India-Pakistan relations
Ceasefire announced over the weekend between India and Pakistan holds

US President Donald Trump took credit for facilitating the “historic and heroic decision” of the ceasefire and repeated his country’s offer of mediation over the Kashmir dispute.

Vijay Prashad on the escalation of tensions in South Asia

Vijay Prashad, Indian historian and director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research speaks about the ongoing tensions between India and Pakistan and the need for de-escalation and peace.

Calls for peace grow as threat of all-out war looms over South Asia

As the civilian casualty toll rises in the fallout of India’s strikes against Pakistan on May 7, many have called for the nuclear-armed nations to de-escalate and engage in dialogue

Pakistan calls India’s attacks “unprovoked and blatant act of war”

The attack has provoked fears that the simmering tensions between the two nuclear-armed powers could escalate, with many urging that the nations exercise restraint.

As threat of war grows in subcontinent, progressive movements urge for peace and sanity

The anti-war movement across the borders of the two nuclear-powered neighbors has appealed for sanity and has pushed for diplomatic engagements to resolve all outstanding issues

Pakistan claims India seeks to launch military action against it and warns it will retaliate

India’s ruling Hindu supremacist BJP and media have accused Pakistan for the attacks on tourists in Indian Kashmir last week and pushed for “revenge” without offering any evidence

India Pakistan LoC Pakistan offers to release captured Indian air force pilot, calls for de-escalation

Both India and Pakistan attempted cross-border air incursions into the airspace of the other, in the last two days, in the biggest escalation of tensions since the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks