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Vance on India-Pakistan Clash: 'None of Our Business'

VP says US won't be intervening in conflict between 2 nuclear-armed nations

(Newser) - The India-Pakistan conflict continues to bubble, amid fears of an eventual military confrontation between the two nuclear-armed nations. Don't expect the United States to get involved, however, according to Vice President JD Vance. "Fundamentally none of our business," Vance said in a Fox News interview on Thursday,...

Pakistan 'Prepared for an All-Out War'
What India's
Operation Sindoor Signifies
the rundown
May 7, 2025 11:24 AM CDT

What India's Operation Sindoor Signifies

It's a nod to the women who lost their husbands in Kashmir in April

(Newser) - India and Pakistan have so far managed "to avoid a descent into full-blown conflict," but the nuclear-armed countries who both lay claim to the region of Kashmir were tip-toeing around it Wednesday, per the Wall Street Journal , following what Pakistan's president said was "an act of...

At Least 8 Killed in India's Attack on Pakistan

Pakistan says it's shot down 5 Indian fighter jets

(Newser) - At least eight people were killed and dozens more injured Wednesday amid India's missile attack in the disputed region of Kashmir , though details are still developing. India fired missiles over the border into Pakistani-controlled territory, and Indian and Pakistani forces reportedly exchanged heavy artillery fire after that. The Guardian...

India Fires Missiles Across Pakistan Border

Country says Operation Sindoor is targeting infrastructure used by militants

(Newser) - India fired missiles across the border into Pakistani-controlled territory in at least three locations early Wednesday, killing a child and wounding two other people, Pakistani security officials said. India said it was striking infrastructure used by militants. The strikes came amid soaring tensions between the nuclear-armed neighbors over last month'...

Pakistan: 'Credible Intelligence' Suggests India Will Attack Us

Diplomatic expulsions, border closures, and military alerts follow Kashmir attack

(Newser) - Pakistan warned Wednesday it had "credible intelligence" that India plans military action against it before the week is out in response to a deadly attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Pakistan's intelligence indicated the attack would occur in the "next 24-36 hours on the pretext of...

'Major Security Lapse' Raises Tension in India, Pakistan
In a Meadow Cars Can't
Access, a Bloody Massacre
the rundown
Apr 23, 2025 10:10 AM CDT

In a Meadow Cars Can't Access, a Bloody Massacre

Unpacking the aftermath of Tuesday's attack in Kashmir

(Newser) - The New York Times calls it a "major security lapse in what is one of the world's most militarized zones": Gunmen burst out of forests and murdered 26 people —24 of them Indian tourists, reports the AP —at a picnic spot in Indian-controlled Kashmir. It's...

Officials: Gunmen Attack Train With Hundreds Aboard
Pakistan Train Siege
Ends With Dozens Dead
UPDATED
Mar 12, 2025 6:30 PM CDT

Pakistan Train Siege Ends With Dozens Dead

Military says separatist insurgents killed more than 20 captives before rescue operation

(Newser) - A siege that began Tuesday when separatist militants seized a train is over, Pakistani authorities say. Officals said Wednesday all 33 Baloch Liberation Army militants on the Jaffar Express were killed in the operation and hundreds of captives were freed, the Guardian reports. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the military...

Suicide Bomb at Pakistan Train Station Kills Dozens

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif says the attackers 'will pay a very heavy price'

(Newser) - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing at least 24 people, including soldiers and railway staff, and wounding about 50 others, some critically, officials said. The attack happened when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to...

In Major Pakistani City, Smog Is 'Apocalypse' Level

Lahore, nation's second-largest city, is forced to close schools for the week

(Newser) - Pakistan's second-largest city has closed schools for the week, not that students will be able to go outside. The air pollution in Lahore is now second-worst in the world only to New Delhi, India, according to the Swiss outfit IQAir , reports Reuters . Consider that an Air Quality Index above...

'The Killing of These Innocent Laborers Will Be Avenged'

Gunmen kill 21, injure 6 in mass shooting at Pakistani coal mine

(Newser) - Gunmen killed 21 miners and wounded six others in Pakistan's southwest, a police official said Friday, drawing condemnation from authorities as a search was launched for the assailants. The latest attack in the restive Balochistan province came days ahead of a major security summit being hosted in the capital....

