘an act of war’ as tensions flared

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33 h. ago Pakistan claims it has shot down five Indian fighter jets, condemns 'act of war' and vows to retaliate against India for airstrikes amid fears of full

India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani 'terror camps' in Kashmir just days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian side of the contested region.

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34 h. ago Pakistan claims it has shot down three Indian fighter jets, condemns 'act of war' and vows to retaliate against India for airstrikes amid fears of full

India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani 'terror camps' in Kashmir just days after it blamed Islamabad for a deadly attack on the Indian side of the contested region.

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