By Jack Kim and Heekyong Yang SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea’s conservatives made another about-face on Saturday and reinstated their nominee, just hours after dropping him and reopening the nomination process as the divided party struggled for unity to challenge the liberal frontrunner in a presidential election four weeks away. People Power Party nominee Kim Moon-soo …
(Reuters) – Explosions were heard across the city of Srinagar in Indian Kashmir on Saturday evening, hours after India and Pakistan agreed on a ceasefire, Omar Abdullah, chief minister of the federal territory, said in a post on X. “What the hell just happened to the ceasefire? Explosions heard across Srinagar,” Abdullah posted. (Reporting by …
By Sarita Chaganti Singh, Shivam Patel and Ariba Shahid NEW DELHI/KARACHI (Reuters) -A key water-sharing pact between India and Pakistan remains suspended, four government sources told Reuters, despite the countries reaching a ceasefire agreement on Saturday after days of deadly fighting. The Indus Waters Treaty, mediated by the World Bank in 1960, regulates the division …
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By Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. government said it offered assistance to make India and Pakistan start “constructive talks” while the Group of Seven (G7) major countries also urged the Asian neighbors to engage in direct dialogue amid heightened hostilities. World powers have raised the alarm over the latest escalation in the decades-old India-Pakistan …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – At least 13 civilians were killed in Pakistani Kashmir in 12 hours until noon on Saturday, the region’s disaster authority said, as India and Pakistan traded fire after Islamabad’s military action against India in the early hours of the day. More than 50 people were also injured in the region, the authority said. …
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By Karen Lema and Devjyot Ghoshal MANILA (Reuters) – In political rallies, Senate hearings and voter surveys ahead of Monday’s midterm elections in the Philippines, China has been an overwhelming – and unusual – presence. The shadow of its giant maritime neighbour has loomed over the Philippines for years, but as the country’s two most …
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) – The Indian army said on Saturday that Pakistan was continuing its “blatant escalation” with drone strikes and using other munitions along India’s western border, and its “enemy designs” would be thwarted. Multiple “enemy armed drones” spotted over the holy city of Amritsar in India’s border state of Punjab were “instantly engaged …
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SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – Two loud blasts were heard in Indian’s Kashmir’s summer capital of Srinagar on Saturday, near the city airport and the local headquarters of the army, according to an official, a Reuters witness, and local residents. Two blasts were also heard in Kashmir’s Baramulla town, an official and residents told Reuters, as fighting …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said that no meeting of the National Command Authority, which is Pakistan’s top military and civil body overseeing the country’s nuclear arsenal, was scheduled following a military operation against India that took place early on Saturday. Pakistan’s military had said earlier in the day that Pakistan’s prime …
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has called a meeting of the National Command Authority on Saturday, the military said, after Islamabad launched a military operation against India and targeted multiple bases. The authority is the top body of civilian and military officials that takes security decisions including those related to the country’s …
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