How Global Powers Reacted to the India-Pakistan Standoff: A Nuclear Flashpoint in Focus
- MAHI SINHA
- 11 May 2025
Since India began ‘Operation Sindoor’ against terror groups based in Pakistan, tensions at the India-Pakistan border have increased. The Indian Armed Forces carried out the operation in response to the terror assault in Pahalgam. According to reports, the terrorist attack on April 22 was carried out by the Resistance Front (TRF), a division of Lashkar-e-Taiba, a group based in Pakistan.
Even though the battle intensified along the border, media outlets worldwide appear to have reduced their coverage of the tension at the India-Pakistan border three days after “Operation Sindoor.” Interestingly, on May 10, the New York Times, the Washington Post, and the Global Times did not feature the India-Pakistan crisis on their front pages.
The New York Times
The title “India and Pakistan Escalate Attacks to Military Bases” appeared when one scrolled down a bit on the New York Times website’s homepage. “Pakistan accused India of launching air-to-surface missiles that targeted at least three bases,” the news report’s synopsis continued. Pakistani officials announced shortly after that retaliatory action had started.
Previous reports on the Pahalgam terror assault, such as “A Perfect Day in a Gentle Meadow Is Shattered by Bloody Carnage” and “Pakistan’s Most Powerful Man” — Pakistan army leader Syed Asim Munir, were included with this most recent news item on India and Pakistan.
Washington Post
The headline of a May 10 Washington Post article read, “Pakistan strikes sites inside India, bringing nuclear rivals closer to war.”
TASS
India-Pakistan news was listed as one of the top four headlines of the hour by the Russian news agency TASS. “India made series of strikes against Pakistan’s air force bases,” according to the report, which quoted Pakistan-based GeoTV.
Global Times
Pakistan’s account of the border dispute between India and Pakistan is still being reported by China’s official media outlet, Global Times. Chinese media outlets, such as CGTN and Xinhua news agency, have frequently and assiduously cited Pakistani media when covering the India-Pakistan conflict.
The Guardian
The UK-based Guardian provided in-depth coverage of the India-Pakistan conflict, in contrast to the US-based NYT and Washington Post. According to one of the Guardian’s headlines, “India-Pakistan military reprisals escalate: what we know so far,”
