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Cross-border shelling has continued between Indian and Pakistani forces in Kashmir for a third day, reportedly leaving casualties on both sides of the disputed border in the Himalayan region. Pakistan’s military said in a statement on Friday that Indian troops initiated fire from across the border and targeted Pakistani villages along Kashmir, …

Pakistan’s army chief has slammed the United States for President Donald Trump’s chastising remarks against Pakistan’s leaders over their effort to fight terrorism. Pakistani Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa told US Central Command Chief General Joseph Votel on the phone that the “entire Pakistani nation felt betrayed over US recent statements” after Trump …

India’s state of Assam has released a draft list of legal citizens living in the northeastern state amid widespread criticism from some 13 million people who have yet to be registered by the authorities. The list issued on Monday with the aim of curbing illegal immigration included only 19 million …

Pakistan has summoned the US ambassador over President Donald Trump’s remarks in which he accused Islamabad of sheltering terrorists. According to Pakistani media on Monday, US Ambassador David Hale was summoned to Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry to discuss Trump’s remarks. During the meeting, Pakistan also lodged a strongly-worded protest and asked …

New Delhi forces have killed a top fighter along with his associates during a gun battle in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Police said in a statement on Tuesday that Noor Mohammad Tantray, the head of the Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) group, and his comrades were shot dead outside the main city of Srinagar on Monday …

A growing number of experts believe that countries in the Middle East and West Asia regions are showing an increasing willingness to use regional dispute settlement mechanisms in order to curtail interference in their internal affairs by the West, especially the United States, which uses such disputes as excuse. This comes …

China has called on the international community to put in constructive efforts in an attempt to ease escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula after North Korea described the UN’s latest round of sanctions against Pyongyang as an “act of war” and tantamount to a total economic blockade. “In the present …

US Vice President Mike Pence has cancelled a visit to Jerusalem al-Quds for now. The administration of US President Donald Trump said Monday that Pence’s trip to Israel and Egypt, set to start on Tuesday, has been postponed. White House officials denied suggestions that the measure is linked to massive …

Indian authorities have remanded in custody a French journalist for five days over illegally filming a crackdown on Muslims in the Himalayan disputed region of Kashmir. On Monday, a court in Srinagar, the main city in Indian-administered Kashmir, arrested Paul Comiti over his violation of visa rules as he allegedly …

Amid frayed Washington-Islamabad ties, Pakistan has ordered its air force to shoot down any drones violating the country’s airspace, including those of the US military, which are deemed responsible for a high number of civilian deaths in the Asian state. “We will not allow anyone to violate our airspace. I …