India’s missile and bomb strikes on targets in Pakistan and Pakistani-controlled Kashmir have prompted multiple attacks in retaliation between the nuclear-armed neighbors to the point that some are now calling it a de facto war.

Albania holds parliamentary elections on Sunday in which prime minister Edi Rama is seeking an unprecedented fourth term in office after a campaign dominated by promises to join the European Union and accusations of widespread graft.

Pakistan said it shot down five Indian fighter jets, which it identified as French- and Russian-origin fighter aircraft.