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Commander XI Corps visits forward areas of Bajaur: ISPR

A picture of the visit shared by ISPR  RAWALPINDI: Corps Commander Peshawar Lieutenant General Nazir Ahmed Butt visited forward areas of Bajaur Agency along the Pakistan-Afghan border on Tuesday.  According to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) wing of the Pakistan Army, Lt Gen Butt was briefed on a cross-border attack attempt by terrorists on November 13 and about the overall security situation in the agency. The corps commander lauded the troops for their commit

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At least 50 dead in Nigeria mosque bombing: police

Kano, Nigeria: At least 50 people were killed on Tuesday in a suicide bomb blast at a mosque in the northeastern town of Mubi, in Adamawa state, northeast Nigeria, police told AFP. "So far we have at least 50 dead from an attack at a mosque in Mubi," said state police spokesman Othman Abubakar, indicating that Boko Haram militants were responsible.

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FIA busts 'major' human smuggling group linked to Turbat incident

The FIA recovered 142 Pakistan passports, latest electronic machines and various other documents from the suspects GUJRANWALA: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested on Tuesday seven people in the city?s Sadoke area suspected to be involved in smuggling of people whose bullet-riddled bodies were found in Turbat last week. The suspects include four people hailing from Balochistan. The FIA recovered 142 Pakistan passports, latest electronic machines and various other documents from the

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Two insurgents, FC official killed in Turbat search operation

TURBAT: As many as two insurgents were killed in a search operation at Turbat on Tuesday, informed security officials. A security official was also martyred in the operation. According to the sources, the Frontier Corps conducted a search operation on the information of presence of insurgents in the area. On their arrival at the site, the insurgents opened fire on the forces. In retaliatory fire, two militants were killed while an FC official embraced martyrdom. Three security personnel were

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Would love to star in an Iranian film, says Mahira

After doing powerful roles in both Pakistan and across the border, Mahira Khan has expressed her desire to work in the Iranian cinema. Clad in beautiful pink sari, the actor spoke about her life, movies and random things in her talk in a session at the Faiz International Festival. ?I would love to work in a foreign film. That could be hard because of the language but that is the most interesting aspect of it,? she said. Explaining poetically how fascinating the idea is, she said an actor has

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Myanmar imposing 'apartheid' on Rohingya: Amnesty

YANGON: Myanmar's suffocating controls over its Rohingya population amount to "apartheid", Amnesty International said Tuesday in a probe into the root causes of a crisis that has sent 620,000 refugees fleeing to Bangladesh. Scenes of dispossessed Rohingya in Bangladeshi camps have provoked outrage around the world, as people who have escaped Rakhine state since August recount tales of murder, rape and arson at the hands of Myanmar troops. Myanmar and Bangladesh have agreed in principle to rep

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Can England tick without Big Ben in Ashes?

This file photo taken on September 8, 2017 shows England´s Ben Stokes appealing unsuccessfully for the wicket of West Indies´ Shai Hope during the second day of the third international Test match between England and West Indies at Lords cricket ground in London - AFP2 LONDON: England are resigned to being without Ben Stokes for the whole of the Ashes series and it will be fascinating to see whether they can replace him -- and win without him -- against Australia. Stokes, who was vice-captain t

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Cigar-shaped asteroid came from another solar system: study

This handout photo released by the European Southern Observatory shows an artist's impression of the first interstellar asteroid: Oumuamua WASHINGTON: A rocky cigar-shaped object detected in space last month came from another solar system, astronomers said Monday as they confirmed an unprecedented observation. The discovery may provide clues as to how other solar systems formed, said the researchers, who published their study in the British journal Nature. The asteroid, named Oumuamua by its

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Zimbabwe war veterans call for immediate anti-Mugabe protests

t President Robert Mugabe. Photo: File Zimbabwe´s influential war veterans on Tuesday called for immediate protests against President Robert Mugabe as parliament moved to impeach the veteran leader. "All the people must leave what they are doing, come to Harare... we just want to see the back of Mugabe immediately. The protests must begin now, we cannot have another hour of Mugabe," said Zimbabwe War Veterans Association chairman Chris Mutsvangwa. Meanwhile, Zimbabwe´s ousted deputy president

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Mother freed from militants' custody recalls captors' brutality

The family was rescued by the Pakistan Army on October 12, 2017. Photo: File   NEW YORK: A US mother held hostage by militants for five years has detailed the violence and sexual assault she endured in captivity, and said her young son was also beaten. "This was an intolerable situation for a child to be in," Caitlan Coleman Boyle, 31, told ABC News in a television interview broadcast Monday. Boyle gave birth to three children in captivity. She and her Canadian husband were abducted by milit

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Always want to perform my best against India, Australia: Aamir

Fast bowler Muhammad Aamir said that he always wants to perform his best against India and Australia. In an interview with ESPN Cricinfo, the left-arm fast bowler said: ?I think I get extra energy when I play against Australia and India. Whether or not I perform against the other teams but I always want to perform against these two teams.? The speedstar added that while playing with India, the body language is different for the players because performance against each other makes a mark in th

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Trump, Putin to talk over phone on Tuesday after Assad's visit to Russia - Ifx

MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday, the Interfax news agency cited the Kremlin as saying. Putin was paid a rare visit by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Monday. Greeting Assad at his Black Sea residence of Sochi, Putin said he would follow up the meeting with telephone calls to Trump and to Middle Eastern leaders including the Emir of Qatar.

