The Latest Breaking News from India

Asian shares are rising moderately after a lackluster finish on Wall Street, with most shares ticking higher after the Federal Reserve left its main interest rate unchanged, as was widely expected

India and Pakistan are major defence spenders. Al Jazeera breaks down their nuclear and conventional military strength.

Pakistan has warned it will "avenge" those killed by Indian air strikes that New Delhi said were in response to an attack in Kashmir, signalling an imminent escalation in the worst violence in decades between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

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India conducted mock drills across the country on Wednesday (7 May) after a deadly terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir killed 26 people on 22 April.

Shehbaz Sharif addresses the nation as tensions mounts between nuclear neighbours; Albanese criticises outgoing Greens MP

In response to the Pahalgam terrorist attack on tourists in Jammu and Kashmir last month, India has launched “Operation Sindoor,” a series of targeted airstrikes on nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir.

July NY world sugar #11 (SBN25 ) Wednesday closed down -0.31 (-1.78%), and August London ICE white sugar #5 (SWQ25 ) closed down -8.40 (-1.70%). Sugar prices on Wednesday posted moderate losses, with London sugar falling to a 3-1/2 month low on expectations of larger global sugar supplies. Last Friday,...

The two nuclear-armed states have an uneasy relationship and have fought multiple wars over the years