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India and Pakistan have shifted from armed confrontation to a diplomatic offensive, seeking to shape global opinion.

Pakistan’s government says it’s recognition of his leadership in the India-Pakistan confrontation. Not everyone agrees.

Pakistan’s prime minister has promoted the country’s powerful army chief, Gen. Asim Munir, to the rank of field marshal, making him only the second military officer in Pakistan’s history to hold the title

India and Pakistan stepped back from the brink of catastrophe on May 10 after a US-brokered ceasefire brought rapidly escalating hostilities between the two countries to an end. But tensions are still running high.

Quiet diplomacy and high-stakes backchannel talks helped avert the most serious military escalation in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours

As nuclear threat became very real possibility, Trump tasked Marco Rubio and JD Vance to contact the feuding countries

A diplomatic storm has erupted between India and Iran after retired Indian Army officer and television commentator Major Gaurav Arya hurled a communal slur at Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, calling him a “son of a pig” in a YouTube broadcast. The slur has drawn strong backlash as it has…

Military chief once fell foul of Imran Khan, but since taking the top spot has been quietly amassing power over the government and supreme court

As crowds in Pakistan demand response to deadly attack, others fear all-out war with India, where mood also varies

A military attack on the same day as a trade deal with the UK reveals a nation keen to strut the world stage, but hampered by regional enmity and history, says Chietigj Bajpaee of Chatham House

The US has brought the two sides back from the brink before, but the mood is very different with Trump