India-Pakistan Wagah border post on Aug 13, 2021 (NARINDER NANU/ AFP)
India said on Friday it accidentally fired a missile into Pakistan because of a "technical malfunction" during routine maintenance.
"On 9 March 2022, in the course of a routine maintenance, a technical malfunction led to the accidental firing of a missile," the Indian Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
"It is learnt that the missile landed in an area of Pakistan. While the incident is deeply regrettable, it is also a matter of relief that there has been no loss of life due to the accident."
The ministry added that the government had "taken a serious view and ordered a high-level Court of Enquiry" into the incident.
Pakistan had earlier called for an investigation of the incident, which it said could have endangered passenger flights and civilian lives.
It also called on India to share outcome of the investigation into the incident.
Pakistan's foreign office said in a statement it summoned on Friday India's charge d'affaires in Islamabad to lodge a protest over what it said was the unprovoked violation of its airspace.
US President Donald Trump will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin on August 15 in Alaska to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, Trump said on Friday.
Thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Nagasaki on Saturday to mark the 80th anniversary of the city's atomic bombing, as the mayor warned that current global conflicts could push the world again into nuclear war.
Azerbaijan and Armenia will sign an initial peace agreement on Friday to boost economic ties between the two countries after decades of conflict, the White House said, with President Donald Trumpset to welcome the leaders of both nations for a signing ceremony at the White House.
New Delhi has put on hold its plans to procure new U.S. weapons and aircraft, according to three Indian officials familiar with the matter, in India's first concrete sign of discontent after tariffs imposed on its exports by President Donald Trump dragged ties to their lowest level in decades.
The German government will not approve any exports of military equipment that could be used in the Gaza Strip until further notice, Chancellor Friedrich Merz said on Friday in response to Israel's plan to expand its military operations there.
President Xi Jinping on Friday ordered "all-out" rescue efforts in China's arid and mountainous northwest after flash floods caused by exceptionally heavy rain killed 10 people and left 33 missing.
Israel's political-security cabinet approved a plan to take control of Gaza early on Friday, hours after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel intended to take military control of the entire strip.
Pakistan has suspended cell phone data services for three weeks in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan in a bid to block communications among separatist insurgents behind a surge in recent attacks, an official and the government said.
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Trump, Putin to meet in Alaska for Ukraine talks
Nagasaki mayor warns of nuclear war as city marks 80 years since A-bomb
Azerbaijan and Armenia to sign peace agreement, White House says
India pauses plans to buy U.S. arms after Trump's tariffs
Germany halts military exports that could be used in Gaza, Merz says
Xi orders 'all-out' rescue as floods kill 10 in northwest China
Israel approves plan to take control of Gaza
Pakistan suspends mobile data service in restive province
