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Tensions between India and Pakistan.

Tensions between India and Pakistan have risen sharply in the weeks since a terrorist attack in Kashmir. On Wednesday, India hit Pakistan and appears to have lost aircraft in the strike.

In a mix of fascination, irreverence and possible blasphemy, social media platforms have been flooded with videos and memes about the secretive gathering of cardinals in Vatican City.

Plus, the power of siblings.

The name for the military attack on Pakistan brings to mind a woman who became shorthand for the grief wrought by a terrorist attack.

Six are joining in their first papal conclave, and four others participated in the 2013 conclave that elected Pope Francis.

As cardinals begin a conclave to choose Pope Francis’ successor, they must decide whether to find a pope who follows his path or forges a new one.

It was unclear whether the Houthis were going to stop impeding international shipping, which was the objective of the American bombing campaign.

Human rights groups have called conditions in the country’s network of migrant detention centers “horrific” and “deplorable.”