In recent years, India has grown closer to the United States and Pakistan to China, putting the two traditional south Asian foes at the heart of global superpower competition, writes Yvonne Murray.

Tensions between India and Pakistan remain high days after Delhi launched airstrikes at its neighbor, sparking tit-for-tat military action from both sides and widespread confusion as competing claims and disinformation spread online.

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration's isolationist, America First stance is showing in its surprisingly low-key response to the escalation in hostilities between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan after a terrorist attack in the disputed Kashmir region.