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Cloudbursts Spurred by Climate Change Leave 300+ Dead

Flash floods triggered by sudden, intense downpours hit India, Pakistan hard

(Newser) - Flash floods triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 300 people in India and Pakistan and left scores of others missing, officials said Friday, as rescuers brought to safety some 1,600 people from two mountainous districts in the neighboring countries. Flooding began a day earlier in Indian-controlled Kashmir...

India Says It's Avenged April Attack in Kashmir

3 militants were killed in a shootout, government announces

(Newser) - Three months after a deadly attack on tourists in Kashmir sparked military tensions with Pakistan, India's security forces say they have killed the three men responsible. According to Home Minister Amit Shah, the militants—all identified as Pakistani nationals—were killed in a shootout near Srinagar following a...

After Decades of Agreement, There's Tension Over Water

India says it has suspended the Indus Waters Treaty it shares with Pakistan

(Newser) - India's suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty with Pakistan has put the region's water security—and its delicate peace—at greater risk. The treaty, which had divided the crucial Indus river system between India and Pakistan since 1960, is now in limbo after India accused Pakistan of...

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
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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...

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
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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...

At Least 26 Tourists Killed in Kashmir Attack

'This attack is much larger than anything we've seen directed at civilians in recent years'

(Newser) - Gunmen shot and killed at least 26 tourists on Tuesday at a resort in Indian-controlled Kashmir, police said. The attack appeared to be a major shift in a regional conflict in which tourists have largely been spared, the AP reports. Police said it was a "terror attack" and blamed...

India to Prosecute Novelist Over 14-Year-Old Remark

Booker Prize-winning author Arundhati Roy argued for Kashmir independence in 2010

(Newser) - A top Indian official has approved the prosecution of Arundhati Roy, one of India's most celebrated writers, over a comment she made 14 years ago. Roy, winner of the 1997 Booker Prize, gave a speech in 2010 in which she said the disputed territory of Kashmir, claimed by India...

She Tried the Big 14 Last Year and Failed. Now, Success

Kristin Harila, Tenjen Sherpa summit at K2, scale world's highest mountains in record 92 days

(Newser) - A Norwegian woman mountain climber and her Nepali Sherpa guide have set a new record by scaling the world's 14 highest peaks in 92 days, a Pakistani mountaineering official said. On Thursday, Kristin Harila and Tenjen Sherpa summited K2 on the Chinese-Pakistani border in the Karakorum Range—considered to...

This Olympian Will Represent His Country Alone

Arif Khan, 31, is sole athlete from India

(Newser) - The US is sending 222 athletes to the 2022 Winter Olympics. India is sending just one. NPR reports 31-year-old skier Arif Khan arrived in Beijing on Tuesday and is scheduled to compete in the slalom and giant slalom events later this week. As long as he manages to stay COVID-free,...

New Year's Gathering at Shrine Turns Into 'Horrifying Sight'

At least 12 are dead, 15 injured after crowd surge at Hindu shrine in Kashmir

(Newser) - A crowd surge at a popular Hindu shrine in Indian-controlled Kashmir killed at least 12 people and injured 15 others on New Year's Day, officials said. Initial reports suggested an altercation between a group of devotees led to the crush early Saturday at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine, where...

Uproar in Kashmir After India Takes 'Illegal Steps'

PM Narendra Modi revokes special status, cuts internet and phone services in restive region

(Newser) - India's government revoked disputed Kashmir's special status with a presidential order Monday as thousands of newly deployed troops arrived and internet and phone services were cut in the restive Himalayan region where most people oppose Indian rule. Home Minister Amit Shah announced the revocation amid an uproar in...

Tensions Increase as India Demands Pakistan Free Pilot

Video shows prisoner blindfolded and bloody

(Newser) - India has demanded that Pakistan release a fighter pilot shot down Wednesday over Kashmir, after a video was released showing the man blindfolded and bloody. India called the video a "vulgar display of an injured personnel," the BBC reports. Pakistan said the pilot was being "treated as...

Serious Escalation: Pakistan Says It Has Indian Pilot

Violence called 'most serious escalation' of countries' long-simmering conflict since 1999

(Newser) - Pakistan's military said Wednesday it shot down two Indian warplanes in the disputed region of Kashmir and captured a pilot, raising tensions between the nuclear-armed rivals to a level unseen in the last two decades. The military's spokesman, Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, originally said two pilots were...

Attack on Convoy Is Deadliest in Kashmir History

Car bombing killed 41 Indian soldiers

(Newser) - The death toll from a car bombing on a paramilitary convoy in Indian-controlled Kashmir has climbed to 41, becoming the single deadliest attack in the divided region's volatile history, security officials said Friday. A local Kashmiri militant rammed an explosive-laden van into the convoy along a key highway Thursday....

In the High Himalayas, Troops Throw Rocks at Each Other

Stones thrown after Kashmir patrol got lost

(Newser) - Indian and Chinese soldiers yelled and hurled stones at one another in the high Himalayas in Indian-controlled Kashmir, Indian officials said Wednesday after an altercation that escalated tensions between two nations already engaged in a lengthy border standoff elsewhere. The Chinese soldiers hurled stones while attempting to enter Ladakh region...

India Kicks Entire Region Off Social Media

ISPs ordered to block 22 sites for a month

(Newser) - India has ordered internet service providers in Indian-controlled Kashmir to immediately block Facebook, Twitter, and 20 other social media sites and online applications for one month, after several videos and photos depicting alleged abuses of Kashmiris by Indian security forces sparked outrage and fueled protests. The government said the restrictions...

Soldier Rescued From Avalanche Dies in Hospital

He had been buried under at least 35 feet of snow

(Newser) - An Indian army soldier rescued after six days buried under deep snow by an enormous avalanche in the Himalayan region of Kashmir died Thursday in a hospital in the Indian capital. Hanamanthappa Koppad died with worsening dysfunction in multiple organs after being hospitalized in extremely critical condition, army spokesman Col....

Soldier Buried in Avalanche Found Alive 5 Days Later

His survival is being called a 'miracle'

(Newser) - Last Wednesday, an avalanche hit an Indian army base in Kashmir, burying 10 soldiers under 30 feet of ice and snow, the Wall Street Journal reports. Five days later, one soldier was miraculously found alive. The base—nearly 20,000 feet above sea level—was struck after a 320,000-square-foot...

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