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The ancient Hindu temple located in Karimpura in Peshawar's old city is being demolished in the name of repairs, several inhabitants of the area said.

Ahead of the Prime Minister's address to the parliament on the proposed EU deal struck in Brussels, the UK employment minister and Cameron's Indian Diaspora Champion joined other senior colleagues like UK justice secretary Michael Gove and Northern Irelan...

In Raqqa, the group's stronghold in Syria, salaries have been halved since December, electricity is rationed, and prices for basics are spiraling out of reach, according people exiled from the city.

Bernie Sanders swept to a huge victory by defeating Hillary Clinton in the New Hampshire Democratic primary for US presidential nominee while Donald Trump solidified the frontrunner status in the Republican party by scoring a big win in the race to the Wh...

The US intelligence chief said India's engagement with Pakistan hinges on Islamabad's willingness to act against those responsible for the Pathankot terror attack.

Islamic State is likely to step up "the pace and lethality" of its attacks in the months ahead as it seeks to fan the flames of international conflict.

In a statement, Stoltenberg said he strongly condemned the launch, which entailed the use of ballistic missile technology and came after a widely-condemned nuclear test on January 6.

A United Nations panel has said that Wikileaks founder Julian Assange has been arbitrarily detained in the Ecuador embassy.

The stamps were unveiled on Wednesday in a ceremony at the UN General Assembly building that included a performance by the New York Gay Men's Chorus.

Assange is wanted in Sweden for questioning over allegations of rape in 2010 which the Australian denies.

Interpretation of the principles of law encoded in the Sharia varies widely across States and territories (and non-States) that utilise it, and only a small number employs the death penalty.

The madrassas in Pakistan were shut in a countrywide crackdown on religious seminaries allegedly involved in extremism.

Yoshitha Rajapakse, a lieutenant in the Sri Lanka Navy, was grilled for hours

The tropical virus is blamed for causing brain damage in babies as it sweeps through Latin America, and Rousseff, whose government is deploying 220,000 soldiers to help eradicate the mosquitoes that transmit it, likened the outbreak to a battle.