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World Hindu Council acted after winning a court order to stop killing of bullocks

Minister says intervention was necessary to prevent suffering of koalas as they weren't able to find enough food

Beijing has for years been raising spending on the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in double-digit steps

Those put to the sword have included five Pakistanis, an Indian, two Jordanians, two Syrians and a Yemeni

Lawyers and aides of the BNP leader say Zia cannot attend as she is being confined to her office by security force

We list past incidents where the cricketer let his anger get the best of him

Turkey, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Indonesia follow Malaysia in the ranking of choice holiday destinations

Former ambassador to the US says Pakistan no longer enjoys international support over Kashmir issue

New Delhi police obtained a court order banning anyone from broadcasting documentary, "India's Daughter"

Foreign secretaries agree to maintain border peace; no headway on resumption of stalled composite dialogue though

The museum says visitors can continue taking 'selfies', but they have to leave the ugly sticks outside

Afghan national army's (ANA) total numbers fell to 169,203, down 15,636 or 8.5%t between February and November 2015

Gen Austin says they are encouraged by Pakistan's action against militants in Fata which achieved near-term successes

Jilani says they have seen increased militant activity as US troops withdraw from Afghan-Pakistan border

Rapists must be punished in exemplary manner and Singh should never walk among us again.

Naseer faces life in prison if convicted

Says even if Israel has to stand alone, Israel will stand but I know that America stands with Israel

Snowden has so far only received a guarantee from US Attorney General that he will not face the death penalt

Nawaz Sharif says both countries need to resolve their all outstanding issues through dialogue

Judge says Nazakhat Ali is a 'dangerous man' who used a lethal weapon repeatedly on a defenceless woman, his own...

Shiv Sena demands government to file case against Indian Muslim leader who called for more rights for Muslims

The prehistoric-looking goblin sharks live on deep sea bottoms and little is known about their lives

Anyone found to be selling or in possession of beef will have to pay INR10,000 fine and face up to 5-year jail term

The kids are being racist to me, says Harsukh Singh while making the video

Foreign Office spokesperson Tasnim Aslam expresses hope for resuming negotiations known as the Composite Dialogue

Despite failure Misbah stresses opener Jamshed, who has a duck and one in last two games, will keep his place

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg breaks into the top 20, while Ali Baba's Jack Ma takes up a spot in top 50

Genetic analyses implicated the western lowland gorillas as the source of HIV-1 groups O and P

Obama's comment about time frame for a freeze represents one of the US govt's strongest signals yet of its red line

Naseer faces up to life in prison if convicted of providing and conspiring to provide material support to al Qaeda

The regional churn triggered by the American withdrawal from Afghanistan is proving to have some positive outcomes

Pakistan is to propose a new series of CBM in the hope of breathing life into the mummified peace process

Asks advisor to arrange a special PIA flight to bring back the stranded passengers, if needed

The list included scores of words, including "Muslim", "Nazi", "lesbian", "Jew" and even "palm oil"

Johnson still remains in police custody

PLO to take Israel to International Criminal Court

Erdogan's visit comes ahead of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's visit to Saudi Arabia

Jaishankar’s visit to Islamabad is part of his trip to SAARC member states but all issues expected to be discussed

Iran wants Western countries to swiftly lift crippling economic sanctions in any deal curbing its nuclear programme

Gen Raymond Odierno warns British forces could end up fighting inside US units rather than alongside them

Representatives for Twitter could not be immediately reached for comment

Nawaz says relations between Pakistan and Afghanistan are undergoing a qualitative transformation

Rapid Action Battalion said Farabi Shafiur Rahman had been arrested at a bus station in Dhaka

Mukesh Singh says women who went out at night only have themselves to blame when they attract attention of gangs

Modi govt, BJP dissociate themselves with Sayeed's statement crediting Pakistan for allowing peaceful polls in state

Mohammed Emwazi was known to Britain's security services as early as 2011

For the first time there will be a coalition at govt level in IHK between people of the valley and the people of Jammu

US-led coalition launches air strikes on IS targets in Iraq, Syria

Four diplomats were among scores of Afghan nationals briefly detained by the police in Peshawar on Thursday

An estimated 550 Western women have travelled to join the militants in Iraq and Syria