71 m. ago How do India and Pakistan’s armies and nuclear arsenals compare to each other?

While India has a far larger military and economic advantages over Pakistan, experts tell Arpan Rai neither of the nuclear-armed neighbours can afford a full-blown war

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97 m. 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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1 hour ago India set for bid to stage World Test Championship final in 2027

Indian bid would have major implications for schedulingProposal complicated by India-Pakistan tensionsIndia want to stage the final of the World Test Championship in 2027 with a formal proposal to be made to the International Cricket Council this summer.An Indian bid for the WTC final would have major implications for England’s summer scheduling and could create logistical problems for the ICC given the country’s relations with Pakistan, which have deteriorated further following this week’s air strikes in Kashmir. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Who are the militant groups India says it targeted in Pakistan strikes?

New Delhi accuses Islamabad of harbouring armed groups responsible for carrying out attacks on its territory

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4 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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5 h. ago Satellite images show impact on mosques and buildings in Pakistan after Indian strikes

Satellite images before and after the strikes released by Maxar Technologies show damage to mosques and buildings in Pakistan’s Punjab province

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6 h. ago Pakistan claims it downed Indian Rafale jets amid deadly cross

Pakistan says it shot down three Rafale jets in retaliatory strike, marking what could be first combat loss of French-made aircraft

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6 h. ago Pakistan and India on high alert amid airport shutdowns and security drills in major cities

Tensions mount as Pakistani PM vows retaliation for military strikes by India that killed dozens across the countryTensions were high across India and Pakistan on Thursday, with airports shut down and security drills under way in major border cities, amid warnings by Pakistan that it intended to retaliate for Wednesday’s strikes.In a speech late on Wednesday night, prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said he would “solemnly swear that we will avenge each and every drop of blood of our martyrs,” after India’s missile airstrikes on Pakistan in the early hours, which killed 31 people across the country. Continue reading...

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7 h. ago Pakistan shoots down drone near naval base in the city of Lahore, officials say

Pakistan’s air defense system shot down a drone early Thursday near a naval air base in the eastern city of Lahore, police and security officials said

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8 h. ago ‘We want peace’: Protesters gather in London against India’s airstrikes on Pakistani Kashmir

Protesters gathered outside the Indian High Commission in London on 7 May to demonstrate over missile strikes in Pakistani-administered Kashmir.

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8 h. ago Asian shares trade higher after Wall Street climbs moderately as Fed holds rates steady

Asian shares are rising moderately after a lackluster finish on Wall Street, with most shares ticking higher after the Federal Reserve left its main interest rate unchanged, as was widely expected

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10 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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15 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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15 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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17 h. ago ‘Hopefully they can stop now’: Trump offers help the day after India’s airstrikes against Pakistan

The two nuclear-armed states have an uneasy relationship and have fought multiple wars over the years

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18 h. ago The Guardian view on India and Pakistan: a newly dangerous moment in an old dispute | Editorial

Both sides believe they are treading carefully, but without intercession the military clash following the murder of Hindu tourists in Kashmir could escalateThe familiarity of military confrontation between India and Pakistan is no cause for reassurance: this is the worst violence in years. Though neither wants full-blown conflict, the dispute over Kashmir has produced three wars and multiple crises over eight decades. When two nuclear-armed neighbours clash, we should worry.One reason is that errors and misjudgments are always possible. Following its overnight strikes on Pakistan, which it accuses of involvement in the massacre of Hindu tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir last month, India said that it hit only terrorist infrastructure and that its actions were “not escalatory”. This is not a judgment that can be made unilaterally. Pakistan said India was “igniting an inferno” and that its military is authorised to take corresponding actions. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago The Guardian view on bias in medical research: disregard for women’s health belongs in the past | Editorial

It is shocking that while illnesses specific to men are studied, those affecting women are ignoredSix years after Caroline Criado Perez’s bestselling book Invisible Women drew a mass readership’s attention to the long history of sexist bias in medical research, it is shocking that women and their illnesses are still underrepresented in clinical trials. Analysis by the Guardian of data gathered for a new study showed that from 2019 to 2023, 282 trials involving only male subjects were submitted for regulatory approval in the UK – compared with 169 focused on women.Health inequality is a complex and multifaceted problem. There are massive socioeconomic differences in life expectancy and infant mortality, as well as race inequalities – for example, in maternity and mental illnesses. These and other disparities, along with those relating to disability, can also be mapped geographically. Continue reading...

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18 h. ago Pakistan decries ‘act of war’ after India claims to target ‘terror camps’ with airstrikes

Missile strikes and subsequent exchange of fire along border leave at least 36 people dead on both sides

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18 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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18 h. ago India and Pakistan need dialogue and trade, not nuclear brinkmanship

Editorial: A hot war between powerful neighbours is such an appalling prospect that the international community must energetically pursue all alternatives

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