Two major military powers, India and Pakistan, have begun exchanging attacks using heavy weapons. India and Pakistan, both of which have acquired nuclear weapons capabilities, began exchanging attacks with heavy weapons at a time when India had launched a ballistic missile attack on Pakistan. India has said that under Operation Sindoor, it attacked nine areas in Pakistan in response to an armed attack on a tourist area in Indian Kashmir on April 22, which killed 26 civilians. India suspects that terrorists affiliated with armed groups supported by Pakistan were behind those attacks.

Although India said its missile attacks were aimed at militant positions, Pakistan has said that civilians were killed in those attacks. Pakistan has said that 26 people were killed and 46 were injured in those attacks. Videos showing damage to civilian homes and mosques in India’s attacks have been made public. After India’s missile attack, the Indian government said it had retaliated for the attack on its tourists. The Indian government has also said that India prioritized attacking militants directly without confronting the Pakistani military, in order to defend against potential future attacks by such militants.

Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has condemned India’s attacks in the strongest terms. He described it as a very cowardly act. And he announced that the Pakistani military was retaliating. The Pakistani military has shot down five Indian warplanes in the first hour of retaliatory attacks and begun attacking Indian military positions with heavy weapons. In response, India has also begun confronting Pakistan using heavy weapons. India has said that 10 civilians were killed and 48 were injured in Pakistan’s attacks.

Airlines traveling to India and Pakistan are canceling flights. Qatar Airways has also temporarily suspended flights to Pakistan after the country closed its airspace. Air India, IndiGo and SpiceJet have also suspended flights to some areas. India has suspended implementation of an important water-sharing agreement with Pakistan. In response, Pakistan has banned Indian-affiliated aircraft from entering Pakistani airspace. In addition, both countries have now downgraded diplomatic relations, banned trade, and temporarily suspended issuing visas to each other’s citizens.

In preparation for a potentially prolonged confrontation, India and Pakistan have taken many steps over the past two to three days. Pakistan has tested new missiles twice. And India has carried out security preparations in various states of the country. India and Pakistan have fought four wars so far. Three of those wars were fought over the Kashmir issue.

Former US President Donald Trump has asked FIFA to give Russia a spot in next year’s World Cup in the United States as a way to stop the ongoing war in Ukraine. During a press conference at the White House with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Trump began discussing this topic, apparently unaware that Russia had been temporarily suspended from FIFA competitions. This suspension was due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022.

Trump has been working to end this war since announcing his bid for a second term as US President last November. Upon learning of Russia’s suspension, he even asked the FIFA President if it was true. “I didn’t know that. Is that a fact?” Trump asked. When Infantino confirmed it was true, Trump suggested that giving Russia the opportunity to play in the World Cup could be a powerful incentive to stop the war.

“They’re suspended temporarily for a short period of time. But we’re hoping that Russia will be given an opportunity as a way of bringing peace. It’s possible. It’d be a great incentive, wouldn’t it?” Trump asked. He stated that Russia is losing 5,000 young people every day and that this needs to stop. He added that as the US President, he couldn’t do anything to include Russia in the World Cup, but that the FIFA President is the “boss of soccer.”

Trump indirectly suggested that Infantino could make this happen. However, FIFA did not respond to these comments. Next year’s World Cup in the United States will feature a total of 48 countries competing.

International aid organizations have directed their disapproval towards Israel’s plan to take control of all aid entering Gaza to provide for the population in distress. The security council of the oppressive leader of the terrorist state of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, has approved a plan to deploy temporary military forces to take control of food and other aid being provided to the 2.3 million impoverished residents of Gaza who are in distress.

According to Reuters, citing some sources, the terrorist state of Israel is now planning to besiege and take control of all of Gaza. This plan also includes forcing the Palestinian people to move to southern Gaza. The ultimate goal of this plan is said to be to impoverish the Palestinian people to the point where they cannot live in Gaza and force them to leave on their own, as proposed by Israel’s biggest supporter, US President Donald Trump.

