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Members of Jammu and Kashmir’s legislative assembly shout slogans in support of a resolution to restore the state’s special status during a session in Srinagar on Wednesday.

Members of Jammu and Kashmir's legislative assembly shout slogans in support of a resolution to restore the state's special status during a session in Srinagar on Wednesday.
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Kashmir assembly demands restoration of partial autonomy

AFP : Indian-administered Kashmir’s assembly passed a resolution on Wednesday demanding New Delhi restore the disputed Muslim-majority territory’s partial autonomy, cancelled in 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government. New Delhi cancelled Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in 2019, a sudden decision accompanied by mass arrests and a months-long communications blackout. It has been ruled by a governor appointed by New Delhi since.But last month the territory also elected its local legislative assembly, with voters choosing a government...

US approves potential sale of warning aircraft to S. Korea

AFP : The United States has approved the potential sale of airborne early warning and control systems to its ally South Korea, part of a nearly $5 billion military package.The State Department said Monday that it had approved the sale of four E-7 Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C) aircraft, 10 jet engines, and other systems and support elements at an estimated cost of $4.92 billion.The early warning and control aircraft, known as Wedgetails, would enable South Korea to detect...