The provincial Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government in northwest Pakistan has declared the ancient Hindu religious site of Panj Tirath in Peshawar as national heritage. Panj Tirath, which got its name from the five pools of water present there, also contains a temple and a lawn with date palm trees. The

Beijing: China's population shrank last year for the first time in 70 years, experts said, warning of a "demographic crisis" that puts pressure on the country's slowing economy. The world's most populous nation of some 1.4 billion for decades limited most families to one child in an attempt to keep

KABUL: Taliban fighters detonated explosives planted in a tunnel below an Afghan military outpost, killing five soldiers, a police official said on Wednesday. Six soldiers were wounded in the attack on Tuesday in the Maiwand district of the southern province of Kandahar, police spokesman Mohammad A

China is building the first of four “most advanced” naval warships for Pakistan as part of a major bilateral arms deal to ensure among other things “balance of power” in the strategic Indian Ocean, the state media reported. Equipped with modern detection and weapon systems, it will be capable of

Bangkok: In a shocking incident, a Thai man shot dead six family members, including his two young children at a New Year's Eve party. He then turned the weapon on himself, police said on Tuesday. As per the reports, Sucheep Sornsung gunned down his family members 10 minutes after midnight in the

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan today shared with India a list of its nuclear installations and facilities as per the provisions of a bilateral agreement. The list was handed over in accordance with Article-II of the Agreement on Prohibition of Attacks Against Nuclear Installations and Facilities between Pak

At least two Pakistani intruders were gunned down by the Indian Army on Sunday after they attempted to attack a forward post in J&K'S Naugam sector. Quadcopters were later used to locate the dead bodies of the intruders and one was identified as commando Naik Anwar of Pakistan's Special Service

Manila: Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte drew outrage Sunday after saying he "touched" his maid when he was a teenager, with women's rights groups accusing him of attempted rape and encouraging sexual abuse. Duterte frequently sparks uproar with his comments on women, including rape jokes and bo

Pakistan has plans to procure 600 tanks including Russian-made T-90s to beef up its capabilities along the border with India, as per an intelligence reported cited by the news agency PTI. The battle tanks being procured will have a strike capability in the range of 3-4 kilometres. Islamabad has also

Five pilots of Pakistan’s flag carrier PIA have not even completed their matriculation, the country’s aviation body told the Supreme Court after finding the academic credentials of seven pilots bogus. Justice Ijazul Ahsan said a non-matric person could not even drive a bus but these people were flyi

The Indonesian volcano which caused a tsunami that killed more than 400 people last week lost more than two-thirds of its height following the eruption which triggered the killer waves. A section of Anak Krakatoa's crater collapsed after an eruption and slid into the ocean, generating the tsunami la

CAIRO: Egyptian police killed 40 "terrorists" in separate raids early Saturday, a day after a roadside bomb near the Giza pyramids killed three Vietnamese tourists and their guide, the interior ministry said. Two raids in the Giza governorate killed 30 "terrorists", while the remaining 10 were ki

Hours before election campaigning in Bangladesh comes to a close, 3G and 4G services were shut down on mobile phones across the country as part of what was seen as enhanced security measures. Elections will be held on December 30 in Bangladesh, where the ruling Awami League party, led by Prime Mi

President Donald Trump may have inadvertently unmasked a Navy SEAL team during his short visit to a US base in Iraq this week. Ordinarily, the whereabouts of special operations forces are a closely held secret. In the rare instances when they are filmed while in a combat zone, their faces and oth

A 33-year-old Indian-origin police officer in the US state of California has been killed after being shot by an “armed” unidentified gunman while he was conducting a traffic stop. Corporal Ronil Singh of the Newman Police Department was shot and killed during a traffic stop when he was “working o

Al-Asad Air Base (Iraq): President Donald Trump used a lightning visit to Iraq — his first with US troops in a conflict zone since being elected — to defend the withdrawal from Syria and to declare an end to America's role as the global "policeman”. Trump landed at 7:16 pm local time at Al-Asad A

Three Indian teenaged siblings were among four killed in a fire at a house in Collierville, US, two days before Christmas, according to media reports. A woman Kari Coudriet of Collierville, and Sharron, 17, Joy, 15, and Aaron, 14 — teen siblings of the Naik family from India — all died in the fir

London: Terror group al-Qaeda is on a resurgent mode and may be plotting major terrorist attacks on airports and airliners, Britain's security minister warned on Sunday. The terrorist group behind the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York in 2001 poses a growing threat that is keepin