ISLAMABAD/JAMMU — Pakistan and India launched strikes and counter-strikes against each other's military installations today, prompting United States (US) calls for the nuclear-armed neighbours to begin talks and defuse their escalating conflict, the most intense since 1999.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, today reminded all Parliament members that the august house is not a place for hostility, insults, or the spread of slander.