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Meeting of Joint Cooperation Committee on CPEC under way

Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal at the JCC meeting. Photo taken from: Radio Pakistan  The seventh ministerial level meeting of Joint Cooperation Committee on China-Pakistan Economic Corridor began in Islamabad today (Tuesday). Minister for Planning and Development Ahsan Iqbal is chairing the meeting. At least 150 high-level officials from both the countries were in attendance at the meeting, including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah, Balochis

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Islamabad sit-in: Opposition leader advises government to consult army

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/f8ca8194124f2939b542e22492ea0691.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMjEvMjAxNyA3OjAwOjM1IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9YVFPUVZ4eFpRSk5KTlpkYXh0NUdSQT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly, Khursheed Shah, has asked the government to contact the military leadership of

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White House asks Supreme Court to allow full travel ban

Passengers greeting at an airport in the US. Photo: Reuters/File  WASHINGTON: The White House has asked the US Supreme Court to allow President Donald Trump?s latest travel ban to take full effect after an appeals court in California ruled last week that only parts of it could be enacted. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals on November 13 partially granted a Trump administration request to block at least temporarily a judge?s ruling that had put the n

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Pak calls for unconditional dialogue between Kabul, Taliban

NEW YORK: Pakistan on Tuesday called for unconditional dialogue between Afghan Taliban and Afghanistan government in the United Nation?s General Assembly on the situation in Afghanistan. Dr Maleeha Lodhi, Pakistan?s Ambassador to the UN, while participating in the annual debate in the General Assembly on the situation in Afghanistan said that neither side in the conflict can impose a military solution on each other and called for a negotiated end to the war. ?Neither the Coalition and Kabul,

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Online abuse silences women and girls, fuels violence, survey shows

Photo: File LONDON: Pervasive online abuse and harassment pressure women and girls into censoring themselves on social media and fuel gender-based discrimination and violence, rights groups said. About one in four women in Britain, the United States and six other countries said in a survey they had experienced online abuse or harassment. More than 40% said the online abuse made them fear for their physical safety and more than half reported trouble sleeping, loss of self-esteem and panic attac

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TV host Charlie Rose crashes after sex harassment claims

TV host Charlie Rose arrives for the Time 100 Gala in the Manhattan borough of New York, New York, US, April 25, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/Files  CBS and other networks on Monday suspended Charlie Rose ? one of the most prominent American interviewers ? after eight women told the Washington Post he sexually harassed them and prompted Rose to apologize for his ?inappropriate behavior?. PBS and Bloomberg said in statements they were suspending Rose?s signature interview show ? distributed on

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Saudi agency says country targeted in cyber spying campaign

Saudi security guards monitor screens at the National Center for Security Operations in the holy city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia, August 29, 2017. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem/Files LONDON/RIYADH: Saudi Arabian security officials said Monday the country had been targeted as part of a wide-ranging cyber espionage campaign observed since February against five Middle East nations as well as several countries outside the region. The Saudi government?s National Cyber Security Center (NCSC) said in a statement

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Yellen to leave Fed board once successor Powell sworn in

Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a news conference after a two day Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting in Washington, US, March 15, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Files WASHINGTON: Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said on Monday she will resign her seat on the Fed?s Board of Governors once Jerome Powell is confirmed and sworn in to replace her as head of the US central bank. In a letter to President Donald Trump, which was released by the Fed, Yellen, 71, also vowed to ?d

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British embassy cat in Jordan appointed chief mouser

Lawrence of Abdoun ? the first 'diplo-cat' to be appointed by the British Embassy in Jordan ? sits next to a laptop that shows its official Twitter account at the embassy headquarters in Amman, Jordan, November 15, 2017. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed1 AMMAN: At the British embassy to Jordan, a former rescue cat is settling into his new position as chief mouser ? as a tradition well-established in the ministries of London goes global. ?Lawrence of Abdoun? is a fluffy black-and-white tom, who, accordi

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Numbers' game: Opposition seeks to pass Elections Act Amendment Bill in NA today

Parliament of Pakistan. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: The opposition will attempt to pass in the National Assembly today a bill seeking to restrict disqualified parliamentarians from heading a political party.  On October 23, the opposition-controlled Senate passed the Elections (Amendment) Bill 2017 with a majority vote, banning disqualified persons from taking part in political activities. The bill had been put forward by leaders of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PT

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Indian judge re-elected to ICJ after UK withdraws candidate

Dalveer Bhandari, 70, is a retired judge of the Indian Supreme Court. Photo: ICJ  NEW YORK: An unprecedented stalemate at the United Nations over the election of the last judge at the International Court of Justice is finally over as Britain pulled out its candidate, Sir Christopher Greenwood, paving the way for India's Dalveer Bhandari to retain his seat at The Hague.  This will be the first time since the ICJ was established in 1945 that there will be no judge from the UK at the global court.

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Islamabad sit-in enters 16th day as talks fail to break deadlock

ISLAMABAD: The protest that has brought the capital to a standstill has entered its 16th day after various rounds of talks between the government and protesters ended in a stalemate. Talks held on Saturday and then on Monday failed with no breakthrough in sight as protest leaders continue to demand the resignation of Federal Minister for Law and Justice Zahid Hamid. The government, however, has formed another committee under senior cleric Pir Hussainuddin for negotiations with the protesters a

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Elizabeth II, Prince Philip mark 70th wedding anniversary

Britain's Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) and her husband Philip Duke of Edinburgh pose during their honeymoon in Broadlands estate, Hampshire, UK, November 25, 1947. AFP/STR  LONDON: Queen Elizabeth II celebrated 70 years of marriage on Monday to the man she calls her "strength and stay", making them Britain's first reigning couple to mark a platinum wedding anniversary. The bells of Westminster Abbey, where Elizabeth married Prince Philip on November 20, 1947, rang out to mark the s

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