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Indian paramilitary troopers stand guard at a market area in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, on Monday. Photo: AFP
India

Pakistan downed Indian drone along Kashmir border amid escalating tensions

Pakistan state media reported the military had shot down an Indian “quadcopter”, calling it a violation of its airspace. There was no comment from New Delhi.

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India

India’s Rafale fighter jet deal: a maritime power play against China, Pakistan?

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Brics

Brics foreign ministers tout multilateralism amid US trade policies

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India

India, Pakistan trade fire for fourth night amid hunt for Kashmir militants

New Delhi says it retaliated against ‘unprovoked’ shelling as security forces detain hundreds following last week’s deadly attack on tourists.

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A member of Indian security personnel stands guard on a street in Srinagar, Kashmir, on Monday. Photo: Reuters
Afghanistan

Pakistan troops kill 54 militants crossing Afghanistan border: army

The military said intelligence reports indicated that the militants were ‘Khwarij’ – a phrase the government uses for the Pakistani Taliban.

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India

UN urges ‘maximum restraint’ to arch-rivals India and Pakistan

Troops from Pakistan and India exchanged fire in disputed Kashmir for a third night in a row, following an attack on April 22 that killed 26.

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China technology

Opinion | How China’s agricultural modernisation is reshaping global food systems

As sufficiency improves for China and the countries it shares its agriculture+AI strategy with, regional and global trade could be reshaped.

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Staff at a modern agricultural industrial park checking crop growth through an Internet of Things platform in Dingan county in southern China’s Hainan province on February 27. Photo: Xinhua
Indonesia

Pakistan’s mining push: a chance to equal Indonesia’s nickel success?

A landmark deal unlocking vast copper and gold reserves has Pakistan eyeing a transformative economic shift.

United States

Letters | Harvard’s defiance of Trump is a courageous stand for freedom

Readers discuss the university’s resistance against political suppression, the deadly Kashmir attack, Hong Kong’s service standards, and how to turn tariff disruption into opportunity.

India

‘Big, frightening blast’: India destroys homes of 2 Kashmir attack suspects

Amid much tension between India and Pakistan, there is a massive hunt under way for the militant gang responsible for murdering 26 men in the tourist resort of Pahalgam.

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Women in the village of Tral in Kashmir walk past the demolished family home of Asif Sheikh, suspected of involvement in Tuesday’s deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam. The houses of two suspected militants were destroyed by India’s security services. Photo: EPA-EFE
US-China relations

US scientists given access to moon rocks brought back by China’s Chang’e-5 probe

Chinese space agency says American scientists will be among the international researchers allowed to study lunar samples.

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The Chang’e-5 lunar probe brought samples back to Earth in 2020. Photo: Reuters
India

India and Pakistan cancel each other’s visas as tensions rise after deadly attack

India revoked all visas for Pakistani nationals starting Sunday. In response, Pakistan closed its airspace to Indian airlines and suspended trade with India.

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India

India and Pakistan rivalry boils after deadly Kashmir attack

New Delhi unleashed a salvo of diplomatic measures against its arch-rival, closing a key border crossing and pausing a water-sharing treaty.

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India

Can Kashmir’s fragile peace survive? India’s Modi faces crisis after deadly attack

Critics say the killings erode the BJP’s claims of restoring calm since revoking the region’s special status.

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Indian security officers inspect the site where militants indiscriminately opened fire on tourists on Tuesday in Pahalgam, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday. Photo: AP
India

Modi’s Kashmir tourism dream shattered by deadly attack

An attack by suspected militants on Tuesday caused panic among tourists, overshadowing the tourism boom touted by Prime Minister Modi’s supporters.

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A Kashmiri trader holds a sign during a protest against the attack on tourists, following a suspected militant attack in south Kashmir’s scenic Pahalgam, in Srinagar on Wednesday. Photo: Reuters
Kashmir

Video | Dozens of tourists killed in Indian-controlled Kashmir

No group has claimed responsibility, but rebels in the Muslim-majority region have waged an insurgency since 1989  

India

At least 26 killed in ‘heinous’ attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir

No group claimed responsibility, but rebels in the Muslim-majority region have waged an insurgency since 1989.

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Crime

Mob in Pakistan beats to death man from persecuted minority

The minority Ahmadiyya community are considered heretics by the Pakistani government and have been persecuted for decades.

Supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) shout slogans during a demonstration against Pakistan’s minority Ahmadi community in Karachi, Pakistan, on Friday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Science

China offers high-performance, low-cost satellites to belt and road countries

Breakthrough makes powerful sub-metre Kuanfu 02B the lightest on the market, Chang Guang Satellite Technology says.

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India

Indian army officer and 3 suspected militants killed in Kashmir

India insists the Kashmir militancy is Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, and many Kashmiris consider it a legitimate freedom struggle.

India

India readies for ‘big win’ US extradition of 2008 Mumbai attack suspect

Tahawwur Hussain Rana, a Canadian citizen born in Pakistan, will face trial in India for helping to plan the 2008 Mumbai attack.

The Taj Hotel continues to burn from an attack that killed multiple people in Mumbai in 2008. Photo: AP
Diplomacy

Opinion | How tech innovation can bolster Pakistan’s relationship with China

Pakistan’s start-up ecosystem is set to flourish and collaboration with China in areas such as agritech and fintech can boost growth and prosperity.

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A woman takes a selfie with her friends after offering prayers at the Badshahi Mosque in Lahore, Pakistan. About two-thirds of the population are under 30, and many are eager to adopt new technology. Photo: AFP
Climate change

Opinion | Asia can’t afford to wait for the US to wake up to its climate duty

As the US walks away again, Europe, China and others need to fill the climate reparation funding gap, not out of charity but responsibility.

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Women and gender

Pakistan’s Parsi community shrinks as young migrate

Many young and skilled Pakistanis want to leave a country wracked with political uncertainty, security challenges and a struggling economy.

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Religion

Scent of scandal: Pakistani YouTuber’s perfume stirs religious controversy

Rajab Butt was charged with blasphemy after launching a perfume named ‘295’, referring to blasphemy legislation in Pakistan’s penal code.

Rajab Butt pictured in a jail cell last year after being arrested on an unrelated charge. Photo: X/FearlessWolfess
Terrorism

Pakistan charges human rights, Baloch activist with ‘terrorism’

Mahrang Baloch, one of Pakistan’s most prominent human rights advocates, has long campaigned for the Baloch ethnic group.

Activists from the Baloch Students Council taking part in a protest demanding the release of Mahrang Baloch, in Lahore on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Afghanistan

Leading human rights, Baloch advocate detained in Pakistan

Mahrang Baloch has long campaigned for the Baloch ethnic group, which alleges extrajudicial harassment, arrests and killings by Islamabad.

Climate change

Opinion | Asia is ground zero for the impact of global glacier loss

Other mountain ranges are losing their glaciers faster but Asia’s critically dependent economy and people put it on the front line.

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