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China can live with Pakistan’s slow progress on Belt and Road Initiative

When US President Donald Trump hosted Pakistan Army chief Field Marshal Asim Munir for lunch at the White House Cabinet Room and later in the Oval Office, it is said to have touched a “raw nerve” in New Delhi.

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‘I should’ve gotten it four or five times’: Trumps whines for the Noble Peace Prize since he thinks peace is when he stops talking

Trump thinks they only give the award to liberals.

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Amid US-Pakistan thaw, two key challenges: Iran and China

Pakistani army chief Munir’s US trip suggests warming ties after past diplomatic friction. But challenges remain.

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Thawing of relations between Pakistan and US raises eyebrows in India

Army chief’s effusive welcome in Washington hints at strategic recalibration amid Middle East turmoil

The Guardian - UK

Trump embraces Pakistan: ‘Tactical romance’ or a new ‘inner circle’?

Trump hosts Pakistan army chief Asim Munir for an unprecedented White House lunch, as the US and Pakistan reset ties.

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Pakistan pitches ‘responsible’ image as diplomatic war with India heats up

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

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Pakistan promotes army chief Asim Munir to field marshal: Why it matters

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

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Pakistan's army chief Asim Munir promoted to field marshal after recent skirmishes with India

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

The Independent UK

India and Pakistan have agreed a precarious peace – but will it last?

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.

The Conversation

How India and Pakistan walked back from brink of all-out war

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

The Independent UK

From missiles to ceasefire: how India and Pakistan pulled back from the brink

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

The Guardian - UK

Retd Major Gaurav Arya’s abusive remarks on Iranian FM trigger diplomatic row

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…

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Who is Gen Asim Munir, the army chief leading Pakistan’s military amid India crisis?

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

The Guardian - UK

‘There will be war’: fear and defiance across border after Indian airstrikes in Pakistan

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

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Modi’s deadly bombing strike on Pakistan goes to the heart of India’s great dilemma

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 Guardian - UK

India and Pakistan can ill afford war, but who will talk them down?

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

Newslaundry

Op Sindoor: Strategic signalling, not final blow to terrorism

A swift, high-profile 25-minute military mission involving 24 precision strikes on terrorist sites across nine locations in Pakistan. This marked the launch of Operation Sindoor – India’s retaliation two weeks after 26 civilians were killed in Pahalgam.

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YouTube ban on Pak propaganda, but what about primetime TV?

While the Indian government has banned 16 Pakistani YouTube channels for “provocative content” and “misinformation” following the Pahalgam terror attack, Indian television news has been doing what it does best: rolling out the red carpet for such content, in studio lighting, with a splash of nationalistic graphics.

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Hafta 534: Pahalgam terror attack, India’s diplomatic response, global attention

This week on Hafta, Newslaundry’s Abhinandan Sekhri, Raman Kirpal, Manisha Pande, and Anand Vardhan are joined by diplomatic and foreign affairs expert Manoj Joshi.

The Conversation

Kashmir attacks: Kashmiris trapped between tourism and terrorism as an insecure nation looks to Modi for accountability

The horrific targeted attack by militants in Kashmir on April 22, which killed at least 25 Indian tourists and one Nepalese national and injured many more, bears all the hallmarks of terrorism. The timing of the attacks during the high-profile visit of the US vice-president J.D. Vance to India, highlights…

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Timing, target, location, message: Baisaran bloodbath is more than a return to old playbooks

A shadowy group called The Resistance Force, described by Indian security officials as a proxy of the Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Toiba, has purportedly claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack. TRF had earlier claimed the ambush on a private bus carrying civilians in Jammu’s Reasi area last June. Following the Reasi attack, a…

Al Jazeera

‘Act of war’: What happened in Kashmir attack that killed 26 tourists?

The deadliest attack on tourists in Kashmir since 2000 has prompted fears of Indian retaliation against Pakistan.

Al Jazeera

Why is Pakistan’s new canal project sparking water shortage fears?

Protesters fear than a plan to modernise agriculture could leave the lower riparian province of Sindh without water.

Newslaundry

While terrorists roam free, Pakistan is hunting down its journalists, activists

Pakistan’s cricket team has had a few rough days in New Zealand. The Kiwi fast bowlers and openers marched from one easy victory to another, leaving Pakistan hopeless. But there is someone else who had an even worse week. And that is none other than Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff…

The Independent UK

Pakistani leader calls for unity to combat militants after a surge in attacks

Pakistan’s prime minister has called on country’s political leadership to unite in its resolve to combat militants following a surge in deadly violence

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