Pakistan closes air space for Indian airlines, warns against water treaty violation as ties plummet
Islamabad, Pakistan/Srinagar, India Reuters Pakistan closed its air space for Indian airlines and rejected New Delhi’s suspension of a critical water sharing treaty on Thursday in retaliation for India’s response to a deadly Islamist militant attack on tourists in Indian Kashmir. The tit-for-tat announcements took relations between the nuclear-armed neighbours, who have fought three wars, […]
Russian forces enter Ukraine’s second city, gas pipelines explode
Kyiv, Ukraine Reuters Russian military vehicles pushed into Ukraine’s second-largest city on Sunday and explosions rocked oil and gas installations on a fourth day of fighting in the biggest assault on a European state since World War II. Russian soldiers and armoured vehicles were seen in different parts of the north-eastern city of Kharkiv and […]