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US calls on India and Pakistan to ‘de-escalate’
AFP, Published on 01/05/2025
» MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan - The United States has appealed to India and Pakistan to de-escalate after a deadly attack in Kashmir, as New Delhi on Thursday said that both sides again traded border gunfire overnight.
South Asian nuclear war would hit globe
Oped, Gwynne Dyer, Published on 01/05/2025
» India and Pakistan have had several shooting matches since they carried out a total of nine underground nuclear weapons tests in 1998. However, they don't make Putin-style thinly veiled threats to use their nukes (around 170 nuclear warheads each at the moment), and they do understand that escalation from smaller, "conventional" wars is the real danger.
Iran executes man accused of spying for Israel
Reuters, Published on 30/04/2025
» DUBAI — An Iranian man convicted of espionage and intelligence cooperation with Israel was executed on Wednesday, Iranian state media reported, at a time of high-stakes nuclear negotiations between Washington and Tehran.
Painting Pakistan
Oped, Postbag, Published on 30/04/2025
» Re: "India and Pakistan troops exchange fire", (World, April 28).
Spain slowly returning to normal after crippling blackout
Published on 29/04/2025
» MADRID — Spain and Portugal were returning to some semblance of normality early Tuesday, with many questions remaining about what caused one of Europe’s worst blackouts in years across the Iberian peninsula the previous day.
Conflicts spur 'unprecedented' rise in military spending
AFP, Published on 28/04/2025
» STOCKHOLM - Worldwide military expenditure saw its steepest rise in 2024 since the end of the Cold War, reaching US$2.7 trillion as wars and rising tensions drove up spending, researchers said on Monday.
India and Pakistan troops exchange fire in Kashmir
AFP, Published on 27/04/2025
» SRINAGAR (INDIA) - Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire in disputed Kashmir for a third night in a row, officials said Sunday, as relations between the nuclear-armed rivals plunged to their lowest level in years.
India and Pakistan urged to have 'maximum restraint' after Kashmir attack
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» NEW DELHI - The United Nations urged India and Pakistan to show "maximum restraint" as the nuclear-armed rivals imposed tit-for-tat diplomatic measures over a deadly shooting in Kashmir.
India PM vows to pursue Kashmir attackers to 'ends of the Earth'
AFP, Published on 25/04/2025
» NEW DELHI - India and Pakistan exchanged an escalating series of tit-for-tat diplomatic measures on Thursday after New Delhi blamed its regional rival for backing a deadly shooting attack in contested Kashmir.
Russia ready for talks on new nuclear pact with US, Shoigu says
Published on 24/04/2025
» Russia is prepared to resume talks on nuclear arms control with the US, two years after suspending the last accord limiting their atomic arsenals, a top security official said.