As tensions ratcheted up over the last week of fighting, Pakistan did not consider deploying nuclear warheads to strike India, the country’s foreign minister Ishaq Dar told CNN on Monday.

Even under the threat of an all-out war that could spiral into a catastrophic nuclear conflict,  India’s opposition parties—including the Stalinist parliamentary parties—have rallied behind the Modi-led BJP government in the name of “defending the nation.

The neighboring countries exchanged fire for several days after India's missile attack on Pakistan before reaching a ceasefire on Saturday.

A ceasefire agreed between India and Pakistan appears to be holding, with both sides stressing their commitment to the surprise truce which halted the worst fighting in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbors.

Three suspected rebels were killed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday (May 13) in a gun battle with soldiers, the army said, the first since an attack on tourists brought India and Pakistan

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has criticised Britain's invitation to Donald Trump for a second state visit, saying it undermined his government's effort to project a united front against the U.S. president's talk of annexing Canada.

Mohammad Iqbal was working the nightshift at a power plant when he got a frantic call from his family saying artillery shells were exploding around their home.

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