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India-Pakistan tensions
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A Pinaka multiple launch rocket system on display during India’s 76th Republic Day celebrations in New Delhi, on January 26 last year. Photo: EPA-EFE
India

India’s military upgrade to counter regional threats gathers pace

While US$30 billion of defence packages for weapon buys and others have been approved, the pace of roll-out is worrying, analysts say.

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Pakistan

Opinion | How Pakistan’s rising confidence could shape a cooperative South Asia

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Pakistan

Pakistan rejects UN warning over legal immunity for military chief

Pakistan

In ‘Schrodinger’s Pakistan’, the young feel sidelined by the state

A constitutional overhaul that neuters the courts and empowers the generals is seen by many as a naked display of elite self-preservation.

Young Pakistanis shout slogans during a protest in Islamabad last year. Photo: AFP
India

India, Afghanistan close ranks against Pakistan, marking South Asia power shift

Direct air cargo links reflect New Delhi’s efforts to reassert influence and could help Kabul reduce dependence on Islamabad, analysts say.

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India

India still behind as China-made submarines boost Pakistan’s naval power

The Indian Navy’s self-reliance drive is being undercut by chronic ‘sluggishness’ in procurement, analysts say.

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India

‘Dramatic failure’: Tejas crash deals blow to India’s jet export ambitions

The mishap came as rival Pakistan signed a deal for export of JF-17 Thunder fighter, which it co-developed with China.

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India’s Tejas fighter jet performs a flying display at the Dubai Air Show on Thursday. Photo: AFP
China's military weapons

China leveraged India-Pakistan conflict to test military edge: US panel

Report says Beijing tested modern weapons in the May clash and promoted their performance to boost its defence sales worldwide.

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India

Blast kills 9, rocks India’s Kashmir police station, days after Delhi explosion

Confiscated explosives blew up, creating a blast so intense that some body parts were recovered from houses more than 100 metres away.

Pakistan

India-Pakistan conflict risks surge amid terror attacks, Afghan proxy war claims

With bombs tearing through capitals and leaders trading accusations, South Asia’s nuclear-armed neighbours are again approaching the brink.

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Pakistani counterterrorism commandos stand guard at the site of a suicide blast outside a court in Islamabad on Tuesday. Photo: Getty Images/TNS/AFP
India

Opinion | How India and the US can find their way back to better relations

This year has revealed the need for personality-driven diplomacy to be anchored by steadier institutional ballast.

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India

India’s Tejas fighter jet gets US engines to battle Pakistan’s Chinese air power

The deal cements defence ties amid tariff tensions, even as analysts say Pakistan’s Chinese-made fighters still hold a technological edge.

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China's military weapons

Pakistan’s navy is set to have Chinese subs in 2026. What does it mean for India?

The delivery also suggests that Beijing has overcome a major technical hurdle in the vessels’ construction, observers say.

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Central Asia

Taliban says Afghanistan-Pakistan ceasefire will hold, despite failed talks

Afghanistan blamed ‘irresponsible and uncooperative’ Pakistan for the failure while Islamabad said Kabul was not clamping down on terrorism.

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A man and child stand by a house allegedly damaged by cross-border fire from Pakistan in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, on Friday. Photo: EPA
China's military weapons

Indonesia is still ‘considering’ buying Chinese J-10 fighter jets

Jakarta’s plan generates geopolitical buzz as it would mark the country’s first acquisition of Chinese military hardware, analysts say.

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The J-10 fighter jet is a major defence industry product for China. Photo: CCTV
Donald Trump

Trump claims 250% tariff threat ended India-Pakistan conflict

Trump says he used the trade penalty to de-escalate the conflict, calling Indian PM Narendra Modi ‘the nicest-looking guy’ but also a ‘killer’.

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India

US-Pakistan ties ‘not at the expense of India’: Rubio

The US’ pivot towards Pakistan under Donald Trump has irked India, which has been hit with 50 per cent tariffs.

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China's military weapons

Indonesia to buy China’s J-10 fighters amid push to modernise force: minister

Move would make Indonesia second foreign military to operate the jets after Pakistan, which said it shot down Indian jets in May with J-10C.

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China’s J-10 series has in recent years been upgraded to the 4.5-generation J-10C, which has become one of China’s flagship defence industry products. Photo: 81.com
Pakistan

‘Stalemate’: is prolonged Pakistan-Taliban hostility new border reality?

Though an all-out war between Islamabad and Kabul is unlikely, a diplomatic solution also remains elusive, analysts say.

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India

Opinion | Why India is hedging its bets on another China charm offensive

As Washington pushes New Delhi closer to Beijing, both Asian powers must exercise strategic patience for an effective detente.

Pakistan

Dozens killed in firefights between Pakistani, Afghan forces along border

Taliban troops attacked border posts in retaliation for a Pakistani air strike in Kabul this week.

A Taliban security official holds a rocket-propelled grenade as he stands guard near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border on Sunday. Photo: AFP
India

Opinion | India’s diplomatic weight is best exercised closest to its borders

New Delhi’s geopolitical strength comes not from looking East or West but from its ability to stabilise its own neighbourhood.

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China-India relations

India says it destroyed Pakistan’s Chinese and US-made fighter jets in clashes

New Delhi’s claim marks first detailed account of Kashmir conflict, but experts warn losses may be exaggerated.

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Board of Control for Cricket in India

India accused of ‘disrespecting cricket’ after Asia Cup trophy debacle

India team refuse to accept the trophy from Asian Cricket Council president Mohsin Naqvi after beating Pakistan by five wickets.

Pakistan

Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defence pact tests India’s Gulf outreach

Analysts say the deal exposes the limits of New Delhi’s ambitions in a region where Beijing is also deepening its economic and military ties.

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Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif embrace after signing a defence agreement in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on September 17. Photo: Saudi Press Agency/Reuters
India

India ramps up local arms production with US$7 billion fighter jet deal

The contract for the Tejas Mk-1A jets will replace the Indian Air Force’s ageing fleet of Russian MiG-21s.

An Indian Air Force HAL Tejas fighter jet prepares to take off during a military aviation exhibition in Bengaluru in February. Photo: AFP
China's military weapons

Pakistan interested in Chinese laser weapons, former navy commander says

Islamabad ‘would love to see some integration’ with hi-tech Chinese weapons, vice-admiral Ahmed Saeed says.

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China-Middle East relations

New Saudi-Pakistan pact signals evolving alliances amid rising US-China tension

Riyadh looking to ‘put its eggs in different baskets’ given doubts over US commitment in the region, analysts say.

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