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Floods affect 1.2 million, displace nearly 250,000 in eastern Pakistan

Rescuers in Pakistan's Punjab province are racing to reach stranded families after heavy rain and water from overflowing dams in India caused major rivers to burst their banks

The Independent UK

India-Pakistan missile race heats up, but China in crosshairs, too

South Asia’s missile race is heating up. But India and Pakistan aren’t only eyeing each other, say analysts.

Al Jazeera

Xi, Putin and Modi to meet in China – but don’t expect their Eurasian bloc summit to agree on anything important

The upcoming summit of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in Tianjin, China, from August 31 to September 1, will be the organisation’s largest gathering of heads of state to date. It comes at a time when the existing liberal international order is rapidly disintegrating. But rather than offering a concrete…

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India warns Pakistan to expect flooding after opening major dams near the border

India said it opened gates of major dams on rivers in its part of the Kashmir region following heavy rains

The Independent UK

At least 30 people killed in landslide as heavy rains batter northern India

Search and rescue operations are under way in response to a landslide near Vaishno Devi Temple in Katra area.

Al Jazeera

Flash floods leave 32 dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir as over 150,000 are displaced in Punjab

Indian media reports say intense rains have lashed parts of Pakistan and India and triggered flash floods in Indian-controlled Kashmir’s Jammu region, leaving at least 32 people dead and many missing following a landslide on a Hindu pilgrimage route

The Independent UK

Pakistan's Monsoon Misery: Nature's Fury, Man's Mistake

Floodwaters gushing through mountain villages, cities rendered swamps, mourners gathered at fresh graves -- as Pakistan's monsoon season once again delivers scenes of calamity, it also lays bare woeful preparedness.

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Photos show people fleeing flooding in Kashmir after weeks of intense rain in the region

Prolonged monsoon rains this season have badly battered South Asia. Rising waters sent people fleeing from their homes in the Indian-administered Jammu area in Kashmir, which is split between Pakistan and India and claimed by both sides.

The Independent UK

Evacuations under way in eastern Pakistan as India releases water from swollen rivers

The move came a day after New Delhi alerted Islamabad about possible cross-border flooding, marking the first public diplomatic contact between the two nuclear-armed rivals in months.

Euronews

Pakistan’s farmers battle floods, debt and climate-driven crisis

Farmers in Pakistan describe battling floods and droughts as ‘gambling with nature’ amid worsening climate impacts.

Al Jazeera

Mass evacuations in eastern Pakistan as India releases water from swollen rivers

Officials say rescuers in eastern Pakistan have evacuated tens of thousands of people to safer areas after neighboring India released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into low-lying border regions

The Independent UK

Why has Pakistan launched a new rocket command after India conflict?

Experts say India found holes in Pakistan’s strategic defence options during the May fight. Pakistan wants to fix them.

Al Jazeera

Of all the languages I know, Persian is the one that speaks directly to me and offers a new way of being

I’ve found metaphors that mirror my own journey, phrases that feel like home and poetry that speaks directly to the soul

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‘It happened in seconds’: residents count the cost of deadly floods that have left Pakistan in crisis

In the country’s north, people recall the terror of soaring flood waters that killed hundreds, and blame authorities for poor planning

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India warns Pakistan of flood threat in first known official contact for months

Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says India has issued an alert about possible cross-border flooding after heavy monsoon rains in the South Asian region

The Conversation

Monsoon flooding has killed hundreds in Pakistan – climate change is pushing the rainy season from blessing to looming catastrophe

Farmers in South Asia rely on the summer monsoon’s rainfall, but extreme monsoon rains in recent years have been destructive and deadly.

Al Jazeera

Pakistan FM holds talks with Bangladeshi officials during ‘historic’ visit

Pakistan and Bangladesh are expected to sign several agreements, including on trade as the two nations move closer.

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Can the new India-China bonhomie reshape trade and hurt the US in Asia?

Trump’s tariffs and shifting geopolitical winds have pulled India and China closer. That could undercut the US-led Quad.

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The Guardian - UK

Weather tracker: monsoon rains cause deadly floods in Pakistan and India

More than 300 people killed after downpours in mountainous regions and several killed in Indian city of Mumbai

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The rainy season is at its peak in Pakistan and it’s making it all humid, hot, and congested as well.

International Business Times

Pakistan Woos Old Rival Bangladesh, As India Watches On

Decades after Pakistani troops killed his friends in Bangladesh's independence war, veteran freedom fighter Syed Abu Naser Bukhtear Ahmed eyes warming ties between Dhaka and Islamabad with cautious pragmatism.

The Conversation

Did Trump really resolve six conflicts in a matter of months? We spoke to the experts to find out

The US president, Donald Trump, claims to have “solved six wars in six months”. To work out if there was any substance to his claims, The Conversation international affairs editors Sam Phelps and Rachael Jolley interviewed six academic experts on those regions to find out what Trump actually did, and…

The Independent UK

Explosion at Pakistan fireworks storage facility injures at least 25 people

Officials say an explosion at a fireworks storage facility in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi has injured at least 25 people, some critically

The Independent UK

China and Pakistan foreign ministers agree to launch new economic corridor projects

Pakistan and China have pledged to expand economic cooperation and investment under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, a flagship program of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

Al Jazeera

What’s causing Pakistan’s deadly floods?

Further flooding is predicted in cities including Karachi in the south of Pakistan.

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