THE PULSE OF THE PLANET
India and Pakistan have both claimed victory after a ceasefire was declared over the weekend, which brought the two nuclear-nations back from the brink of war. After days of escalating clashes that culminated in both sides launching missile and drone strikes on each other’s major military bases – the closest they had come to full-scale…
Zelenskyy says it is ‘positive sign’ Russia is considering ending the war Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has just welcomed Vladimir Putin’s proposal for direct talks in Istanbul on Thursday, but said his team is expecting Moscow to agree to a “lasting” ceasefire starting tomorrow. In a post on X, Zelenskyy, without responding explicitly to Putin’s…
A fragile ceasefire was holding between India and Pakistan on Sunday, after hours of overnight fighting between the nuclear-armed neighbours, as US president Donald Trump said he would work to provide a solution regarding Kashmir. The arch-rivals were involved in intense firing for four days, the worst in nearly three decades, with missiles and drones…
An Indian official accused Pakistan of breaking a truce hours after the U.S. mediated the agreement. Source link
Just over 26 years ago, thousands of Pakistani soldiers quietly made their way on to high, rocky ridges on the Indian side of the de facto border that divides the former princely state of Kashmir. The war that this rash operation triggered lasted much of the summer of 1999. Reporting on the conflict was a…
Macron calls for ‘direct talks’ between Ukraine and Russia French president Emmanuel Macron called on Saturday for “direct talks” between Ukraine and Russia in the event of a ceasefire in Moscow’s three-year invasion, reports Agence France-Presse (AFP). If there is a 30-day truce, as western countries have floated, “we will look to direct talks between…
