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India's air defence system intercepts objects in the sky during a blackout following multiple blasts in the city of Jammu, May 9, 2025 REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
South Asia

Blasts rock Indian Kashmir, Amritsar as Pakistan conflict escalates

The explosions in Amritsar - the first heard there in the three-day-old conflict between the nuclear-armed neighbours - could mark a further expansion in the hostilities that have alarmed world powers

People shop for essential goods at a supermarket in Amritsar, India, 9 May 2025. Photo: Reuters
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Residents stockpile food, rush to bunkers as conflict rattles India and Pakistan

Smoke rises from Bilal Mosque after it was hit by an Indian strike in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, May 7, 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Chinese embassies in India, Pakistan, Nepal advise caution amid conflict

CISF personnel participate in the civil defence security mock drill at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Photo: Reuters
South Asia

228 flights cancelled in 2 days at Delhi airport as India-Pak tensions persist

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea in this picture released on February 9, 2024 by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo
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North Korea's Kim visits Russian embassy as his generals meet Putin

Graphics: TBS
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Inside China's decision to come to the table on Trump tariffs

A 3D-printed miniature model depicting US President Donald Trump, Chinese flag and word "Tariffs" in this illustration taken, April 17, 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Trump says 80% tariff on Chinese goods 'seems right'

Israel-made Harop drone. Representational image: DAWN
South Asia

77 Indian drones shot down in two days, claims Pakistan army

Representational image of a helicopter
World+Biz

6 killed in Sri Lanka helicopter crash: military

US Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at the American Dynamism Summit in Washington, DC, US, March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo
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US VP Vance says war between India and Pakistan will be 'none of our business'

Representational image. Photo: TBS
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Walmart calls, but India's garment worker woes blunt tariff edge

India's Ambassador to the US Vinay Kwatra. File Photo: Hindustan Times
South Asia

India envoy to US says his country at 'war with terrorists'

A general view shows the container terminal in Hong Kong, China, April 23, 2025. REUTERS/Tyrone Siu
World+Biz

China's exports rose a higher than expected 8% in April as new US tariffs took effect