MUMBAI—The leader of a Pakistani-based Islamist group that India blames for at least two terrorist attacks that raised tensions between the two nuclear-armed neighbors, was placed by the United Nations Security Council on a list of global terrorists subject to sanctions. The Security Council, which had listed the Jaish-e-Mohammad group as being associated with al Qaeda and the Taliban in 2001, said on Wednesday that its founder Masood Azhar had funded Jaish since its founding. Mr. Azhar will now be subject to a freezing of...

Source: Wall Street Journal May 01, 2019 16:52 UTC