Skip to main content

South Asia


img

Pakistan, India agree to withdraw troops by May

Pakistan and India have agreed to withdraw troop reinforcements deployed during their recent conflict back to their peacetime positions by the end of May, a senior Pakistani security official said on Tuesday.

img

Bomb blast kills four in Balochistan

At least four people were killed while 12 others were wounded in a bomb blast in Pakistan’s turbulent southern province of Balochistan, a security official said on Monday...

img

Pak FM to visit China on heels of conflict with India

Pakistan’s foreign minister will make a three-day official visit to China, his office said on Sunday, a little over a week after Islamabad reached a ceasefire with India to end their most serious conflict in decades...

img

India arrests 90 people calling them Bangladeshis

A team of Indian police and intelligence departments arrested 90 people, including women and children, branding them as Bangladeshi citizens, in a joint operation at the Khajpur village under the Nohjheel police station in Uttar Pradesh...

img

India, US at odds on Kashmir truce

US president Donald Trump’s claim to have helped end fighting between arch-rivals India and Pakistan has driven a wedge between him and Indian prime minister Narendra Modi, analysts say.

img

India asks IMF to reconsider Pakistan loan programme

Indian defence minister Rajnath Singh said on Friday the International Monetary Fund should reconsider a one billion dollar loan to Pakistan alleging it was ‘funding terror’, a move denounced by Islamabad as proof of New Delhi’s desperation.

img

UK, Pakistan FMs meet after India conflict

UK foreign secretary David Lammy met with his Pakistani counterpart in Islamabad on Friday, a week after the country’s most serious military confrontation with India in decades.

img

10 killed in Manipur gunfight

At least 10 militants were killed in a gunfight with paramilitary troopers in the northeastern state of Manipur, the Indian army said on Thursday.

img

US wants Pakistan, India to resume direct talks

Hours after US president Donald Trump urged India and Pakistan to ‘go out to dinner’ together to resolve their disputes, the State Department said Washington is now focused on encouraging direct communication between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, reports DAWN.com...

img

India kills three in Kashmir

Three suspected rebels were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday in a gun battle with soldiers, the army said, the first since an attack on tourists last month brought India and Pakistan to the brink of war...