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Pakistan and India say they’d consider de-escalation if the other reciprocates

ISLAMABAD, May 10, 2025 (AP) — Pakistan’s foreign minister said Saturday his country would consider de-escalation if India stopped further attacks. This came after India said it was committed to non-escalation if Pakistan reciprocated. Both countries traded strikes Saturday in a conflict triggered by a massacre last month that India blames on Pakistan. But Ishaq Dar, the Pakistani foreign minister, warned that if India launched any strikes, “our response will follow.” Dar told Pakistan’s Geo News that he also conveyed this message to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who contacted him after Rubio spoke to New Delhi earlier. “We

Pak claims of destroying Indian Air Force bases, S-400 missile systems completely false: Misri

New Delhi, May 10 (PTI) India responded on Saturday to the Pakistani military’s “provocative” and “escalatory” actions in a measured way and Islamabad is resorting to a wanton campaign of targeting innocent people and civilian infrastructure in Jammu and Kashmir and Punjab, Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri said. As the military conflict between the two neighbours escalated, Misri said at a media briefing here that Pakistan’s claims of destroying various places and military installations in India are “completely false”. The Indian and Pakistani militaries targeted each other’s installations using missiles in the last over 12 hours, further escalating the already tense

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

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