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Blasts heard in Indian Kashmir’s Srinagar, say official, Reuters witness, residents

SRINAGAR, India, May 10 (Reuters) – Two loud blasts were heard in Indian’s Kashmir’s summer capital of Srinagar on Saturday, near the city airport and the local headquarters of the army, according to an official, a Reuters witness, and local residents. Two blasts were also heard in Kashmir’s Baramulla town, an official and residents told Reuters, as fighting continued between nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan.

Pakistan defence minister denies nuclear body meeting after offensive launched on India

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, May 10 (Reuters) – Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said no meeting of the National Command Authority, the top military and civil body overseeing the country’s nuclear arsenal, had been scheduled following a military operation against India that took place early on Saturday. “No meeting has happened of the National Command Authority, nor is any such meeting scheduled,” he told ARY TV. Pakistan’s military said earlier that the prime minister had called on the authority to meet. Pakistan’s information minister did not respond immediately to a request for comment. Separately, Pakistan’s foreign minister told local TV that if

Loud explosions in Indian-controlled Kashmir

May 10, 2025 (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) State-run Pakistan Television said Saturday that retaliatory attacks are underway after India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan. It did not give details, and it was unclear which military locations in India were being targeted. “Multiple locations in India are being targeted in the retaliatory attacks,” the state-run media reported. India fired missiles at three air bases inside Pakistan but most of the missiles were intercepted, Pakistan’s army spokesman said Saturday. It’s the latest escalation in a conflict triggered by a gun massacre last month that India blames Pakistan for. There was

Pakistan summons its top nuclear body after launching offensive on India

ISLAMABAD/NEW DELHI, May 10 (Reuters) – Pakistan said it called a meeting on Saturday of the top body that oversees its nuclear arsenal after it launched a military operation against India early in the morning, targeting multiple bases including a missile storage site in northern India. The Indian army said after the attacks that Pakistan was continuing its “blatant escalation” with drone strikes and using other munitions along India’s western border, and that its “enemy designs” would be thwarted. Five civilians were killed in the attacks in the Jammu region of Indian Kashmir, regional police said. Diplomatic calls for de-escalation,

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