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Islamabad
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President Asif Ali Zardari
Head of Government
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif
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Tourism

How one man’s globetrotting tour was waylaid in Hong Kong

Thor Pedersen thought his quest to visit the world’s 203 countries consecutively without flying would take four years. He was wrong.

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China's military weapons

Pakistan showcases advanced Chinese weapons amid escalating tensions with India

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Climate change

Video | Pakistan swelters in early heatwave

India

Vance says US hopes India avoids wider conflict with Pakistan

The US vice-president urged Islamabad to cooperate with New Delhi in punishing militants operating in its territory.

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Pakistan’s military generals address troops in Jhelum, Punjab province, on May 1. Photo: ISPR/AFP
India

US tells India and Pakistan to tone down tensions, avoid military clash

US Secretary of State Rubio asked both sides to ‘maintain peace’ in South Asia and told Pakistani leader Sharif to condemn the attack.

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China-India relations

China is ready to help ease India-Pakistan tensions but has a fine line to walk

Analysts said Beijing would be keen to avoid a full-blown confrontation on its doorstep but its scope may be limited.

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India

India vs Pakistan: a Western-Chinese arms face-off in the making?

A clash between the South Asian rivals’ warplanes and artillery could have profound implications for the global arms industry.

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A Pakistani JF-17 aircraft flies over Islamabad. Photo: AFP
Kashmir

Kashmir tensions: Pakistan says India planning attack before Friday

Since the attack that killed 26 men at a tourist site, the nuclear-armed nations have unleashed a raft of measures against each other.

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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?

Analysts say the new jets represent a major upgrade, replacing the ageing and accident-prone MiG-29K fleet on India’s aircraft carriers.

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A Rafale jet fighter takes off from the flight deck of an aircraft carrier. Photo: AP
Brics

Brics foreign ministers tout multilateralism amid US trade policies

Bloc anchored by China, Russia, India and Brazil expected at summit to criticise ‘unilateral measures’ in response to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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Brazilian Foreign Minister Mauro Vieira (left) shakes hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi during a Brics meeting at Itamaraty Palace in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Monday. Photo: EPA-EFE
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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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.

Indian army personnel stand guard near Pahalgam, south of Srinagar, on Tueaday. Photo: AFP
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.

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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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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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Save India Foundation members and their supporters take part in a protest in New Delhi on Wednesday against the deadly attack on tourists in Indian-administered Kashmir. Photo: EPA-EFE
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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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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Indian security officers stand guard in south Kashmir after assailants opened fired at tourists. Photo: AP
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.

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