Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor X/Shehbaz Sharif Chinese warplanes, used by Pakistan, made their combat debut during the recent hostilities The four-day conflict between arch-rivals India and Pakistan this month ended with a ceasefire and both claiming victory – […]
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Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor Reuters Donald Trump announced a ceasefire at the weekend For decades, if there’s one thing that’s been a taboo in the Indian foreign ministry, it is third-party mediation – particularly in the long-running dispute
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Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor AFP via Getty Images Anti-India protests took place in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad, on Friday As the continuing India-Pakistan crisis takes a dangerous turn, nations around the world are urging calm. The initial thinking was
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Anbarasan Ethirajan South Asia Regional Editor Getty Images Bangladesh imported 50,000 tonnes of rice from Pakistan in February The dramatic political developments in Bangladesh that led to prime minister Sheikh Hasina being ousted last year have thrown up many surprises
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Anbarasan Ethirajan BBC News Supplied Asha Roy was due to take part in a football tournament that Islamists protested against recently Asha Roy, 17, was excited to take part in a women’s football tournament, but her hopes were dashed as
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Getty Images Anura Kumara Dissanayake wants the new year to be a turning point for the country Stunning election wins by a new left-leaning president and his party have changed Sri Lanka’s political landscape – but the cash-strapped island’s new
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Getty Images Pakistani officials are preparing to launch a nationwide vaccination campaign for children under five Health authorities in Pakistan say they have confirmed six more cases of polio, taking the number of infected children to 39 this year. The
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An Indian politician has been shot dead in the commercial capital, Mumbai. Gunmen opened fire on Baba Siddique, 66, near the office of his son, who is also a politician, according to local media reports. Two people have been arrested
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Maldivian President Mohammed Muizzu has told the BBC that he is confident that India will come to the aid of the island nation as it faces an economic crisis. Muizzu, who begins a five-day visit to India on Sunday, is
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Getty Images Anura Kumara Dissanayake shows his finger marked with indelible ink after voting in Colombo Under normal circumstances, the victory of Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Sri Lanka’s presidential election would have been called a political earthquake. But with many
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