India: the weight of history victimises Muslims
By Gwynne Dyer “India is emotional as decades of wait has ended,” declared India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, laying the cornerstone of a new temple in...
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Pakistan’s Khan warns of ‘bloodbath’ when Kashmir curfew lifted
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan warned on Friday there would be a bloodbath when India lifts its curfew in disputed Kashmir and that any all-out...
India scraps special status for Kashmir (Update)
By Aditya Kalra, Sanjeev Miglani and Danish Ismail India on Monday revoked the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has long been a...
Kashmir turmoil rises as India restricts movement, regional leaders fear arrest
By Fayaz Bukhari and Alasdair Pal SRINAGAR/ISLAMABAD, Aug 5 (Reuters) – The disputed region of Kashmir was thrown into further turmoil in the early hours of Monday...
Pakistan says it will return captured Indian pilot (Updated)
By Alasdair Pal and James Mackenzie Pakistan will return a captured pilot “as a peace gesture” to India, Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan said...
Four killed in airport security camp attack in Kashmir (Update)
Indian police on Tuesday killed three suspected militants in army uniforms after they infiltrated a security camp beside the main airport in the disputed region...
Pakistan ‘completely rejects’ Indian claim of cross-border strikes
Pakistan on Friday “completely rejected” India’s claim to have sent troops across its disputed border in Kashmir to kill suspected militants, as India evacuated villages...
India says launches strikes on militants in Pakistan, raising risk of escalation
India said on Thursday it had conducted “surgical strikes” on suspected militants preparing to infiltrate from Pakistan-ruled Kashmir, making its first direct military response to...
Indian soldiers kill eight intruders, fight others at Kashmir border – army
Indian soldiers killed eight people trying to cross the disputed border with Pakistan in Kashmir on Tuesday and security forces were also fighting suspected militants...
India steps up Kashmir patrols and weighs response to attack it blames on Pakistan
India stepped up patrols along its de facto border with Pakistan on Monday after gunmen killed 17 soldiers at a nearby army base, as Prime...
Pakistan to tell US it won’t accept limits on tactical nuclear arms
By Mehreen Zahra-Malik and David Brunnstrom Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will tell US President Barack Obama this week that Islamabad will not accept limits...
Indian PM Modi to visit Pakistan in 2016 in a thaw in ties
By Lidia Kelly Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has agreed to make a landmark visit to Pakistan next year, India’s foreign secretary said on Friday,...
Ten dead in disputed Kashmir’s worst militant attack in more than a year
By Fayaz Bukhari Gunmen wearing army uniforms on Thursday attacked an Indian army base near the border with Pakistan, leaving ten people dead in the...
India warns Pakistan of high price after more fighting
By Fayaz Bukhari India warned Pakistan it would pay an “unaffordable price” if it persists with shelling and machine-gun fire across a disputed border in...
Five more civilians killed in worst India-Pakistan fighting for years
By Katharine Houreld and Fayaz Bukhari Five civilians were killed and thousands took refuge in camps in the disputed region of Kashmir on Wednesday after...
Thousands flee homes amid India-Pakistan clashes
By Fayaz Bukhari Thousands of Indians fled their homes in the disputed Kashmir region on Tuesday as Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire again, a...
Hundreds die as heaviest rain in 50 years catch India, Pakistan off guard
By Abu Arqam Naqash and Adnan Abidi The heaviest rains to fall on Kashmir in 50 years caught Indian and Pakistani authorities off guard, with...
‘Do or die’ for protesting refugees
By Constantinos Psillides FOUR political refugees staging a hunger strike outside the UNCHR offices are determined to have their demands met or die trying, according...
India accuses Pakistan army of killing soldiers in ambush
By Ross Colvin India for the first time directly accused the Pakistan army of involvement in an ambush that killed five Indian soldiers, and hinted...
India says 5 soldiers killed in attack on Pakistan border (updated)
By Fayaz Bukhari Five Indian soldiers were killed in an ambush along the disputed border with Pakistan in Kashmir on Tuesday, India said, a clash...