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Supporters of the Pakistan Murkazi Muslim League party stand over the crossed posters of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Indian Minister of Home Affairs Amir Shah during a demonstration against the suspension of water-sharing treaty by India with Pakistan, in Karachi, Pakistan Thursday, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
India and Pakistan are again teetering on the brink of conflict over disputed Kashmir. Here’s why
A deadly attack on tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir has again moved India and Pakistan closer to war. The two rivals have downgraded diplomatic and trade ties, closed the main border crossing and revoked visas for each other’s nationals.
 
Police guard as ambulances carry bodies of tourists, in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April. 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
Indian-controlled Kashmir has been the scene of many violent attacks in past decades
At least 26 people were killed and more than a dozen injured after gunmen opened fire on a group of tourists in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
 
A relative wails during the funeral procession of Adil Hussain Shah, a daily-wage worker, who died when militants indiscriminately opened fire on a crowd of mainly tourists on Tuesday, at his village Hapatnar, about 20 km (13 miles) from Pahalgam where the incident took place, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, April 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
India blames Pakistan for a deadly attack in Kashmir and suspends a key water treaty
India is blaming Pakistan for a militant attack that killed 26 people in Indian-held Kashmir, downgrading diplomatic ties and suspending a crucial water-sharing treaty.
 
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks at the Rajasthan International Center in Jaipur, India, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Vance calls for greater ties with India, hails progress on trade talks
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has called for greater collaboration with India in sectors such as defense, energy and technology. Both nations make incremental progress on negotiations for a bilateral trade deal by fall.
 
FILE – Clouds hang over the North Sentinel Island, in India's southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nov. 14, 2005. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)
US YouTuber remains in custody in India after visiting restricted island with a Diet Coke can
A 24-year-old American YouTuber who visited a restricted island in the Indian Ocean last month with a Diet Coke as offering for an isolated tribe has been further detained.
 
FILE – Clouds hang over the North Sentinel Island, in India's southeastern Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Nov. 14, 2005. (AP Photo/Gautam Singh, File)
American YouTuber who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive island tribe is arrested in India
Indian police have arrested a 24-year-old American Youtuber who visited an off-limits island in the Indian Ocean to try to establish contact with an isolated tribe known for attacking intruders.