Gunmen Stop Drivers, Check IDs, Kill 23 in Pakistan

Victims were pulled from vehicles in the province of Baluchistan, where separatists are active

(Newser) - Violence in a restive province of Pakistan took a particularly grim turn Monday: Gunmen stopped vehicles on a highway in Baluchistan, checked the IDs of occupants, and killed at least 23 who had the misfortune of being from the wrong place, report the BBC and the AP . Most of the...

Climbers Went to Retrieve Friend's Body, Needed a Rescue

Five-member team was hit by ice on Friday, and one is presumed dead

(Newser) - After six days stranded on a remote peak in Pakistan's northeast, two injured Russian climbers were rescued, while another remains missing and is presumed dead, reports the AP . The five-member team was attempting to climb one of Gasherbrum's peaks to retrieve the body of a fellow climber who...

Female Pakistani Cop Hailed as Hero for Fending Off Mob

She saved a woman who was wearing a dress people thought was offensive

(Newser) - When a Pakistani woman was attacked by a mob angry over what the woman was wearing, a female police officer stepped in to save her. Sheher Bano, an assistant superintendent of police in the city of Lahore, is now being hailed as a hero for rescuing the woman, NBC News...

Pakistan Has New PM Amid 'Vote Thief!' Cries

Shehbaz Sharif is elected over protestations of supporters of jailed Imran Khan

(Newser) - Lawmakers in Pakistan's National Assembly on Sunday elected Shehbaz Sharif as the country's new prime minister for the second time—as allies of imprisoned former premier Imran Khan in parliament shouted in protest and raised claims of vote rigging. Sharif secured 201 votes, well above the 169 needed...

Why a Mob Went After Woman for This Colorful Dress

It was a frightening mistake that could've ended much worse

(Newser) - Blasphemy is punishable by death in Pakistan, so when a woman there was accused of said crime over the weekend, a mob made up of hundreds of angry men descended upon a Lahore restaurant where she was hiding out. The woman's supposed infraction, per the Independent : She was wearing...

On Eve of Pakistan Elections, Blasts at Party Offices Kill 26

Pakistan's caretaker PM says government is committed to holding elections in peace

(Newser) - A pair of bombings at the election offices of a political party and an independent candidate in southwest Pakistan killed at least 26 people and wounded more than two dozen others, officials said Wednesday, the day before parliamentary elections are to be held, per the AP . The first attack hit...

Jailed Ex-Prime Minister Gets Another 10 Years
Bad News Keeps Piling
On for Imran Khan
UPDATED
Feb 3, 2024 6:00 AM CST

Bad News Keeps Piling On for Imran Khan

Pakistan's former prime minister and his wife get 7 more years in jail, for an apparently illegal marriage

(Newser) - On Saturday, a Pakistani court convicted and sentenced former PM Imran Khan and his wife to seven years in prison on a charge that their 2018 marriage violated the law, officials and a defense lawyer said. The verdict follows another case in which Khan and his wife, Bushra Bibi, were...

Timing of Former Pakistan PM's Convictions Is Noteworthy

Sentences come ahead of next week's parliamentary elections

(Newser) - On Tuesday, former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan was sentenced to 10 years in prison. On Wednesday, he was sentenced to another 14 years in a separate case and disqualified from holding any public office for a decade. The timing is noteworthy—not in that the sentences were handed...

Pakistan, Iran Exchange Airstrikes
New World Flashpoint:
Baluchistan
Jan 18, 2024 1:11 PM CST

New World Flashpoint: Baluchistan

Iran, Pakistan exchange airstrikes over border region

(Newser) - Pakistani airstrikes on Iran on Thursday morning killed four children and three women, a local official told Iranian state television. State media said several explosions were heard near Saravan city close to the border of Iran and Pakistan, the AP reports. The strikes early Thursday follow Iran launching strikes into...

Pakistan Plans to Deport All Illegal Immigrants

That includes 1.7M Afghans

(Newser) - Pakistan will carry out its recently announced plans to deport all illegal immigrants, including 1.7 million Afghans, in a "phased and orderly manner," the foreign ministry said Friday. The statement is likely meant to assuage international concerns and calm fears among Afghan refugees in Pakistan after Islamabad...

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