The Kashmiris Caught in the Crossfire
POONCH, Jammu and Kashmir—In the early hours of May 7, 12-year-old twins Zain Ali and Urwa Fatima cowered in their family home as the walls around them shook amid heavy ...
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BRICS Democracies Are Losing Leverage
In 2003, India, Brazil, and South Africa established what they called the IBSA Dialogue Forum. The trilateral initiative aimed to promote south-south cooperation, reform global governance structures, and amplify the ...
The world’s most powerful passports in 2025, ranked
Singapore passport holders have the most flexibility for travel worldwide.Majonit/ShutterstockThinking of visiting Brazil, Australia, or India with a US passport this summer? Not so fast ... or at least not ...
Decades later, remains of 22-year-old WWII soldier from NJ identified
Nearly eight decades after he gave his life for his nation, the partial remains of a New Jersey soldier who had been declared killed in action in 1944 have finally ...
Indian Migrant Arrested for Marriage Fraud, Visa Overstay
An Indian migrant living in the U.S. illegally committed marriage fraud with a U.S. citizen when his low-skill J-1 work visa expired, say federal officials. The U.S. Attorney’s Office, Southern ...
Drones Are Transforming South Asian Warfare
The recent military confrontation between India and Pakistan, which involved the worst fighting between the regional rivals in decades, marked the first time the two nuclear powers used drones against ...
India-Pakistan Cease-Fire Cements a Dangerous Baseline
In the summer of 1999, Indian and Pakistani troops clashed in the heights of Kargil district in Indian-administered Kashmir. After Pakistani forces occupied Indian positions across the contested border, known ...
Why Disinformation Surged During the India-Pakistan Crisis
Welcome to Foreign Policy’s South Asia Brief. The highlights this week: The recent India-Pakistan crisis fuels a disinformation spiral, Bangladesh bans the activities of the once-powerful Awami League party, and Pakistan ...
In India, Controversial Law Threatens Muslim Property
The Indian Parliament—led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies—passed a controversial bill last month that allows the government to determine how Muslim land endowments ...
Modi Has Changed India’s Military Doctrine
It was widely understood that India would respond militarily to what it called a Pakistan-sponsored terrorist attack that occurred on April 22 in the town of Pahalgam in Indian-administered Kashmir, ...
