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India hints at ending ‘No First Use’ nuclear policy
Aug 17, 2019 02:51India has hinted at the possibility of changing its “No First Use” policy on nuclear weapons, amid escalating tensions with fellow-atomic state Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir.
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Pakistan says UNSC meeting shows Kashmir not India’s domestic matter
Aug 17, 2019 01:14Pakistan says holding a meeting by the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) “nullifies” that Jammu and Kashmir is a domestic matter for India, which scrapped the autonomy of the Muslim-majority Himalayan region earlier this month.
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Explosion in Pakistan mosque kills 4 people
Aug 16, 2019 09:56At least four people have been killed in an explosion that rocked a mosque near Quetta, the provincial capital of Pakistan’s restive Province of Balochistan.
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Indian armoured vehicles bar Kashmiris from entering mosques for Friday prayers
Aug 16, 2019 09:52People in Kashmir say authorities barred them from entering mosques for Friday prayers as India continues its security clampdown over the Muslim-majority Himalayan region.
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Pakistan says five killed by Indian fire in Kashmir flare-up
Aug 15, 2019 22:52Pakistan says “unprovoked firing” by India across the heavily militarized de facto border in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir has killed three soldiers and two civilians in separate incidents.
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Indian FM in China as tensions with Pakistan flare
Aug 12, 2019 09:01Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar met his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi and China's Vice President Wang Qishan in Beijing on Monday.
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Iran says Kashmir crisis ‘should be settled diplomatically’
Aug 11, 2019 07:45President Hassan Rouhani during a phone conversation with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday said the dispute in Kashmir has no military solution and should be resolved diplomatically.
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Pakistan to take Kashmir issue to UN with China support
Aug 11, 2019 04:20Pakistan says, with the support of China, it will take the Kashmir issue to the United Nations Security Council after India revoked the autonomy of the disputed Himalayan region.
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Pakistan urges Iran to help find peaceful solution to Kashmir tension
Aug 11, 2019 02:16Pakistan has called on the international community, including Iran, to help find a peaceful solution to Kashmir conflict amid a fresh wave of tensions between New Delhi and Islamabad over the disputed region.
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Iran general urges restraint in disputed Kashmir, warns about ‘hasty’ decisions
Aug 10, 2019 12:26Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Baqeri has expressed concern over tensions in the Indian-controlled Kashmir, warning that military approaches will further escalate the situation in the Himalayan district.