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KARACHI: Police killed five suspected militants Saturday in a nighttime raid on a Karachi apartment housing insurgents loyal to Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud,

NEW DELHI: Two Indian girls aged two-and-a-half and five years old were raped in separate incidents in New Delhi overnight, with at least one confirmed as a gang rape, police said Saturday. The younger child was abducted late Friday by two men from a religious event in west Delhi's Nangloi area and sexually assaulted before being dumped in a park near her home, police and relatives said.

DERA GAZI KHAN: At least five people were killed and many others wounded on Wednesday as a powerful blast ripped through political office of ruling PML-N lawmaker, Samaa reported. According to our correspondent, the blast occurred at dera (local political office) of MNA Sardar Amjad Khosa in Taunsa Sharif town of Punjab.

KARACHI: Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has been recalled to face England in the upcoming Test series in the United Arab Emirates, officials said Tuesday, five years after his last match in the longest format. The 33-year-old middle order batsman's excellent limited-overs form saw him added as the 16th member of Pakistan's Test squad for the three-match series against England starting on October 13.

DUBAI: Pakistan has secured third spot but India has ended 2016 as the number-one ranked Test side on ICC Test Team Rankings after registering a 4-0 victory over England in the five-match series. The series win has helped India gain five points and it has moved to 120 points in the last Test team rankings update of 2016, 15 points ahead of second-placed Australia.

WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - It's the men's quarterfinals today at Wimbledon as five-time champion Roger Federer, closing in on a record 15th Grand Slam title,

In a major break, the Mumbai police have arrested five members of a gang who posed as income tax officers and targeted wealthy homes with unaccounted cash and jewellery. They had earlier conducted fake raids at a Santacruz businessman's apartment, and at a residence in Kashimira.

A massive fire broke out in Bagri market of Kolkata on Sunday, and firefighters are still struggling to contain it. Reportedly, another fire erupted on Monday morning on the third floor of a building located in Canning Street. 35 fire tenders and 230 firemen are present. The fire started at the ground floor of the five-storied building and aided by inflammable materials, it spread quickly.

It was a day to remember for Malik as he capped his return to the Test side after a gap of five years with an epic knock of 245, his best score in Test cricket, after coming in to bat in the third over of the match on Tuesday.

ABU DHABI: Pakistan batsman Shoaib Malik said his sparkling double hundred against England was inspired by seeing his Indian wife Sania Mirza sweep to a series of tennis titles in 2015. Malik hit a career-best 245 to cap a remarkable return to Test cricket after five years on the sidelines and four days after Mirza clinched the China Open in Beijing alongside Martina Hingis.