Political Geography

India, China accuse each other of violating de facto border

Both India and China blame each other for the clash in a disputed Himalayan region that left 20 Indian soldiers dead and more than 70 injured.

Timeline: the Line of Actual Control between China and India

Stand-off between Indian and Chinese border troops is the culmination of festering tensions between the two sides over territory that has been contested for more than a century.

Will the latest skirmish be a watershed moment for India-China relations?

The border spat could accelerate existing trends of geopolitical and economic divergence between Beijing and New Delhi, with far-reaching consequences for the region too.

China and India look to de-escalate tensions after deadly border clash

There is an understanding between the nuclear-armed neighbours that despite their decades-old failure to demarcate their huge border, their troops in the disputed and inhospitable region will not use firearms.

Vector spread from Austrian ski town was toxic mix of business and politics

Tourist revenue trumped public health in this alpine playground that helped spread coronavirus to several European nations.

‘World prays for coronavirus vaccine, Kashmir demands high-speed internet’

The internet curbs imposed by New Delhi on disputed Kashmir is making it impossible for tens of thousands of people to work from home and combat the coronavirus threat.

Pakistan hits back at Indian diplomat's 'Israel Model' for Kashmir remark

Pakistani officials and Kashmiris have slammed the notion that an 'Israel Model' be applied in Kashmir saying it only confirms the true nature of India's recent actions in Kashmir.

Top Kashmiri leader asks Pakistan to withdraw from peace pacts with India

Syed Ali Shah Geelani urges Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan to respond to India's "annexation" of disputed Kashmir by dissolving Tashkent, Shimla and Lahore agreements, and "re-designation" of de facto border to "ceasefire line."

Europe's far-right and Hindu-nationalists unite to whitewash repression

The Indian has stopped several Indian lawmakers from visiting Jammu and Kashmir since the lockdown - so why have they taken a bunch of far-right European MPs on a guided tour of the region?

India blocks SMS services in restive Kashmir, arrests women activists

Exchange of fire between Indian and Pakistani security forces over the Line of Control, claims the lives of a man and his two pre-teen children in Pakistan-administered Kashmir and a 24-year-old woman in India-administered Kashmir.

What do Kashmir and Hong Kong have in common? The British Empire

The reverberations of the British Empire cannot be ignored as the two territories remain caught between the iron fists of New Delhi and Beijing.

Pakistani PM Khan says India's Kashmir crackdown will drive extremism

"When atrocities get to their peak, people would prefer that death is better than this insulting life," Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan says.