Aug 08 India arrests over 500 in Kashmir as Pakistan cuts railway By Ashok Sharma, Munir Ahmed, Associated Press Pakistan, which claims the divided Himalayan region together with India, on Thursday suspended a key train service with India over change in Kashmir's special status by New Delhi, as tensions between the rivals soared. Continue reading
Aug 06 Troops lock down Kashmir as India votes to strip its status By Emily Schmall, Associated Press Indian lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that strips the statehood from the Indian-administered portion of Muslim-majority Kashmir amid an indefinite security lockdown in the disputed Himalayan territory, actions that neighboring Pakistan warned could lead to war. Continue reading
Jul 22 WATCH: Trump wants Pakistan to help ‘extricate’ U.S. from Afghanistan WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday that he could win the war in Afghanistan in a week, but that he doesn’t want to kill millions of people and wipe Afghanistan “off the face of the earth.” He’s trying… Continue reading
Jul 21 Female suicide bomber strikes hospital in Pakistan, 9 killed By Ishtiaq Mahsud, Associated Press A female suicide bomber struck outside a hospital in Pakistan on Sunday as the wounded were being brought in from an earlier shooting against police, in a complex assault claimed by the Pakistani Taliban that killed a total of nine… Continue reading
Apr 25 Watch 6:47 News Wrap: Trump denies telling McGahn to fire Mueller In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump denied he tried to have special counsel Robert Mueller fired. Though the Mueller report says Trump asked former White House counsel Don McGahn to get rid of Mueller, Trump tweeted that he “never… Continue watching
Apr 12 Suicide bombing at Pakistan open-air market kills at least 20 By Abdul Sattar, Associated Press No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but Sunni militant groups have claimed similar bombings in the past against Shiites, whom they view as apostates deserving of death. Continue reading
Mar 05 Why the Kashmir conflict is not just an India-Pakistan border dispute By Chitralekha Zutshi, The Conversation Kashmir is a multi-ethnic region with several internal subregions, whose inhabitants have distinct political goals. Continue reading
Mar 02 8 killed in India-Pakistan fighting amid high tensions By Roshan Mughal, Aijaz Hussain, Associated Press Indian and Pakistani soldiers have again targeted each other’s posts and villages along their volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir, killing at least six civilians and two Pakistani troops, officials said Saturday. Continue reading
Mar 01 Watch 6:00 News Wrap: Somali siege ends with al-Shabab attackers dead In our Friday news wrap, Somali forces battled al-Shabab militants in Mogadishu, killing the attackers to end a siege that left 29 civilians dead. Also, Otto Warmbier's parents rebuked President Trump for not holding North Korean leader Kim Jong Un… Continue watching
Mar 01 Pakistan hands over captured Indian pilot in ‘gesture of peace’ By Zaheer Babar, Associated Press Wing Commander Abhinandan Varthaman was returned to India on Friday amid a dramatic escalation with Pakistan over the disputed region of Kashmir. Continue reading