This includes bringing all food distribution to Gaza under the control of Israeli terrorist forces and starving the Palestinian people. Although a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel came into effect on January 19, violating that agreement, Israeli forces resumed attacks on Gaza on March 18. The Gaza Ministry of Health revealed that the number of people martyred in the terrorist attacks since then has risen to over 2,300. Most of them are innocent women, innocent children, and the elderly with weakened physical strength.

The United Nations (UN) and international aid organizations have warned that food is running out in Gaza due to this aggression and blockade. Regarding this Israeli plan, the UN aid agency OCHA said this plan is directly contrary to the current dire situation in Gaza. OCHA said it is absolutely unacceptable to bring aid that must be provided to the people under the control of a party to the conflict. As such, OCHA has described this as completely contrary to international human rights principles. In addition to OCHA, other organizations active in providing aid to Gaza have also expressed disapproval of this Israeli plan.

A US military aircraft worth 70 million US dollars has crashed into the Red Sea. This is the second time a US military aircraft has crashed into the Red Sea within the past month. This time too, the aircraft that crashed into the sea was from the US aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman. The carrier was sent to the Red Sea to participate in military operations against the armed group Houthis operating in Yemen. After the failure of the military operation carried out in the name of eliminating the Houthis, US President Donald Trump has decided to halt the operation. Bombing of Yemen has also been suspended.

US sources said that the aircraft that crashed from USS Truman was an F-18 military aircraft. The aircraft crashed while attempting to land on the carrier after participating in military operations. Although the two pilots in the aircraft suffered some injuries in the incident, their lives were not in danger. They were rescued by a military helicopter. The aircraft crashed due to a problem with the ‘wire’ or cable used for landing on the carrier’s runway.

On April 28, another military aircraft from USS Truman also crashed into the sea. That incident occurred while attempting to move an aircraft that was on the carrier’s hangar deck to another area. In that incident too, a US Navy personnel was injured. However, no one’s life was in danger. That was also an expensive F/A-18 military aircraft.

Despite the crashes of two military aircraft, analysts studying the situation believe that USS Truman’s military operations are not likely to come to an end. Along with that carrier, a large number of vessels and submarines from the US military’s strike group are operating, with the main operation of the group being to protect the Jews. The biggest supporter of the Jews is US President Donald Trump.”

The exchange of attacks using heavy weapons between the two major military powers, India and Pakistan, has led to the cancellation of some flights and disrupted air traffic in the region. India and Pakistan, both nuclear-capable nations, began exchanging attacks with heavy weapons following India’s ballistic missile strike on Pakistan. In response, Pakistan claimed to have shot down five Indian warplanes. Due to the ongoing air attacks, Taiwan’s China Airlines and South Korea’s Korean Air have canceled some flights to the region via European routes and rerouted others.

As a result, flight tracking websites show a large number of flights operating in the airspace of Kuwait, Oman, and the United Arab Emirates. Pakistan’s relevant authorities stated that at the time of India’s air strike, 57 aircraft were flying in Pakistani airspace, putting the lives of hundreds of passengers on those flights at risk.

As tensions continue to escalate between the two countries, airlines traveling to India and Pakistan are canceling flights. Qatar Airways has also temporarily suspended its flights to Pakistan due to the closure of Pakistani airspace. Air India, IndiGo, and SpiceJet have also suspended flights to certain areas. India stated that it launched attacks on nine areas in Pakistan under Operation Sindoor in response to an armed attack on a tourist area in Indian Kashmir on April 22, which killed 26 civilians. India suspects that the attacks were carried out by terrorists affiliated with Pakistan-backed armed groups.

While India claimed its missile strikes targeted militant positions, Pakistan stated that civilians were killed in these attacks. Pakistan reported that 26 people were killed and 46 injured in the attacks. Videos showing damage to civilian homes and mosques from India’s attacks have been circulating. After the missile strike, the Indian government stated that it had retaliated for the attack on its tourists. The Indian government also said that it prioritized directly attacking militants to defend against potential future attacks, rather than confronting the Pakistani military.