The world's first drone war between nuclear-armed neighbors has erupted in South Asia.
On Thursday, India accused Pakistan of launching waves of drones and missiles at three military bases in Indian territory and Indian-administered Kashmir — an (...)
A total of 21 airports across northern and northwestern India will remain closed until Saturday, according to a senior police official.
"All airports have been sealed. No one will be allowed to go in or out except for security personnel and staff," (...)
World leaders have expressed concern over the escalating conflict between India and Pakistan after India launched strikes into Pakistan and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir on Wednesday.
US President Donald Trump called the escalations "so terrible" (...)
Tensions continue to escalate between India and Pakistan after India launched "Operation Sindoor" on Wednesday, killing at least 31 civilians.
India's operation came in response to an attack by militants in India-administered Kashmir that killed (...)
Several Gulf carriers have suspended flights to Pakistan, including Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways, with airport closures in northern India also affecting many flight routes.
Emirates has canceled flights from Dubai to Sialkot, Lahore, Islamabad (...)
Police have arrested scores of people in Pakistan in recent weeks after more than 10 mob attacks on outlets of US fast-food chain KFC, Reuters reported.
The attacks were sparked by anti-United States sentiment and opposition to its ally Israel's war (...)
Excitement is growing in cinema-mad India for the return of a movie star from Pakistan to its big screens after his long absence due to an industry ban on artists from the neighboring country.
Fawad Khan, an actor, singer and producer with a huge (...)
Pakistan's army says it has freed more than 300 hostages from a passenger train seized by militants in Balochistan province on Tuesday.
The military spokesperson said 33 militants were killed during the operation.
Twenty-one civilian hostages and (...)
Passengers who were freed from a train seized by armed militants have spoken of "doomsday scenes" that unfolded on board the Jaffar Express in Pakistan's Balochistan province.
"We held our breath throughout the firing, not knowing what would happen (...)
Javed Iqbal, a Pakistani carpenter working in Saudi Arabia, says he deeply regrets his decision to illegally send his 13-year-old son to Europe.
"The agents had sent dozens of boys from the village to Greece and Italy," he says. "My son, who was (...)
All primary schools in Delhi will close due to worsening air pollution, officials have announced.
In a post on X, the Indian capital's chief minister, Atishi Marlena Singh, said classes will move online until further notice due to a thick smog that (...)
Record-breaking levels of thick, toxic smog that have shrouded eastern Pakistan and northern India since last month can be seen in striking satellite imagery.
A huge cloud of gray smog blankets Pakistan's Punjab province and stretches out east into (...)
Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan has now been behind bars for a year – although there are times you would barely know it.
Khan is still the dominant force of Pakistan's opposition politics; his name still in the papers and the courts. His (...)
When former prime minister Imran Khan was dragged out of a courthouse by police on charges of corruption on 9 May 2023, the reaction was unlike anything seen in Pakistan before.
Enraged supporters took to the streets in cities across the country and (...)
A court in Pakistan has sentenced a 22-year-old student to death on charges of blasphemy over Whatsapp messages.
The court in Punjab Province said he had shared blasphemous pictures and videos with the intention to outrage the religious feelings of (...)
An angry mob in Pakistan accused a woman who wore a dress adorned with Arabic calligraphy of blasphemy, after mistaking them for Qur'an verses.
She was saved by police who escorted her to safety after hundreds gathered. She later gave a public (...)
In the latest development from Pakistan's electoral battlefield, candidates affiliated with the imprisoned ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), emerged as the front-runners in the final count of the Feb. 8 general (...)
Pakistan's former three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif only returned from self-imposed exile last year but is now the clear front-runner to win the Feb. 8 election.
Few could have predicted his return to the top, despite his dominance in Pakistani (...)
Courts in the UK and Pakistan are involved in a complex legal tussle to decide what should happen to the siblings of Sara Sharif.
Sara, 10, was found dead at her home in Woking, Surrey, in August. Her father, stepmother and uncle deny her (...)
Daily-wage laborer Asif Maseeh wakes up each day wondering how he will feed his family of seven.
"We just pray to God that we'll find a way to eat tomorrow," Maseeh told the BBC.
The 45-year-old is among an estimated 700,000 workers who have lost (...)
Tens of thousands of supporters from Pakistan's main religious political party have rallied in the eastern city of Lahore against Israel's bombing of Palestinians in Gaza and what it said is the world's failure to protect Gazans.
Amid anti-Israeli (...)
Toxic smog in eastern Pakistan has made thousands of people sick, forcing authorities to shut some cities for the rest of the week. Smog in the country's second-largest city Lahore has risen to dangerous levels. The Punjab provincial government has (...)
A prominent Sikh leader was brazenly murdered this summer outside a temple in British Columbia (BC), Canada. The death has outraged his supporters and intensified global tensions between Sikh separatists and the Indian government.
On a mid-June (...)
Multiple doctors have advised Farah Nurfirman to leave her hometown Jakarta for her health's sake.
The 22-year-old asthmatic often wears a mask and carries an inhaler, but the air quality in the city is not helping.
The Indonesian capital, which has (...)
Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has been given a three-year jail sentence over corruption allegations.
Khan was found guilty of not declaring money earned from selling gifts he received in office. He denies the charges and says he will (...)
