7 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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7 h. ago Pakistan PM promises to ‘avenge each drop of blood’ after Indian airstrikes kill 31

Fears raised of escalating conflict after Pakistan accused India of ‘igniting an inferno’ in Kashmir and PunjabKashmir crisis live – latest updatesPakistan has warned that it will “avenge” the death of 31 people killed in overnight missile attacks by the Indian air force, raising fears of an escalating conflict between the two nuclear-armed countries.In a late night address to the nation late on Wednesday, Pakistan’s prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, said: “We make this pledge, that we will avenge each drop of the blood of these martyrs.” Continue reading...

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9 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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9 h. ago Pakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after India missile strikes kill 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 overnight missile attacks by the Indian air force killed 26 people, 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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10 h. ago Modi’s deadly bombing strike on Pakistan goes to the heart of India’s great dilemma | Chietigj Bajpaee

A military attack on the same day as a trade deal with the UK reveals a nation keen to strut the world stage, but hampered by regional enmity and historyConcluding a “landmark” trade agreement with the UK and launching military operations against Pakistan on the same day: it is fair to say that, for India, the future and the past have collided this week. The agreement with Britain, which has been three years in the making, is one of several India is negotiating, including with the US and EU. It illustrates its appeal as a rising global power – the world’s most populous country and its fastest-growing major economy, which is also the fifth (and on course to be third) largest overall. In contrast, the military operations targeting Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir demonstrate how India continues to be bogged down by instabilities in its neighbourhood and held hostage to its history.India’s military actions are in response to a terrorist attack last month in which 26 tourists ...

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14 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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15 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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17 h. ago Pakistan vows to retaliate after India launches military strikes

Islamabad also said it had shot down five Indian military jets in response to assault it claims killed 26 people

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18 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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19 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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21 h. ago India strikes Pakistan in response to Kashmir terror attack: What we know so far

Indian Army say they launched ‘Operation Sindoor’ as UN urges restraint: ‘World cannot afford a military confrontation between India and Pakistan’

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23 h. ago Pakistan 'shoots down two Indian jets' as world on brink after 'nuclear winter' warning

Pakistan has reportedly shot down two Indian Air Force jets in a retaliation attack following India's early morning missile assault, which struck cities across Pakistan

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23 h. ago Deaths on both sides as India launches air strikes on 'terrorist camps' inside Pakistan and Islamabad retaliates: 'Three Indian planes shot down' as nuclear

The Indian armed forces have confirmed striking nine sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the government said in a statement on Wednesday.

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24 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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24 h. ago Kashmir crisis live: India missile attack kills eight; Pakistan official says two Indian fighter jets shot down

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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25 h. ago Kashmir crisis: Pakistan official says two Indian jets shot down after India missile attack – 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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26 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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26 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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27 h. ago India strikes nine sites in Pakistan weeks after Kashmir militant attack – live

India confirms ‘precision strike’; Pakistan vows response to ‘heinous provocation’US president Donald Trump was just asked about the Indian missile strikes into Pakistani-controlled 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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7 d. ago UK joins US as military launches strikes against Houthis in Yemen in joint operation

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed the strikes on Tuesday were in response to Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden

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