This comes after the Indian Embassy in China strongly cautioned the media outlet to verify facts before posting on social media.

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 abruptly as it began.

China's vice-foreign minister Sun Weidong met on Tuesday with Pakistan's ambassador to China Khalil Hashmi to discuss tensions between Islamabad and New Delhi, a statement from his ministry said on Wednesday.

This development comes after the Global Times published false and provocative claims alleging that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had 'shot down an Indian fighter jet' during its coverage of Operation Sindoor.

This comes days after India on 7 May launched military strikes on terror infrastructure in China's "all-weather ally" Pakistan in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in which 26 people, mostly tourists, were killed by Pakistan-backed terrorists on 22 April.

The Indian rupee is expected to appreciate past the 85 mark against the U.S. dollar at the open on Tuesday, supported by the India-Pakistan truce and a rally in the Chinese yuan on the back of the U.S.

ISLAMABAD - A 2022 speech by Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi has gone viral amid rising Pakistan-India tensions and China's vocal support for Islamabad. In the resurfaced clip, Gandhi warned that India's biggest strategic goal should be to prevent Pakistan and China from forming a united front.

L AST WEEK, in the midst of the India-Pakistan crisis, J.D. Vance, America’s vice-president, noted: “We’re not going to get involved in the middle of [a] war that’s fundamentally none of our business.