The People’s Republic of China has claimed the whole of the South China Sea as its sovereign territory ever since coming to power in 1949. However, several other countries have historical claims over some of the islands, and the Law of the Sea Treaty gives several of these countries rights to economic zones that overlap with Chinese claims. This has led to conflict between China and the United States, which supports the claims of its allies to parts of the South China Sea under international l
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In February 2019, conflict between India and Pakistan over the disputed territory of Kashmir escalated into the worst violence there is decades. An Islamic extremist suicide bomber with a vehicle packed with explosives attacked an Indian police convoy in Kashmir, killing 40. This provoked a military response by India, with Indian Air Force fighter jets carrying out a bombing raid into Pakistan proper for the first time since 1971. India claimed they were attacking a terrorist camp, but no inj
