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KASHMIR

Retired police officer Mohammad Aslam, who fled his home at the first sign of escalation during the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict, stands inside his damaged house atop a mountain at the frontier district of Poonch in India's Jammu region.
ASIA PACIFIC
Apr 20, 2026
Anxiety lingers in divided Kashmir a year after shooting attack
When falling bombs shattered the usual calm of his Kashmir village, Mohammad Rashid set his mind to building a shelter for his family, ready in case fighting erupts again.
A woman checks her phone on a hill in Tehran on Oct. 2, 2025. Iran was plunged into a nationwide internet blackout on Jan. 8.
WORLD / Politics
Jan 14, 2026
The countries wielding internet blackouts to muzzle dissent
Iran¡¯s move to cut internet access during ongoing mass protests, along with Uganda¡¯s Tuesday ahead of controversial elections, are just the latest examples of the tactic.
Indian soldiers stand guard near the site of a deadly car blast in the Red Fort area in the old quarters of New Delhi on Nov. 11.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Nov 17, 2025
India arrests suspected accomplice in Delhi suicide bombing
The National Investigation Agency says that Amir Rashid Ali, a Kashmiri resident, conspired with the suicide bomber to plan the attack.
Artisan Ghulam Mohammad Zaz makes the santoor instrument at his home in Srinaga on Sept. 23.
ASIA PACIFIC / Society
Sep 29, 2025
Strings of identity: Kashmir¡¯s fading music endures
The santoor, an instrument played with hammers, has long been central to Kashmir¡¯s musical identity, but global music trends are beginning to overshadow local sounds.
Vehicles move along a flooded road following monsoon rains and rising water levels in Sialkot, Punjab province, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 28, 2025
Deadly rains force mass evacuations in India and Pakistan
Flash floods and landslides have left more than 2,000 people dead across both countries this season, with about five weeks left in the monsoon and more heavy rain forecast.
Indian security personnel stand guard as Hindu pilgrims headed to Amarnath await registration at a transit camp in Pantha Chowk on the outskirts of Srinagar on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 3, 2025
Hindu pilgrims set off to India¡¯s Amarnath, near site of deadly April attack
The attack, which killed 26 mostly Hindu tourists, escalated into the worst standoff between the nuclear-armed nations since 1999, with over 70 people killed on both sides.
British Foreign Secretary David Lammy reacts as he speaks during an interview at the British High Commissioner Residence in New Delhi on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jun 8, 2025
U.K. and India discuss ¡®counterterrorism¡¯ cooperation after Pakistan ceasefire
Britain and India on Saturday discussed expanding their ¡°counterterrorism¡± collaboration following recent fighting between India and Pakistan, Britain's foreign minister said after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting Anji Khad bridge, India's first cable-stayed railway bridge, during its inauguration as part of a new Kashmir rail link.
ASIA PACIFIC
Jun 6, 2025
India¡¯s Modi opens strategic railway in contested ¡®crown jewel¡¯ Kashmir
With 36 tunnels and 943 bridges, the new railway runs for 272 kilometers and connects Udhampur, Srinagar and Baramulla in the disputed region.
A house damaged during a Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch, in India-administered Kashmir, on May 14
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 26, 2025
India and Pakistan battle for global sympathy after border truce
Both sides are sending delegations to global capitals to influence international perception of the conflict, as tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals continue to simmer.
Pakistan's army chief Gen. Asim Munir salutes after laying wreath on the martyrs' monument during a guard of honor ceremony at General Headquarters in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 22, 2025
Support for Pakistan army chief surges after India conflict
A survey conducted after the conflict by a local pollster found that 93% of respondents felt their opinion of the military had improved.
Soldiers inspect the debris of a missile at a field on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on May 8 after New Delhi said Pakistan launched an overnight air attack using "drones and missiles," before Indian forces retaliated to destroy an air defense system in Lahore.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 19, 2025
China gave Pakistan satellite support, Indian defense group says
The research by a group under India¡¯s Ministry of Defense suggests that Beijing was more directly involved in the conflict than was previously disclosed.
A Pakistan Ranger stands guard at the Pakistan-India joint check post at Wagah border, near Lahore, Pakistan, on Wednesday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 15, 2025
Pakistan and India shift to war of words after shooting stops
¡°Mr. Modi, if you take this route again, you will get a devastating answer,¡± Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation following a truce with Pakistan, via video conferencing in New Delhi on Monday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 13, 2025
