Tensions have flared along the highly militarised Line of Control that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan as Pakistan accused India of using cluster munitions to target the civilian population,killing two people.
Can three women of influence,a family dynasty and a flurry of fake news topple Narendra Modi in the world's biggest democratic elections?
It’s impossible to stop technological change - and early use of tactical warheads is becoming a real option.
The prospect of a major conflict erupting between India and Pakistan,which was a real fear just a few days ago,may have receded somewhat.
India and Pakistan again targeted each other's posts and villages along the volatile frontier in disputed Kashmir,killing civilians and soldiers.
Qamar Javed Bajwa told them Pakistan would"surely respond to any aggression in self-defence"
After days of military conflict,Pakistan's PM offers a way out of the crisis and positions the country as the cooler head in a confrontation that has put the world on edge.
Australia's cricket team are confident with security in India,where their tour is coinciding with an escalation in tensions between India and Pakistan.
Pakistan's PM pledges to release a captured Indian jetfighter pilot,a move that could help defuse a most-serious confrontation.
Right now,the more extensive and damaging war in South Asia is the multi-pronged assault on reality by social media,hyper-nationalist news channels and mendacious governments.
Indian and Pakistani troops traded fire briefly along the contested border in Kashmir on Thursday morning,a day after the two nuclear powers both downed enemy jets.