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October 16, 2024

Flight operations at Karachi airport temporarily suspended
Flight operations at Karachi airport temporarily suspended KARACHI: Flight operations at Jinnah International Airport Karachi have been temporarily suspended in view of the ongoing tension between Pakistan and India. On Thursday morning, several aerial routes were closed for commercial flights in the boundaries of Lahore and Sialkot. In Lahore Flight Information Region, seven aerial routes…
Where did India hit Pakistan? Mapping deadly pre- air strikes days after Kashmir attack
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch India said it had conducted precision strikes in Pakistan in an overnight milit operation, days after a terrorist attack in Kashmir left 26 people dead and escalated tensions between…
Singapore’s DBS Q1 profits dip 2% amid Trump headwinds
SINGAPORE — Singaporean lender DBS Group Holdings, Southeast Asia’s largest bank by assets, on Thursday reported a 2% year-on-year fall in its first quarter net profit as it prepares for economic headwinds brought on by U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade tariff threats. The financial institution logged a profit of $2.9 billion Singapore dollars ($2.24 billion)…
Pakistan claims it downed Indian Rafale jets amid deadly cross-border escalation
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch Pakistan’s milit claimed it shot down five Indian Air Force jets, including three French-made Rafales, in a major escalation of cross-border hostilities potentially marking the first combat loss of…
Mediation is needed before India and Pakistan cross the nuclear line
Farhan Bokhari is an Islamabad-based foreign correspondent who writes on Pakistan and the surrounding region. India and Pakistan’s unprecedented tit-for-tat milit strikes on Wednesday marked their most serious escalation since their 1998 nuclear tests, and they raise fears of a broader threat to global security well beyond their shared border.
Six killed as RAW helicopter crashes in Uttarakhand
Six killed as RAW helicopter crashes in Uttarakhand ISLAMABAD: At least six people were killed as Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) helicopter crashed in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. According to sources, RAW helicopter crashes suspiciously in the Indian state of Uttarakhand, at the time of the accident, six people were aboard the helicopter who…
Xi to meet Putin in Moscow as Ukraine negotiations sputter
TOKYO — Chinese President Xi Jinping is set to hold talks with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in Moscow on Thursday, underlining the neighbors’ warm yet complex bilateral ties as the U.S. grows frustrated with the Kremlin’s refusal to end the war in Ukraine. Xi is also expected to join leaders from nearly 30 developing…
Karachi’s Cattle Market reaches full swing as Eid nears
Karachi’s Cattle Market reaches full swing as Eid nears KARACHI: The Cattle-Friendly Market at Northern Bypass has come into full bloom as Eid ul Azha approaches. The Asia largest livestock market spanning over 1,100 acres, the market is buzzing with activity as a growing number of sacrificial animals continue to arrive from across the country,…
Nuclear-armed India and Pakistan are on brink of war – what happens now?
On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents Get a weekly international news dispatch As the rest of the world urges calm, India and Pakistan are once again teetering on the edge of full-blown conflict amid their most serious milit escalation in decades.…