How India and Pakistan pulled back from the brink with US-brokered ceasefire

May 13, 2025

At 2.09 a.m. on Saturday, Ahmad Subhan, who lives near an air base in the Pakistan military garrison city of Rawalpindi, heard the first explosion that rattled the windows of his house – and took South Asia to the brink of war, REUTERS REPORTS. As dawn broke, the heaviest fighting in decades between nuclear-armed India […]Continue Reading

US agrees to sell Saudi Arabia $142 billion arms package

May 13, 2025

The United States agreed on Tuesday to sell Saudi Arabia an arms package worth nearly $142 billion, according to a White House fact sheet that called it “the largest defense cooperation agreement” Washington has ever done, Reuters reports. The agreement, signed during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to the Saudi capital Riyadh, covers deals with […]Continue Reading

Delhi concerned over ban on AL activities; supports early election

May 13, 2025

NEWS DESK India on Tuesday expressed concerns over the ban imposed by the interim government on the activities of Bangladesh Awami League. “The ban on the Awami League without due process is a concerning development,” said Spokesperson at the Ministry of External Affairs Randhir Jaiswal during a regular media briefing in New Delhi. As a […]Continue Reading

India blocks access to four Bangladeshi news channels on YouTube

May 13, 2025

NEWS DESK Four Bangladeshi news channels, Jamuna TV, Ekattor TV, BanglaVision, and Mohona TV, have been blocked on YouTube for viewers in India, following government orders citing concerns related to national security and public order. The verification was conducted by fact-checking platform Dismislab, which accessed YouTube via an Indian VPN server After confirming the Continue Reading

Explosions reported after India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire

May 11, 2025

Nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire on Saturday after U.S. pressure and four days of fighting, but within hours explosions rang out in border cities and towns and India accused Pakistan of violating the pact, Reuters reports. Artillery fire and attack drones were witnessed in Jammu and Kashmir, the centre of much […]Continue Reading

Blasts rock Indian Kashmir, Amritsar as Pakistan conflict escalates

May 9, 2025

Blasts rang out across Indian Kashmir and the Sikh holy city of Amritsar in neighbouring Punjab state late on Friday, with the Indian military saying it was shooting down drones in the worst fighting with Pakistan in nearly three decades, Reuters reports. The explosions in Amritsar – the first heard there in the three-day-old conflict […]Continue Reading

India says military stations attacked by Pakistan drones and missiles

May 8, 2025

Blasts rang out across the Indian city of Jammu late on Thursday during what the government said was a Pakistani drone and missile attack on military stations around the Kashmir region on the second day of clashes between the nuclear-armed neighbours, Reuters reports. Sirens sounded and red flashes and projectiles erupted in the night sky […]Continue Reading

Pakistan vows retaliation after Indian strike over tourist deaths

May 7, 2025

India hit Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir with missiles on Wednesday and Pakistan vowed to retaliate saying it shot down five Indian aircraft, in the worst clash in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours. India told more than a dozen foreign envoys in New Delhi that “if Pakistan responds, India will respond,” fuelling fears […]Continue Reading

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