Pakistan

First batch of French-made Rafael jets to arrive in India in September

Mar 04, 2019 10:15

India says it will induct French-made Rafale fighter jets into its air force later this year, amid heightened military tensions with Pakistan, which saw the two nuclear-armed neighbors target each other’s warplanes last week.
Passengers stranded at Islamabad airport as flights to India cancelled

Mar 04, 2019 10:04

Long queues were seen at Islamabad International Airport in Pakistan's capital on Sunday, March 3, as international and domestic flights were cancelled due to tensions with India.
Fresh India-Pakistan fighting kills 8, mostly civilians

Mar 03, 2019 02:44

A fresh round of fighting between Indian and Pakistani military forces along the border on the disputed Kashmir region has left eight people, mostly civilians, killed.
Pakistan welcomes Iran’s offer to help settle Islamabad-New Delhi differences

Mar 02, 2019 13:14

Pakistan military spokesman has welcomed Iran’s offer to play a mediatory role and help resolve the differences between India and Pakistan amid escalating tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.
Pakistan-India tensions simmer despite pilot’s release

Mar 02, 2019 09:49

Pakistan and India seem to have stepped back from the brink of a war following days of diplomatic tensions and deadly exchange of fire across their borders in the disputed region of Kashmir.
Pakistan returns captured Indian pilot in ‘peace gesture’

Mar 01, 2019 14:53

Pakistan has released an Indian pilot whom it had captured after shooting down his fighter jet, in “a peace gesture” aimed at deescalating dangerously high tensions with India.
India-Pakistan tensions flare as gunbattles escalate in Kashmir

Mar 01, 2019 09:07

India and Pakistan fired barrages of shells at each other across their angry Kashmir frontier Friday, leaving at least one dead as the troubled region braces for more violence amid renewed hostilities between the arch-rivals.
US offers $1 million reward to find son of Osama bin Laden

Mar 01, 2019 04:07

The US government is offering $1 million to help track down the son of Osama bin Laden, the former Leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist group, seeing him as an emerging face of extremism.
Russia offers to mediate between India, Pakistan amid mounting clashes

Feb 28, 2019 15:33

Russia says it is prepared to mediate between archrivals India and Pakistan, amid heightened cross-border tensions between the two neighbors and the threat of an all-out conflict.
Zarif urges restraint as India, Pakistan come to blows

Feb 28, 2019 02:40

Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has called on both Pakistan and India to exercise restraint, following recent tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors.