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Police guard the road to the Shri Guru Ram Das Ji International Airport on the outskirts of Amritsar, India, on Wednesday.
21 airports across northern India will be closed until Saturday
NEW DELHI — A total of 21 airports across northern and northwestern India will remain closed until Saturday, according to a senior police official.“All airports have been sealed. No one will be allowed to go in or out except for security personnel and staff,” Shri Sirivennela of Amritsar Police told Indian news agency ANI, adding that “all scheduled flights” in the region will be impacted.“Until the situation is under control, we will be following the decisions made by the central government,” Sirivennela told ANI.Multiple Indian and international carriers issued travel advisories on Wednesday regarding cancellations to and from destinations in northern India, after New Delhi launched strikes on Pakistan and Pakistani-administered Kashmir on Wednesday morning.Other airlines...
May 08, 2025

21 airports across northern India will be closed until Saturday

One of the debunked images claiming to show a crashed Indian air force jet
Misleading posts obtaining millions of views on X
NEW DELHI — India's strikes on Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir have unleashed a wave of misinformation online, with unrelated videos purporting to be from the strikes gaining millions of views.Dramatic clips debunked by BBC Verify have claimed to show attacks on an Indian army base and an Indian fighter jet shot down in Pakistan.One video, which had more than 400,000 views on X at the time of writing, claiming to show an explosion caused by a Pakistani response was actually from the 2020 Beirut Port explosion in Lebanon.An expert told BBC Verify that in moments of heightened tension or dramatic events, misinformation is more likely to spread and fuel distrust and hostility."It's very common to see recycled footage during any significant event, not just...
May 08, 2025

Misleading posts obtaining millions of views on X

The Emirates Airline logo is seen on an Airbus A350-900 aircraft during its unveiling in November.
Gulf airlines cancel flights to Pakistan as northern India airport closures disrupt routes
DUBAI — Several Gulf carriers have suspended flights to Pakistan, including Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways, with airport closures in northern India also affecting many flight routes.Emirates has canceled flights from Dubai to Sialkot, Lahore, Islamabad and Peshawar on Wednesday. “Customers on canceled flights must not proceed to the airport,” it said on its website.Flights to and from Karachi are not impacted and will be operating as per schedule, the airline said.Etihad said it had canceled flights to Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad on Wednesday.“Additionally, some other services may be rerouted to avoid the affected airspace, potentially resulting in extended flight times,” Etihad Airways said in a statement.Qatar Airways said it had “temporarily suspended flights” to...
May 07, 2025

Gulf airlines cancel flights to Pakistan as northern India airport closures disrupt routes

Smoke billows after an artillery shell landed in Poonch district in India's Jammu and Kashmir region on Wednesday.
Death toll rises on both sides as India fires missiles into Pakistan in 'act of war'
NEW DELHI/ISLAMABAD — India fired missiles into Pakistani-controlled territory in several locations early on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people — including a child — in what Pakistan's prime minister has called an "act of war."India said it had attacked infrastructure allegedly used by militants who carried out last month's massacre of tourists in Kashmir, control of which is split between India and Pakistan but which both countries claim in its entirety.Pakistan said it had shot down several Indian fighter jets in retaliation, with three planes falling onto villages in India-controlled Kashmir.Indian police and medics, meanwhile, said at least seven civilians were also killed in the region by Pakistani shelling.Tensions have soared between the nuclear-armed...
May 07, 2025

Death toll rises on both sides as India fires missiles into Pakistan in 'act of war'

An Indian paramilitary soldier keeps watch from behind a fence in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-administered Kashmir
Indian and Pakistani civilians describe the aftermath of strikes and shelling
MUZAFFARABAD — Mohammed Waheed was fast asleep at his home in Pakistan-administered Kashmir in the early hours of Wednesday morning when a huge blast shook his home."Before we could even process what was happening, more missiles struck, causing widespread panic and chaos," he told the BBC, adding that he had jumped out of bed and run outside along with his family and neighbors."Children were crying, women were running around, trying to find safety."Waheed lives in Muzaffarabad, the capital of Pakistan-administered Kashmir — it is one of at least three places that were hit by Indian missile strikes on Wednesday.The Indian military said it carried out the strikes in response to a militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir that killed 26 civilians. It has blamed...
May 07, 2025

