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Pakistan’s military said strikes have been launched against Indian military sites after three airbases were targeted by Indian forces, accusing India of using “air-to-surface missiles” from warplanes.

Uday Chandra, a political science professor, explains that the India-Pakistan tensions are largely symbolic and driven by nationalist narratives, but the risk is real due to both being nuclear-armed. Recent developments—airport closures, city alerts, and civilian targets—mark a worrying escalation beyond routine border skirmishes.

Israel confirmed the deaths of two soldiers in an explosion in Rafah, southern Gaza, with several others injured. The blast occurred during intense clashes between Hamas fighters and Israeli forces. Meanwhile, Gaza is facing severe shortages of food and water due to the ongoing blockade. Many homes in Rafah have been destroyed, leaving thousands displaced. Stay tuned for the latest updates.

Several Indian cities, including New Delhi, are on high alert as tensions with Pakistan intensify. For the third consecutive night, both nations accuse each other of drone strikes, missile attacks, and cross-border shelling. India reports shooting down multiple Pakistani drones and preventing armed infiltrations. Panic buying, blackouts, and evacuations are spreading fear among civilians.

Heavy shelling continues along the Line of Control for a third consecutive day, with both India and Pakistan blaming each other for escalating hostilities. India claims to have intercepted multiple Pakistani drones and missiles, while Pakistan reports civilian casualties and accuses India of violating its sovereignty with drone incursions.

Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif told Al Jazeera that while Islamabad seeks de-escalation, Indian aggression—including drone strikes and 78 warplane incursions—has made confrontation "imminent." He confirmed Pakistani forces downed five Indian jets but could not verify the exact number of Indian casualties, noting clashes along the Kashmir Line of Control. Asif warned of potential expansio...

Air raid sirens and the sound of explosions have rung out in the city of Jammu, in Indian-administered Kashmir. That's as India and Pakistan accuse each other of launching attacks and killing civilians for a second day. Witnesses in Jammu described seeing possible drones being intercepted in the sky. There's also been an electricity blackout.

Pakistan's defence Minister says the US is leading efforts to descalate soaring tensions with India Islamabad claims it shot down 25 drones overnight, including some targetting Karachi. India struck Pakistan with missiles on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people. New Delhi blames Islamabad for an attack that killed 26 tourists last month. Pakistan denies involvement and has said that India has not...

An attack in Kashmir in mid-April has led to the biggest crisis between India and Pakistan for years. What’s going on?

latest updates on india pakistan: Indian drone attack on several locations killed one civilian and engaged military targets, wounding four troops.

In a televised address to the nation on Wednesday night, Pakistan's Prime Minister said it would respond to any acts of aggression. Meanwhile, Hassan Khan, a security and political analyst, joins live from Islamabad.

India’s army says at least 15 civilians have been killed, and dozens injured, in Pakistani shelling across the de facto border in the disputed Kashmir territory.

Cardinals at the Vatican City have elected a new Pope on the second day of a papal conclave. White smoke rose from the Sistine Chapel's chimney indicating electors have chosen a new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. The new Pope hasn't yet been named. He is expected to give a blessing in the next few hours. elected the new leader of the Roman Catholic Church

Georgetown University Assistant Professor Uday Chandra, in an interview, analyzed the escalating India-Pakistan tensions, highlighting Pakistan’s pledge to see the conflict through to its "logical conclusion" while dismissing the likelihood of full-scale war. He noted that unverified claims of downed Indian jets—fiercely contested by Delhi—exemplify the current "fog of war," drawing parallels to t...

Osama Bin Javaid spoke with Pakistan’s former Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari about the country’s latest military confrontation with India and his view on the path ahead. Bhutto Zardari, now the chairman of the Pakistan People’s Party, said Pakistan does not seek war, but has the right to defend itself after India’s overnight aerial assault. “What choice does Pakistan have? Innocent civili...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that a new offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip will be an intensive military operation aimed at defeating Hamas, but stopped short of detailing just how much of the enclave’s territory would be seized. In a Hebrew-language video message on X, addressing the Security Cabinet-approved plan to expand the Gaza offensive, Netanyahu said on Monday that...

Multiple explosions have been heard and a huge fire seen in Port Sudan, though the exact locations and causes were unclear, as Sudan’s civil war rocks the previously quiet city for the third day. Dark plumes of smoke could be seen emerging from the vicinity of the country’s main maritime port in the city, where hundreds of thousands of displaced people have sought refuge.

Conservative leader Friedrich Merz has been elected chancellor by Germany’s parliament in a second round of voting after his new alliance with the centre-left Social Democrats was dealt a surprise defeat in the first attempt. Merz’s failure to win parliamentary backing in the first round of voting was a first for post-war Germany.

Yemeni journalist and political commentator Hussain al-Bukhaiti reports that the Ansar Allah movement also known as the Houthis has vowed to respond to the “dozens” of Israeli attacks with new missile strikes targeting Israeli airports and energy infrastructure in the coming hours. “They have announced Ben Gurion airport has become a legitimate target and warned airlines they should not use that a...

The Israeli army confirmed that it had carried out air strikes targeting areas in and around the port city of Hodeidah. At least 30 warplanes reportedly took part in the attack, which has now ended. They are said to have hit a cement factory, targeted the sea port in Hodeidah and an area near an airport. The strikes came a day after a missile fired by the Houthis hit Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv...

The Israeli security cabinet has approved plans to expand its assault in Gaza and militarily occupy the entire strip. Israel has begun calling up tens of thousands of reservists. The army chief says the decision is aimed at 'intensifying pressure' on Hamas. That's despite growing calls from inside Israel for a deal that would bring Israeli captives home.

Identifying the dead in Gaza is an almost impossible task, one made even more difficult by the lack of DNA testing. Doctors do their best to gather as much information as possible related to every case in the hope that one day they will be able to identify peoples' remains.

In Gaza, Israeli forces have continued the bombardment of the Strip, killing 24 Palestinians on Sunday. Al Jazeera’s Hind Khoudary reports from from Deir al Balah, in central Gaza.

Labib al-Nahhas, director of the Syrian Association for Citizens’ Dignity, says Israel’s claim that it is launching attacks on Syria to protect the Druze community is just a “false pretext” for a land grab. “Their official narrative that they’re there to protect the Druze needs to be taken with a pinch of salt, because Druze themselves within Israel are considered second-class citizens. So that ca...

A ballistic missile launched from Yemen has hit the perimeter of Israel’s Ben Gurion International Airport, damaging a road and a vehicle and causing air traffic to stop, according to photos and footage verified by Al Jazeera. The Israeli military confirmed its defence system failed to shoot down the hypersonic ballistic missile on Sunday morning despite several attempts to intercept it, adding th...