Modi calls India¡¯s reaction ¡®new normal¡¯ in Pakistan relations
The two countries have been involved in tit-for-tat military strikes after gunmen killed 26 civilians in India¡¯s Jammu and Kashmir region in April.
A girl looks out the window of a car as she returns to her hometown in Uri, about 100 kilometers from Srinagar, on Sunday after India and Pakistan agreed to a ceasefire.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 12, 2025
Indian army reports ¡®first calm night¡¯ after Kashmir truce with Pakistan holds
The two sides had accused each other of breaching a ceasefire just hours after it was announced on Saturday.
Teachers and students from Karachi University take part in an anti-India protest on April 28. Pakistan has warned that any attempt by India to stop water supplies from the Indus?River could be seen as an "act of war."
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2025
New Delhi¡¯s warning to Islamabad
Modi has thus retained strategic ambiguity, while sending a resolute message: Resource-sharing comes with conditions.
Urgent diplomacy and restraint are needed to prevent further escalation between India and Pakistan, as both sides risk being pulled into a dangerous conflict with potential global consequences.
COMMENTARY / World
May 8, 2025
Can India and Pakistan step back from the brink?
India and Pakistan on many occasions have been on the brink of major conflict, yet have successfully climbed down.
Indian paramilitary personnel stand guard along a road in Srinagar on Wednesday after New Delhi launched missile strikes on archrival Pakistan in a major escalation between the nuclear-armed neighbors.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 7, 2025
India strikes Pakistan over Kashmir tourist killings
Islamabad said it had shot down five Indian fighter jets in the worst fighting in more than two decades between the nuclear-armed enemies.
An Indian soldier stands guard on a street, following the Pahalgam attack in south Kashmir, in Srinagar on May 5.
ASIA PACIFIC
May 6, 2025
Pakistan tests missile and India orders drills amid Kashmir standoff
Relations between the nuclear-armed states have nosedived since gunmen killed 26 people on April 22 in an attack targeting Hindu tourists in Indian Kashmir.
Kashmiri muslims offer prayers on a road as a security personnel stands guard in Srinagar on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 3, 2025
On both sides of the line of control, Kashmiris watch, wait and prepare for war
India and Pakistan have fought two wars over Kashmir, and countless clashes at the border over the decades.
Pakistan's army chief, Gen. Syed Asim Munir, speaks with troops in Jhelum, Punjab province, on Thursday. A deadly terrorist attack last month in Indian-administered Kashmir has sharply escalated tensions between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan and raised fears of a broader conflict.
EDITORIALS
May 2, 2025
Kashmir terror attack pushes India and Pakistan to the brink of war
Indian police said that two of the three suspects were Pakistani nationals and identified them as ¡°LeT terrorists.¡±
Magnitude 7.2 quake hits northern Japan
A screenshot of the Japan Meteorological Agency website shows the seismic intensity of Thursday morning's earthquake.
Double barrage of storms to hit Japan this week
A map depicting the paths of Typhoon Mekkhala and Tropical Storm Higos
Two Japanese held in China for allegedly smuggling export-restricted goods
Chief Cabinet Secretary Minoru Kihara speaks during a news conference on Wednesday at the Prime Minister's Office in Tokyo.
Masayoshi Son dismisses Musk¡¯s idea for orbital data centers
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son dismissed the idea of space-based data centers, arguing that the AI race will be won by computing power on Earth.
Two storms approach Japan, with possible convergence complicating forecasts
A map depicting the paths of Tropical Storm Mekkhala and Tropical Storm Higos
Remembering the wrestlers who rarely make the headlines
Tsurugisho throws salt at a one-day sumo event at the Kokugikan in Tokyo in February 2020.
China¡¯s mineral squeeze testing Japan¡¯s military buildup
Samples of rare earth luminescent materials displayed at an exhibition on China¡¯s manufacturing achievements at the National Museum in Beijing in March
Stepping up, not aside: Japan¡¯s retirement-age tour guides
Yoichi Miura (third from left) now divides his time between his import business and guiding international visitors across Japan.
Japan-South Korea detente persists ¡ª but breakthrough remains elusive
While Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung have kept relations from sliding backward, experts say they have struggled to turn stability into concrete steps forward.
Japan¡¯s AI goldrush faces backlash as data centers sprout up in urban areas
Erin and Munekazu Tanikawa look out from their balcony at the construction site of a planned 52-meter-tall data center that would dominate their surroundings, in the city of Inzai, Chiba Prefecture, last month.

Podcast

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo¡¯s Shinjuku Ward.
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