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‘The 60-year-old was asked to stop but when she continued to march towards Indian territory, she was shot’

Provincial education ministry releases documentary to educate students about importance of books

Malaysia bans the import of critically endangered animals

Jacob Peters finds the mystery couple he had photographed using Facebook

'Nationalisation of govt jobs an important objective of National Transformation Program 2020' said Al-Melfi

The World Health Organization now classifies Yemen as one of the worst humanitarian emergencies in the world

New Delhi is hosting Abbas ahead of Modi's visit to Israel in July

We look at 13 pictur­es from events around the world

Government attorneys sought capital punishment for 77-year-old cleric

Australian chef Marcus Volke is alleged to have murdered his Indonesian transgender wife Mayang Prasetyo

Defence minister says Pakistani geographical boundaries will be protected at all costs

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, a close Chinese ally, praised Beijing’s vision and ingenuity

Attacks have involved hundreds of fighters with heavy weaponry, appeared to be aimed at Muslims

Authorities in Russia appear to be getting jittery over youth discontent ahead of presidential elections

Awaludin and Sabian were detained Saturday in a village in North Bengkulu district on western Sumatra island

Sexual violence against women is a highly-charged issue in India

The Justice Department began interviewing candidates for the FBI director job on Saturday

'The latest successful missile test represents a level of performance never before seen from a North Korean missile'

Senior security staff held another meeting in the White House Situation Room on Saturday

Controversial BJP leader also said he was preparing a private army of youths to fight others

Hundreds of people took part in the auction in which 150 bunches of the locks went under the hammer

Half of the 225,000 Venezuelans living in the United States reside in Florida

Bodies of the dead were recovered along with their weapons

Online usage is expected to peak at 3am in MENA region during holy month, reveals Facebook survey

The fibre-glass statue is reportedly worth $1500

Attack comes a week after militants opened fire on members of a tribe guarded by the army, killing 12

The eighth president under France's current republic will take over from outgoing Socialist Francois Hollande

Says French people had chosen "hope" and shown a willingness to change in the election

Ballot paper in the capital Kathmandu was around one metre-long to accommodate the 878 candidates

Hospitals are struggling to cope with an influx of patients

The Golden Triangle is world's second largest drug-producing region after Latin America

Rouhani faces a much tighter race than many expected just a few months ago

Sturgeon called on voters to back her Scottish National Party

The project's success would depend on transparency, financing and broad participation, warns US delegate

The 'crying sumo' is held at shrines and temples nationwide, to the delight of parents and onlookers

Saliha Mahmood-Ahmed, 29, defeated 64 amateur cooks to win the competition

His aides conveyed a somewhat scattershot message, and Trump was reportedly angry

More than a million Palestinians were registered to choose from among 4,400 candidates

China opposes relevant launch activities by North Korea that are contrary to UNSC resolutions, says foreign ministry

Global Tibetan diaspora has helped spread awareness about its unique alternative medicine

'If my business grows, the country grows with me. But the government won't let me grow'

India has a gruesome record on rape, with New Delhi alone registering 2,199 rape cases in 2015

It left more than 370 people injured and damaged as many as 40 per cent of houses in the area

President Xi Jinping hailed the initiative for a massive network of rail and maritime links

Trump set off a political firestorm by firing the man probing "collusion" between Russia and his presidential campaign

Free access is granted to locals and foreign tourists celebrating the country's founding 150 years ago

The Yaghan have lived here for some 6,000 years and numbered around 3,000 people before the arrival of Europeans

Lagging infrastructure and regional connectivity are crimping its potential

Evercore, founded in 1995, hired 32-year-old veteran from top ranking Wall Street firm

The attacker stabbed the policeman in one of the alleys of the Old City before the wounded officer shot him dead