India launches strikes on Pakistan, Islamabad vows retaliation

May 6, 2025

India fired missiles at Pakistani territory early Wednesday in a major escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals, as Islamabad vowed retaliation, agencies report. The Indian government said it had attacked nine sites, describing them as “precision strikes at terrorist camps” in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, days after it blamed Islamabad for a Continue Reading

Pakistan says intelligence suggests Indian military action likely soon

May 1, 2025

Pakistan said on Wednesday it has “credible intelligence” that India intends to launch military action soon, as tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbours escalate following a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir, Reuters reports. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif urged the U.S. to press India to “dial down the rhetoric and act Continue Reading

Pakistan minister warns of possible Indian military strike in 24-36 hours

April 30, 2025

Pakistan’s minister for information and broadcasting says Islamabad has “credible intelligence” that India intends to launch a military strike within the next 24 to 36 hours, as tensions between the two countries escalate following a deadly attack in Indian-administered Kashmir, according to Al Jazeera and news agencies. In a social media post early on Wednesday, […]Continue Reading

Pakistan defence minister says military incursion by India is imminent

April 29, 2025

Pakistan’s defence minister said on Monday a military incursion by neighbouring India was imminent in the aftermath of a deadly militant attack on tourists in Kashmir last week, as tensions rise between the two nuclear-armed nations, Reuters reports. The attack killed 26 people and triggered outrage in Hindu-majority India, along with calls for action against […]Continue Reading

India downgrades ties with Pakistan after attack on Kashmir tourists kills 26

April 23, 2025

India announced a raft of measures to downgrade its ties with Pakistan on Wednesday, a day after suspected militants killed 26 men at a tourist destination in Kashmir in the worst attack on civilians in the country in nearly two decades, Reuters reports. Diplomatic ties between the nuclear-armed South Asian neighbours were weak even before […]Continue Reading

Russia’s Putin declares unilateral Easter ceasefire in Ukraine

April 20, 2025

Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a surprise one-day ceasefire in Ukraine on Saturday for Easter, but Kyiv said Russian forces continued artillery fire and called instead for an extended true halt to hostilities, Reuters reports. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Russia had rejected just such a proposal brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump last month Continue Reading

Israel will keep Gaza buffer zone, minister says, as truce bid stalls

April 17, 2025

Israeli troops will remain in the buffer zones they have created in Gaza even after any settlement to end the war, Defence Minister Israel Katz said on Wednesday, as efforts to revive a ceasefire agreement faltered, Reuters reports. Since resuming military operations last month, Israeli forces have carved out a broad “security zone” extending deep […]Continue Reading

Trump says Iran must give up dream of nuclear weapon or face harsh response

April 14, 2025

President Donald Trump said on Monday he believes Iran is intentionally delaying a nuclear deal with the United States and that it must abandon any drive for a nuclear weapon or face a possible military strike on Tehran’s atomic facilities, Reuters reports. “I think they’re tapping us along,” Trump told reporters after U.S. special envoy […]Continue Reading

China always with new Bangladesh: ambassador

April 14, 2025

NEWS DESK Chinese ambassador to Bangladesh Yao Wen has said that China is always with the new Bangladesh. ‘China is always with the people of Bangladesh, with the new Bangladesh,’ he at a drone show on Manik Mia Avenue in the capital Monday evening. The drone show was organised by the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy under […]Continue Reading

Israeli forces have completed encirclement of Gaza’s Rafah, military says

April 12, 2025

Israeli forces have completed the encirclement of Gaza’s Rafah, the military said on Saturday, part of an announced plan to seize more areas of the enclave, accompanied by large-scale evacuations of the population, Reuters reports. The military has issued repeated evacuation warnings to hundreds of thousands of Palestinians across Rafah since it resumed operations in Continue Reading