Sri Lanka ruling party wins local polls
Sri Lanka鈥檚 leftist government won local council elections but with significantly lower margins, in its first test since sweeping national polls last year, official results showed on Wednesday...
South Asia
10 of Masood Azhar鈥檚 family killed in Operation Sindoor
Jaish-e-Mohammad chief Maulana Masood Azhar has claimed that 10 members of his family and four of his aides were killed in India鈥檚 targeted airstrikes under Operation Sindoor to avenge the Pahalgam terror attack, news agency PTI reported, says NDTV...
India says strikes on Pakistan were 鈥榬ight to respond鈥�
The defence minister of India, Rajnath Singh, said Wednesday that missile strikes against Pakistan were a 鈥榗arefully planned鈥� operation that exercised New Delhi鈥檚 鈥榬ight to respond鈥�.
US for 鈥榬esponsible resolution鈥� to maintain peace, stability in South Asia
The United States has said they continue to urge India and Pakistan to work towards a 鈥榬esponsible resolution鈥� that maintains long-term peace and regional stability in South Asia.
Eight Indians killed, 29 injured in shelling in Poonch: local official
At least eight Indians were killed and 29 others wounded on Wednesday in the town of Poonch in Kashmir, close to the de facto border with Pakistan, a local Indian government official said...
UN, US urge restraint as India-Pakistan tensions escalate over missile strikes
The United Nations and the United States have urged both India and Pakistan to exercise maximum restraint following deadly missile strikes by India into Pakistani territory that Islamabad has condemned as an 鈥榰nprovoked act of war.鈥�
Three Indian fighter jets crashed on home territory: Indian security source
Three Indian fighter jets crashed on Wednesday on home territory, a senior Indian security source said, without giving the cause...
Death toll from India missile strikes, firing rises to 26 civilians: Pakistan
India fired missiles at Pakistani territory early Wednesday in a major escalation of tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals, as Islamabad vowed retaliation.
Pakistan accuses India of altering Chenab flow
Pakistan on Tuesday accused India of altering the flow of the Chenab River, one of three rivers placed under Pakistan鈥檚 control according to the now suspended Indus Waters Treaty.
Myanmar junta calls new ceasefire after quake
Myanmar鈥檚 junta declared a new post-earthquake truce on Tuesday, days after the expiry of a previous humanitarian ceasefire it was accused of violating with a continued campaign of air strikes.
Lanka govt faces first vote test in local polls
Sri Lanka鈥檚 leftist government faced its first electoral test with local polls on Tuesday since sweeping parliamentary and presidential votes last year, as the country emerged from economic meltdown.
19 killed in Pakistan fuel tanker blast
The death toll from an oil tanker blast in southwest Pakistan jumped to 19, officials said Monday, a week after the incident...
Pakistan tests missile again amid India standoff
The Pakistan military said on Monday it had conducted a second missile test since a fresh stand-off with India over the disputed region of Kashmir.
Five cops kidnapped in southwestern Pakistan
A separatist militant group in southwestern Pakistan on Sunday claimed an attack on a prison van in which five police officers were taken hostage...
Modi meets Air Chief Marshal AP Singh
Air Chief Marshal AP Singh on Sunday met prime minister Narendra Modi amid escalating tensions between India and Pakistan over the Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 people on April 22, sources said, reports NDTV...