India and Pakistan trade attacks amid risk of war between nuclear states

Pakistan's army said it shot down 25 military drones that fanned over population centers — including the city that houses Pakistan's general army headquarters.

By Thursday evening, residents in Indian border towns reported hearing blasts. Authorities announced blackouts along parts of the border, and the Secretary of State Marco Rubio had spoken to the Pakistani prime minister and the Indian foreign minister, urging "immediate de-escalation" by both countries.

This followed India's missile attacks across Pakistan in the early hours Wednesday, in what has been the latest ratcheting of tensions between the two nuclear-armed countries that began with gunmen killing Indian tourists in late April.