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People celebrate after the ceasefire announcement between India and Pakistan, in Hyderabad, Pakistan, on May 10, 2025. Reuters/Yasir Rajput

South Asia

Fragile ceasefire holds between India, Pakistan as Trump offers more help

The arch rivals were involved in intense firing for four days, the worst in nearly three decades, with missiles and drones being fired at each other's military installations, and dozens of...

File Photo: US Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at the American Dynamism Summit in Washington, DC, US, March 18, 2025. REUTERS/Kent Nishimura/File Photo

USA

Vance called Modi to encourage ceasefire talks after receiving 'alarming intelligence:' CNN

Flashes are seen in the sky, after India-Pakistan ceasefire announcement, over Srinagar, in Indian Kashmir on the night of 10 May 2025 in this screen grab from a handout video. ANI/via Reuters

South Asia

India and Pakistan exchange fire despite ceasefire agreement

File Photo: A family sits in an open restaurant just before a suspected Pakistani attack in Jammu, 8 May 2025. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

South Asia

Violations reported after India and Pakistan agree to ceasefire

Indian Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri. File Photo: Collected

South Asia

India, Pakistan agreed to ceasefire from 5pm today: Indian foreign secretary

File Photo: Pakistani Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar speaks during a press conference in Islamabad. Photo: AFP/File

South Asia

Pakistan foreign minister confirms ceasefire with India

Indian army soldiers stand guard beside a road. Photo: Collected

South Asia

Any future act of terror will be considered an act of war, warns New Delhi

China's President Xi Jinping and Myanmar's junta chief Min Aung Hlaing during a meeting in Moscow on Friday (9 May 2025). Photo: Courtesy/Xinhua

Asia

China’s Xi meets Myanmar junta chief, pledges to help rebuild post-earthquake

A man stands amidst the debris on the roof of a damaged house, following Pakistan's military operation against India, in Rehari, Jammu, May 10, 2025. Reuters/Adnan Abidi

South Asia

India and Pakistan step up military strikes amid calls to de-escalate

Courtesy: BOOM

South Asia

Fact-check exposes Indian media’s fabricated reports on Indo-Pak conflict

City view during the blackout, after India's strikes in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administrated Kashmir, May 7, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

South Asia

Pakistan's Operation Bunyan al-Marsus: What does it mean?

Damaged vehicles are seen in the neighbourhood, following Pakistan's military operation against India, in Rehari, Jammu, May 10, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

South Asia

India alleges Pakistan targeted religious sites, homes in overnight strikes

Representational image. Photo: Collected

Global Economy

IMF frees $1b for Pakistan, approves new $1.4b programme