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Visitors inspect the Global Industrial & Defence Solutions (GIDS) unmanned combat aerial vehicle (UCAV) Shahpar during the International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS 2024) in Karachi, Pakistan November 21, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro
South Asia

India and Pakistan's drone battles mark new arms race in Asia

The four days of fighting in May marked the first time New Delhi and Islamabad utilized unmanned aerial vehicles at scale against each other

A Liberian-flagged container vessel MSC ELSA 3 sinks off Kerala Coast, India, May 24, 2025. Photo: India's Press Information Bureau/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
South Asia

India rushes to contain oil spill as vessel sinks off Kerala coast

Rohingya refugees hold placards while attending a Ramadan Solidarity Iftar to have an Iftar meal with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Muhammad Yunus, Chief Adviser of Bangladesh Interim Government, at the Rohingya refugee camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 14, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain/File Photo
South Asia

Rohingya refugees increasingly risk perilous journeys to safety, 427 dead this month: UN

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Bangladesh

Bangladesh cancels $21 million deal with Indian shipbuilding firm: Reports

The Bangladesh-India border. File Photo: UNB
South Asia

India says it has list of 2,300 Bangladeshi illegal migrants, asked Dhaka to verify their nationality

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses a rally in Madhubani in the eastern state of Bihar, India, 24 April 2025. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Pakistan will not get water over which India has rights, India PM Modi says

Chief of Army Staff of Pakistan Asim Munir holds a microphone during his visit at the Tilla Field Firing Ranges (TFFR) to witness the Exercise Hammer Strike, a high-intensity field training exercise conducted by the Pakistan Army's Mangla Strike Corps, in Mangla, Pakistan May 1, 2025. Photo: Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR)/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo
South Asia

Support for Pakistan army chief General Asim Munir surges after India conflict

Pakistani and Chinese national flags flutter next to an installation featuring a giant flower basket at the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China October 7, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
South Asia

Pakistan, China agree to deepen trade, maintain close communication

Ali Khan Mahmudabad. Photo: X/@Mahmudabad
South Asia

Modi’s government cracks down on dissent over Pakistan conflict

Pakistan Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir. File Photo: AFP/BSS
South Asia

Pakistan army chief Asim Munir promoted to field marshal rank

Members of Indian security personnel patrol on a highway leading to South Kashmir's Pahalgam, following a suspected militant attack, in Marhama village, in Kashmir, April 23, 2025. File Photo: REUTERS
South Asia

Pakistan, India agree to withdraw troops by end May: Security official

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South Asia

Sri Lanka train kills elephant despite new safety moves

Residents were rescued by boats from flooded areas of Bengaluru. Photo: Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP via BSS
South Asia

One dead as rains choke India's tech capital