As the conflict between India and Pakistan has escalated, with its impact felt well beyond the border in the disputed region of Kashmir, this is the tensest time I can remember since 1971.

Regional conflict and tension in the Red Sea, where Houthi rebels have been attacking ships for more than a year, have deepened the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where already more than 17 million ...

Jokes are conflict dressed up in drama and charm; without tension or high stakes, they fall flat. Comedy thrives not just on punchlines, but on conflict—it gives us something to resolve or react to.

Pakistan and India launched strikes and counter-strikes against each other's military installations on Saturday, prompting US calls for the nuclear-armed neighbors to begin talks and defuse their ...

India and Pakistan engaged in the most intense fighting in decades with four days of escalating conflict that included fighter jets, missiles and drones packed with explosives. It ended almost as ...

Efforts to mediate the India-Pakistan conflict are not going to work "unless the U.S. steps in with full sincerity," Praveen Donthi, a senior analyst with the International Crisis Group, told NPR.

A ceasefire agreed between India and Pakistan appears to be holding, with both sides stressing their commitment to the surprise truce which halted the worst fighting in decades between the nuclear ...

But social media has exponentially increased the potential for misinformation. And in India, there has been a steady erosion of free speech since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 ...