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How Water Is Weaponized in India-Pakistan Conflict
As Pakistan reels from the most extensive airstrikes on its territory from India during official peacetime between the two countries, and amid ongoing gunfire exchanges across the Kashmir border,...
Pakistan authorises ‘corresponding’ retaliation after India missile strike kills 26
Pakistan 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...
Germany’s Merz calls on India and Pakistan to de-escalate
New German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on India and Pakistan to de-escalate after India launched overnight attacks across the border, bringing the two rival nuclear powers to the...
Pakistani Premier Sharif says five Indian fighter jets shot down
Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said his country’s air force shot down five Indian fighter jets in overnight clashes between the nuclear-armed rivals.At least three French-manufactured Rafale...
New German interior minister ramps up police presence at borders
Germany's new Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is deploying more police officers to the country's borders to curb irregular migration, dpa learnt on Wednesday, one day after a new conservative-led...
Gang who smuggled thousands of queen ants sentenced in Kenya
A Kenyan court has sentenced four men to one year in prison or pay a fine of $7,700 (£5,800) for trying to smuggle thousands of live queen ants out...
India-Pakistan deadly fighting forces airlines to re-route, cancel flights
Several Asian airlines have announced they were re-routing or cancelling flights to and from India and Pakistan, as the two neighbouring countries are racked by the deadliest exchange of...
Russia, China to discuss energy cooperation and proposed Power of Siberia 2 gas pipeline
In an upcoming official visit, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping are set to deliberate on a series of critical topics including the proposed Power of...
Clip shows missile-hit building in Lebanon, not Pakistan
Before New Delhi and Islamabad exchanged heavy artillery fire along their contested border in the worst violence between the nuclear-armed neighbours in two decades, a video was shared in...
Indian Pakistani civilians describe aftermath of strikes and shelling
Mohammed Waheed was fast asleep at his home in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the early hours of Wednesday morning when a huge blast shook his home."Before we could even process...
India-Pakistan crisis: what we know so far
The Indian government said in a statement that nine non-military targets had been hit in the strikes, in what it called “Operation Sindoor.” India said it struck nine Pakistani...
Drones strike Kyiv and Moscow, as Putin plans WW2 parade
At least two people have reportedly been killed after a night of heavy fighting between Ukraine and Russia - with drone strikes on Kyiv and Moscow.The fighting comes a...