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EU spokesperson says China is key enabler of Russia’s war in Ukraine

7 May 2025

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – A European Commission spokesperson said on Wednesday that China continues to be the key enabler of Russia’s war in Ukraine and that without China’s support, Russia would not be able to wage the war to the same extent. On Tuesday, official Chinese news agency Xinhua reported Beijing was ready to work with European Union leaders …

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Re-elected Australia PM Albanese to visit Indonesia first in ‘signal’ to region

7 May 2025

SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Wednesday he will travel to Indonesia next week as a “signal” of the importance Canberra places in the region in his first overseas visit since Saturday’s election victory. “We have no more important relationship than Indonesia just to our north,” Albanese said in a television …

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Residents of Pakistani Kashmir say they fled into hills during Indian strikes

7 May 2025

By Tariq Maqbool MUZAFFARABAD (Reuters) – Residents of Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, said they fled their homes and ran into surrounding hills as India launched airstrikes early on Wednesday in a part of the city. Mosque loudspeakers told people to seek shelter as the ground shook repeatedly and the sounds of explosions reverberated, …

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Factbox-Who are Pakistan-based LeT and JeM groups targeted by Indian strikes?

7 May 2025

By Krishna N. Das and Gibran Naiyyar Peshimam NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – India said on Wednesday it hit nine sites in Pakistan “from where terrorist attacks against India have been planned and directed”, following last month’s deadly attack in Kashmir. The nuclear-armed neighbours have fought two wars since independence from colonial ruler Britain in 1947 …

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What has happened in India and Pakistan as they fight over Kashmir killings

7 May 2025

NEW DELHI (Reuters) -India launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir on Wednesday, an assault its neighbour called a “blatant act of war” as tension spirals between the nuclear-armed rivals after a deadly attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir. WHAT IS OPERATION SINDOOR? India said its Operation Sindoor struck nine Pakistani sites on Wednesday that …

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India launches attack on 9 sites in Pakistan and Pakistani Kashmir

7 May 2025

(Reuters) – The Indian armed forces launched “Operation Sindoor,” hitting nine sites in Pakistan and “Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir”, the Indian government said in a statement on Wednesday. No Pakistani military facilities have been targeted, the statement added. (This story has been refiled to clarify attribution for ‘Pakistan-occupied’ in paragraph 1) (Reporting by Urvi Dugar; …

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Trump calls rising India-Pakistan tension a shame; Rubio speaks to both sides

7 May 2025

By Steve Holland and Kanishka Singh WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump termed rising tension between India and Pakistan a shame, while Secretary of State Marco Rubio spoke to officials in the nuclear-armed rivals after India attacked several sites in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. India is an important U.S. partner for Washington, which aims to …

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Few doctors, throttled aid: How Myanmar’s junta worsened earthquake toll

7 May 2025

By Wa Lone, Poppy McPherson and Shoon Naing (Reuters) – Burmese academic Sophia Htwe spent hours desperately trying to call home from Australia after the 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck her hometown in Myanmar in late March, learning that a childhood friend had been trapped in the rubble.  Friends from the central-northwestern region of Sagaing told …

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UN chief concerned about Indian military actions in Pakistan, urges restraint

7 May 2025

By David Brunnstrom and Kanishka Singh (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was very concerned about Indian attacks in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir, his spokesperson said on Tuesday while calling for maximum military restraint from both nuclear-armed Asian neighbors. WHY IT’S IMPORTANT Guterres said earlier this week even before India’s military actions that tensions between …

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