United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has called on India and Pakistan to take “immediate steps to de-escalate tensions” following the Pulwama terror attack, reiterating that his good offices are ...

Preventing war through deterrence based on military capabilities has historically been the crux of politico-strategic logic for national defence. It’s believed that if capabilities to inflict violen...

Sport, George Orwell had observed famously, is similar to war sans the shooting. It appears that the Union home minister, Amit Shah, shares the Orwellian perspective on cricket. In a congratulatory tw...

India on Sunday registered a strong protest with Pakistan for the “gross intimidation” of guests at the Indian high commission’s iftar on Saturday in Islamabad.New Delhi billed the turn of event...

Saudi Arabian crown prince Mohammad bin Salman talked about his kingdom’s “brotherly relationship” with Pakistan, a day before he travels to India to discuss counter-terrorism. Saudi minister of...

Two unrelated sets of news stories highlight that even in countries with long established territorial identities, external borders remain arenas of domestic conflict and contestation. The ongoing dram...

Phir kabhi kisi Salim se mat kahna yeh mulk uska ghar nahin.Twenty years ago, John Matthew Mathan made a taut thriller on cross-border terrorism called Sarfarosh. Deftly steering clear of hypernationa...

India has taken up Pakistan's denial of use of its airspace to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's flight with the International Civil Aviation Organisation, government sources said on Monday.For Modi's bi...

The US has said it supports a direct dialogue between India and Pakistan as outlined in the Shimla Agreement, asserting that the 'chief obstacle' to the talks remain Islamabad's continued support to e...