Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire for a second straight day on Saturday as ties plummeted between the two nuclear-armed neighbors after an attack on tourists blamed on Pakistani militants killed 26 in India's Kashmir region.The Indian Army said its troops responded to "unprovoked" small arms fire from multiple Pakistan Army posts that started around midnight on Friday along the 740-km (460-mile) de facto border separating the Indian and Pakistani areas of Kashmir.The Indian Army said Pakistani troops had also opened up with sporadic fire around midnight on Thursday. No casualties were reported from the Indian side, it said.There was no immediate comment from the Pakistani military.

Google DeepMind staff in Britain plan to unionize to challenge the company's decision to sell its artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to defense groups with ties to the Israeli government, the Financial Times reported on Saturday.About 300 London-based staff of Google DeepMind have been seeking to join the Communication Workers Union (CWU) in recent weeks, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter.Google, Google DeepMind, and the CWU did not immediately respond to a Reuters' request for comment.Media reports suggest that Google is selling its cloud services and AI technology to the Israeli Ministry of Defense, which has caused disquiet among employees, according to the report.Google has run into trouble previously regarding its connections to Israel when it dismissed 28 employees last year who protested against the tech giant's cloud contract with the Israeli government.

Hamas published a teaser video on Saturday showing terrorists digging through a destroyed tunnel to 'rescue' an unidentifiable Israeli hostage covered in dirt.Hamas said in the video that the tunnel was destroyed as part of an Israeli air strike.The Hostages Families Forum has requested that no parts of the video, including clips or photos, be published until the families give explicit permission.This is a developing story.

A 20-year-old man was murdered in a violent incident on Shimon Peres Street in Kiryat Bialik near Haifa, Israeli media reported early Saturday morning.MDA paramedics arrived at the scene of the incident and was forced to pronounce the young man dead.Police have opened an investigation into the circumstances behind the incident and are searching for possible suspects.

Soldiers from the Yahalom unit manually unloaded a ballistic missile that had 100 kg of explosives remaining in it on Thursday, Israeli public broadcaster KAN reported on Friday.The missile, launched by the Houthis from Yemen, was found during firefighting efforts this week in the Tzora Forest in the Beit Shemesh area.לראשונה מאז מלחמת המפרץ: לוחמי יחידת יהל"ם פרקו אתמול ידנית טיל בליסטי שעליו נותר חומר נפץ במשקל של 100 ק"ג. הטיל, ששיגרו החות'ים מתימן, נמצא במהלך כיבוי השריפות השבוע ביער צרעה באזור בית שמש. שרידיו נלקחו לבדיקה@ItayBlumental pic.twitter.com/piGNXGKUwP— כאן חדשות (@kann_news) April 25, 2025The missile parts were taken for examination.

The Israel Air Force (IAF) intercepted a drone launched from the East before it reached Israeli territory, the military announced on Saturday morning. No sirens were sounded in accordance with protocol.