No-one wants a war with the world already on fire ..... Iran foreign minister visiting India ::::: Pakistan has said Islamabad will respond "at a time and place of its choosing"

Iran FM due to arrive in India later today

Iranian Foreign Minister Seyed Abbas Araghchi is due to arrive in Delhi later on Wednesday. He is scheduled to meet President Droupadi Murmu and Foreign Minister S Jaishankar, the Indian foreign ministry said, external.

              Defence Minister Rajnath Singh spoke to chiefs of army, air force and navy post-airstrikes.

India says it has "evidence" pointing towards the clear involvement of Pakistan-based terrorists in this attack.

Slogans of 'Hindustan Zindabad' and 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' were raised as locals in Rajasthan celebrate after #OperationSindoor.

Araghchi was earlier this week in Islamabad where he held talks with Pakistani army chief Gen Syed Asim Munir and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. 

The two sides discussed bilateral relations, border co-operation and enhancing security along their shared borders, according to the statement released by Tehran.

Iran has offered to mediate between India and Pakistan as tensions between the two neighbours escalate. 

No-one wants a war with the world already on fire, and especially one between two nuclear rivals. This is the time for states with good relations with both India and Pakistan - the US but also the Arab Gulf states - to work the phones and urge the two to look for off ramps before nuclear escalation risks set in.  

Pakistan tells UNSC it "reserves the right to respond"

Islamabad has informed the UN Security Council (UNSC) about the "blatant aggression by India and the threat it posed to international peace and security", Pakistan's foreign ministry says in a statement.

"UNSC has been informed that Pakistan reserves the right to respond appropriately to this aggression at a time and place of its choosing, in accordance with its right to self-defence as enshrined in Article 51 of the United Nations Charter," it adds.

Indian army sources say three Indian civilians have been killed in military action by Pakistani troops.  

Residents in Muzaffarabad in Pakistan-administered Kashmir told the BBC they were jolted awake by huge explosions. Locals in Indian-administered Kashmir said they heard explosions near the Line of Control, the de-facto border between the two countries.