Headlines for May 07, 2025 [Video]

India and Pakistan are exchanging heavy artillery fire across the line of control that divides Kashmir into Indian- and Pakistani-administered areas. The cross-border fighting began after India launched a major military operation with a series of airstrikes on nine sites, including targets inside Pakistan. A Pakistani military spokesperson said the strikes killed at least 26 people and wounded dozens, including civilians. Among sites hit was a mosque in Pakistan’s Punjab province. This is an eyewitness.

Zeeshan Akram: “They hit the mosque directly, destroyed its courtyard, the minister’s office in front of the mosque and the roof. Everything was crushed. There was one person sitting on the roof on duty. He was martyred.”

Meanwhile, Indian officials say at least 10 people have been killed, and several wounded, by Pakistani attacks on Indian-administered Kashmir. India’s Foreign Minister Vikram Misri called India’s attacks a “measured” response to the massacre last month of 26 people …