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Pakistan and India on high alert amid airport shutdowns and security drills in major cities | India newsthirst.

Tensions were high across India and Pakistan on Thursday, with airports shut down and security drills under way in major border cities, amid warnings by Pakistan that it intended to retaliate for Wednesday’s strikes. In a speech late on Wednesday night, prime minister Shehbaz Sharif said he would “solemnly swear that we will avenge each…

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Mark Dreyfus and Ed Husic at risk as Labor factions brawl over cabinet positions | Labor party newsthirst.

A factional war risks overshadowing the start of Labor’s second term in power, with senior ministers Mark Dreyfus and Ed Husic at risk of being pushed out of cabinet in a fight party sources describe as increasingly ruthless. Ahead of the first caucus meeting after Labor’s stunning election victory, due to take place at Parliament…

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