Indian and Pakistani civilians describe the aftermath of strikes and shelling

Volunteers carry a body after recovering it from the rubble of a mosque near Muzaffarabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir
Pakistan summons Indian envoy to protest strikes
ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it summoned the Indian chargé d’affaires in Islamabad – the head of India’s diplomatic mission in the country – to formally protest India’s strikes in Pakistan and Pakistan-administered Kashmir on Wednesday.“It was conveyed that India’s blatant act of aggression constitutes a clear violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty. Such actions are in contravention of the UN Charter, international law, and established norms governing inter-state relations,” the ministry said.“Pakistan firmly rejected India’s baseless justifications for its hostile conduct.”It called the strikes “unprovoked,” saying they had killed several civilians including women and children, and warned that India’s military action posed a...
May 07, 2025

Pakistan summons Indian envoy to protest strikes

Indian security officers inspect the site in Pahalgam where militants opened fire on tourists in Pahalgam in Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Major airlines are avoiding Pakistan’s airspace as tensions with India simmer 
WASHINGTON — Multiple major airlines are avoiding flying over Pakistan as relations with neighbor India crater in the wake of a recent tourist massacre, the latest geopolitical flashpoint to disrupt global travel.Air France said it has suspended flying over the South Asian country until further notice because of the “recent evolution of tensions between India and Pakistan” in a statement to CNN.The airline is “adapting its flight schedule and flight plans to and from certain destinations,” the French flag carrier said, adding some routes will require longer flight times, it said.Germany’s flag carrier Lufthansa also confirmed to Reuters that it was “avoiding Pakistani airspace until further notice.”The travel disruptions come two weeks after militants massacred 26...
May 06, 2025

Major airlines are avoiding Pakistan’s airspace as tensions with India simmer 

Himanshi Narwal (left) bid an emotional farewell to her husband, who was killed in the Pahalgam attack
How Kashmir attack victim's widow went from symbol of tragedy to trolling target
NEW DELHI — Two weeks ago, the photograph of a woman sitting motionless beside her husband's body went viral across Indian social media.It captured a moment of unspeakable grief — one that came to symbolize the 22 April militant attack in Indian-administered Kashmir in which 26 civilians were killed.The woman in the photo was Himanshi Narwal, whose husband, a 26-year-old naval officer, was among the victims. The couple, who had been married for less than a week, were on their honeymoon when Vinay Narwal was shot dead.But within days, Ms Narwal, who had been portrayed as the face of the tragedy, found herself at the centre of a hate campaign.It started last week when she urged people not to target Muslims or Kashmiris as emotions ran high across the country.Survivors of the attack...
May 06, 2025

How Kashmir attack victim's widow went from symbol of tragedy to trolling target

Cheaper Chinese imports have slowed down demand for viscose yarn made in India
India worried about Chinese 'dumping' as trade tensions with Trump escalate
NEW DELHI — The pace at 64-year-old Thirunavkarsu's spinning mill in southern India's Tamil Nadu state has noticeably slowed down.The viscose yarn – a popular material that goes into making woven garments – he produces, now sits in storage, as orders from local factories have dropped nearly 40% in the last month.That's because Chinese imports of the material have become cheaper by 15 rupees ($0.18; £0.13) per kilo and flooded Indian ports.With Donald Trump imposing tariffs of up to 145% on Chinese goods going into the US, manufacturers in China have begun looking for alternative markets.India's textile makers say they are bearing the brunt of the trade tensions as Chinese producers are dumping yarn in key production hubs.While China is the leading producer of viscose...
May 06, 2025

India worried about Chinese 'dumping' as trade tensions with Trump escalate

Rescue authorities at the scene in Qianxi city
Ten dead after tourist boats capsize in China
BEIJING — At least 10 people have died and 70 have been hospitalized after strong winds caused four tourist boats to capsize in southwestern China.Sudden strong winds caused the boats to capsize in a river in Qianxi city in Guizhou on Sunday, leading 84 people to fall into the water, according to state media reports. The death toll jumped from nine after the body of one missing person was found on Monday.The incident occurred as China celebrated the tail end of its week-long May Day holiday, a peak season for travel.Chinese leader Xi Jinping had earlier urged "all-out efforts" in the search and rescue.President Xi noted that other similar accidents had taken place recently, and stressed the importance of strengthening safety measures, state media said.Authorities in China have...
May 05, 2025

Ten dead after tourist boats capsize in China

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