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With suspended cricket matches, power outages and air raid sirens, fears are swelling of an all-out war between India and Pakistan amid questions over how much of a mediating role the United States will be able to play. The nuclear-armed neighbors engaged in their worst fighting in decades on Wednesday, when India launched an assault

NurPhoto via Getty Images An Indian soldier operates a surveillance drone amid heightened tensions in Jammu and Kashmir The world’s first drone war between nuclear-armed neighbours has erupted in South Asia. On Thursday, India accused Pakistan of launching waves of drones and missiles at three military bases in Indian territory and Indian-administered Kashmir – an

Six weeks before American Cardinal Robert Prevost became Pope Leo XIV, the activist group Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) filed a complaint against him, along with other church leaders, to the Vatican’s Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin. The group alleged Prevost “harmed the vulnerable and caused scandal” by mishandling two situations

Putin speaks at Moscow parade Russian president Vladimir Putin has just delivered a fairly brief (for his standards) speech at the Victory Day parade in Moscow. From second right: Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow, Tajikistan’s President Emomali Rakhmon, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping watch the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia.

Hong Kong CNN  —  The escalating conflict between India and Pakistan could be offering the world a first real glimpse into how advanced Chinese military technology performs against proven Western hardware – and Chinese defense stocks are already surging. Shares of China’s AVIC Chengdu Aircraft rose 40% this week, as Pakistan claimed it used AVIC-produced

Aleem Maqbool Religion editor Getty Images Cardinal Prevost meeting with Pope Francis (R) in February 2025 The fact that the conclave was over quickly suggests that from the outset, a significant number of the voting cardinals felt Robert Prevost was the one amongst them best equipped to take on the challenges a pope faces. In

Opening summary Hello and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of Pope Leo XIV’s first full day in office, during which he is expected to hold his first mass as leader of the Catholic church. Robert Francis Prevost, the first US-born pope, will celebrate a private mass with cardinals at the Sistine Chapel on Friday

Tiffanie Turnbull BBC News, Sydney Getty Images Peter Dutton’s own electorate helped hand his rivals the election For the past three years, when peers of Australia’s former Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton were grilled over his divisive persona, they’d often profess his celebrity status in the north. “Peter is one of us… He’s very popular