Saudi King and Crown Prince Condole Kuwait
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Putin and Abbas Discuss Gaza Crisis
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Saudi Crown Prince, US Secretary of Defense discuss troop deployment
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Saudi Energy Minister confirms restoration of Kingdom’s gas production capacity
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Tag Archives: Kashmir
India carries out ‘strikes’ on Kashmir frontier
India’s military has carried out “surgical strikes” along the de facto border with Pakistan in Kashmir to thwart a series of attacks being planned against major cities, the army said Thursday. Pakistan’s military however accused India of killing two of
Pakistan says Indian fire kills 2 soldiers in Kashmir
Pakistan’s military says that Indian troops have killed two of its soldiers on the Pakistani side of the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir in an “unprovoked” attack. In a statement Thursday, the military said Pakistani soldiers “befittingly responded to Indian
Pakistan says India will ‘disintegrate’ when Kashmir is free
Pakistan’s defense minister says its nuclear-armed rival India will “disintegrate” when Kashmir gains independence. Khawaja Muhammad Asif said Wednesday that Pakistan will continue to extend moral support to the people of the disputed Himalayan region, which is split between Pakistani
OIC condemns army action in Kashmir
The Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) has expressed serious concern over the situation in Indian-administered Kashmir and called for an immediate end to army action against protesters. The condemnation came during a meeting of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu
India to swap pellet guns for chilli shells in Kashmir
Police and troops in Kashmir will use chilli-based shells instead of pellet guns to quell protests, a minister said Monday, after hundreds of civilians sustained serious eye injuries in weeks of unrest. The government has been coming under growing pressure
Modi comes under pressure over Kashmir violence
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi came under pressure on Monday over weeks of deadly violence in Kashmir, with the region’s opposition leaders calling on him to rein in troops and police. Modi stressed the need for dialogue to end the
Kashmir remains on edge as death toll mounts to 22
Indian authorities were struggling on Monday to contain protests by Kashmiris angry after 22 people were killed in weekend demonstrations, as youths defied a curfew to rally in the streets against the killing of a top anti-India rebel leader. Paramilitary
Clashes in Kashmir after two militants killed
Thousands of protesters clashed with police in Indian Kashmir on Thursday after two militants were killed in a gun battle with government forces, the army and witnesses said. Protesters torched a police armored vehicle as masked militants fired automatic rifles
Attack on Indian Army convoy kills two in Kashmir
Gunmen attacked a paramilitary convoy in restive Indian Kashmir Saturday, killing two soldiers before entering a government-run training institute with 100 people inside, police said, with firing still ongoing. The militants, believed to be rebels opposed to Indian rule, assaulted
2 Indian soldiers, 5 rebels killed in Kashmir fighting
A fierce gun battle killed two soldiers and five suspected militants Saturday in Indian-administered Kashmir near the de facto border with Pakistan, army officials said. The seven died during a heavy exchange of fire in the border village of Marsari,
Top army officer among 11 dead in assault on Indian air force base
Four more Indian soldiers including a top officer have died of injuries after an attack by suspected militants on an air force base near the Pakistan border, taking the total death toll to 11, officials said Sunday. Seven soldiers in
Four dead as attackers storm Indian army camp in Kashmir
The Indian army killed three suspected rebels and another person was shot dead during a six-hour gun battle Wednesday at a military camp in Indian Kashmir near the border with Pakistan, a military spokesman said. Heavily armed fighters stormed the
Kashmir is a political dispute – Safi
Kashmir is a political dispute basically. But some people think that it is only the dispute of human rights violations by the Indian security forces in the Occupied Indian Kashmir. The “human tragedy” is one dimension of the dispute, said
Modi woos Kashmiris with $12b grant
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced $12 billion in financial assistance to Indian-administered Kashmir, more than a year after deadly floods devastated parts of the disputed Himalayan region. Speaking in the main city of Srinagar amid intense security, the
Exhibition focuses on Kashmiris’ right to self-determination
The Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) held a seminar and photographic exhibition here Monday to highlight the dispute between India and Pakistan over Kashmir. The event was held in cooperation with the Kashmir Committee Jeddah and the Pakistan consulate. The
2 soldiers killed in Kashmir, says India
Two Indian army soldiers were killed by Pakistani firing on Monday along the heavily militarized de facto border dividing Kashmir between the two countries, an Indian army officer said. Pakistani troops fired machine guns and grenades at Indian positions in
India says top rebel leader killed in Kashmir fighting
A top rebel leader was killed Thursday in a gunbattle with Indian forces in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir, police said. Abu Qasim was a Pakistani national and operations chief of the Lashkar-e-Taiba militant group, which India blames for
Kashmir Black Day observed in Jeddah
The Kashmir Committee Jeddah held a meeting to mark the Black Kashmir Day and expressed solidarity with Kashmiri brothers at the consulate on Monday. Present at the meeting was Pakistan’s new Consul General Shehryar Akbar Khan. Khan said the committee
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