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Football star Solo accuses ex-FIFA president Sepp Blatter of sexual assault

The then-FIFA president Sepp Blatter attends the 2015 African Cup of Nations final football match between Ivory Coast and Ghana in Bata, February 8, 2015. AFP/Carl de Souza/Files  LISBON: US women's football star Hope Solo accused Sepp Blatter of sexual assault on Friday, claiming the disgraced former FIFA president groped her backside at the 2013 Ballon d'Or ceremony. The 36-year-old Solo, her country's standout goalkeeper, claimed the 81-year-old Blatter pounced as she was about to present
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Saudi easing of Yemen blockade not enough: UN

An empty seat is pictured before a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, May 15, 2017. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files  UNITED NATIONS: The Saudi-led coalition is still blocking desperately-needed UN aid deliveries to Yemen despite the re-opening of the port of Aden and of a land border crossing, a UN spokesman said Friday. "Humanitarian movements into Yemen remain blocked," Russell Geekie ? a spokesman for the UN office of humanitarian aid OCHA ? said. "The reopening o
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US state to resume prisoner executions after 20 years

Image: AFP/Getty Images CHICAGO: The death penalty will resume in Nebraska for the first time in 20 years, with the US state planning to execute a convicted killer using a new, untested combination of drugs. State prison officials on Thursday informed Jose Sandoval ? on death row for the murders of five people during a 2002 bank robbery ? of their intention to execute him by lethal injection. The state intends to use a new drug protocol which could prompt legal challenges, and death penalty o
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Camus letters show secret passion for love of his life

PARIS: The passionate letters between Albert Camus ? France's Nobel prize-winning author of The Stranger ? and the Spanish actress Maria Casares were published on Friday, casting light for the first time on one of the great love affairs in French literary history. She was a remarkable and independent-minded actress; he was the most admired writer of his generation, a member of the French Resistance who was living a double life in more ways than one. More than 860 letters ? burning with desire
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Dow snaps 8-week winning streak on tax delay fears

The Wall Street bull is seen in the financial district in New York, US, March 7, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files  NEW YORK: Fears of a delay in President Donald Trump's long-promised corporate tax cuts sent the Dow lower on Friday, ending a two-month winning streak fueled by robust company earnings. After closing every week higher since September 8, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2 percent to end the week at 23,422.21. Meanwhile, the broader S&P 500 fell less than a tenth
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#MeToo in South Asia: Reporting sex pests

European Parliament member Terry Reintke (C) holds a placard with the hashtag "MeToo" during a debate to discuss preventive measures against sexual harassment and abuse in the EU at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann/Files Following the global efforts to crack down on sexual harassment and misconduct, South Asia has also started to emerge as a major region where such incidents are common. In this regard, India is reaching out to women in
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Saudi Arabia says Saudi citizen kidnapped in Lebanon

Lebanon's Interior Minister Nohad Machnouk talks after closing the polling stations during Beirut's municipal elections in the Interior ministry in Beirut, Lebanon, May 8, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/Files  BEIRUT: Saudi Arabia said on Friday a Saudi citizen had been kidnapped in Lebanon, a country with which it is in a diplomatic crisis. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, the United Arab Emirates (UAE), and Bahrain have advised their citizens against travelling to Lebanon and urged those already there t
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Intelligence firm regrets working for Weinstein, official says

Harvey Weinstein arrives on the red carpet for the 88th Oscars in Hollywood, California, February 28, 2016. AFP/Jean Baptiste Lacroix/Files An intelligence firm that reportedly helped Harvey Weinstein gather information on women accusing him of sexual harassment and assault is sorry for agreeing to work with the Hollywood producer, a company official said on Thursday. The New Yorker said Weinstein had hired Black Cube ? an Israel-based firm that markets itself as a group of ex-members of intel
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Hezbollah says Saudi declares Lebanon war with Hariri detention

Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah is seen on a video screen as he addresses his supporters in Beirut, Lebanon, November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Aziz Taher BEIRUT/PARIS: Hezbollah?s leader said on Friday that Saudi Arabia had declared war on Lebanon and his Iran-backed group, accusing Riyadh of detaining Saad al-Hariri and forcing him to resign as Lebanon?s prime minister to destabilize the country. France became the first Western country to indicate that Saudi Arabia was holding Hariri agains
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Saudi-led strikes hit defence ministry in Yemen capital: news agency

SANAA: The Saudi-led military coalition carried out two air strikes on the defence ministry in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa late Friday, witnesses said. Warplanes continued to circle in the skies above Sanaa after the strikes, witnesses said. The Huthi rebel media outlet Al-Masirah also reported the two air strikes. 
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Saudi-led strikes hit defence ministry in Yemen capital: news agency

SANAA: The Saudi-led military coalition carried out two air strikes on the defence ministry in Yemen's rebel-held capital Sanaa late Friday, witnesses said. Warplanes continued to circle in the skies above Sanaa after the strikes, witnesses said. The Huthi rebel media outlet Al-Masirah also reported the two air strikes.
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Tillerson warns against using Lebanon for 'proxy conflicts'

WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned other countries Friday against using Lebanon for "proxy conflicts" following a crisis triggered by its prime minister's resignation. Tillerson also called the premier, Saad Hariri, who announced his resignation last Saturday from Saudi Arabia, as a "strong partner" of the United States. "The United States cautions against any party, within or outside Lebanon, using Lebanon as a venue for proxy conflicts or in any manner contributing to ins
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Three hurt in car attack near Toulouse: French police

TOULOUSE: A man rammed a car into three Chinese students near the French city of Toulouse on Friday, injuring one of them seriously, police sources told AFP. The 28-year-old driver, who was arrested immediately afterwards in the city's Blagnac suburb, acted "deliberately" but was not on a list of known extremists, one source said, asking not to be named. He had previously suffered severe psychiatric problems and was released from a court-ordered hospital stay in December 2016, the Toulouse pro
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Pakistan Rangers, BSF discuss effective implementation of ceasefire agreement

Photo: ISPR RAWALPINDI: The delegation-level talks between Pakistan Rangers and Indian Border Security Force (BSF) concluded in New Delhi on Friday, the Inter-Services Public Relations said, with the two sides discussing several issues relating to the border between Pakistan and India. The meeting, held in a friendly and conducive atmosphere, decided to make sincere efforts for resolution of minor border issues on local commanders' level, the ISPR said in a statement. The two sides pondered ov
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Inside story of Farooq Sattar's meeting with PSP leaders

Geo News programme, Aaj Shahzaib Khanzada Kay Sath, revealed on Friday an insight into the tumultuous saga between Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Pak Sarzameen Party. Sources informed Geo News that following the announcement of forming an alliance, MQM leader Amir Khan sent 'rest in peace' messages to party workers and told them that the decision to ally with PSP was unacceptable.  Moreover, many workers were asked to agitate against the alliance and oppose it, sources added. Even thou
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Social media flanks Hania Aamir for ?harassing? passenger

Actress Hania Aamir has been flying high since the success of her two movies, Janaan and Na Maloom Afraad 2. However, the actress landed in hot waters after posting a video on her Instagram account. In the video, the actress can be sitting inside an aeroplane who then remarked that the male passenger sitting behind her has been trying to get out her pictures. She even made a video of him, looking uncomfortable. However, her antics did not sit well with the people on social media. One user po
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'Hold your breath, it's our turn now': Mustafa Kamal to Farooq Sattar

KARACHI: Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP) chief Mustafa Kamal Friday responded to Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) chief Farooq Sattar's allegation against him of "insulting Muhajirs." Kamal, in his message to media, said, "Hold your breath sahib; it's our turn now." Farooq Sattar retracts decision to quit MQM-Pakistan Engineered politics can never work, MQM-P leader said in press conference Thursday night Referring to his joint-press conference with PSP chairman Mustafa
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Pakistan asks MSF to shut tribal operation: aid group

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has asked French medical charity Doctors Without Borders (MSF) to shut its operations in the country's restive northwest, leaving a "major gap" in healthcare for thousands of local people, the humanitarian organisation said. The decision was not immediately confirmed by the government. Azaad Alessandro Alocco, MSF's Country Representative in Pakistan, has said the organisation was "extremely disappointed" by the move. A senior MSF source told AFP Friday that all 120 staff
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Life expectancy up 10 years thanks to better lifestyles: OECD

PARIS: Healthier lifestyles and higher incomes have helped increase life expectancy in the 35 OECD nations by 10 years in the past half-century, according to a report published Friday. The OECD´s ´Health at a Glance 2017´ report said the average life expectancy throughout the group of countries -- which includes the US, Canada, Australia, Japan and most EU nations -- now stands at 80.6 years, an increase of more than 10 years since 1970. "Healthier lifestyles, higher incomes and better educati
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Royal purge: Saudi Arabia's '5-star prison'

RIYADH: Its chandelier-studded ballrooms hosted global business titans just weeks ago. Now Riyadh's palatial Ritz-Carlton is reported to have morphed into a makeshift prison after the kingdom's unprecedented crackdown on the coddled elite. Saudi Arabia's attorney general has vowed no special treatment for those detained in the purge, which includes princes, ministers and businessmen such as flamboyant billionaire tycoon Al-Waleed bin Talal. But the five-star hotel spread over 52 acres, origina
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First pineapple farm opens in Gaza

KHAN YUNIS: Pineapples are being harvested in the Gaza Strip for the first time as part of efforts to help the impoverished Palestinian territory work towards food self-sufficiency. The fruit, for domestic sale, is grown in a 1,000 square metre greenhouse in the southern Gaza Strip town of Khan Yunis as part of a project sponsored by the Dutch government. Mussa al-Jadba, an agricultural engineer who supervised the project, told AFP they had cultivated pineapples "for the first time in the temp
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Shakira cancels first week of concerts of her world tour

PARIS: Pop star Shakira was forced to cancel the first swathe of concerts of her world tour Friday because of a problem with her vocal cords, the tour´s promoters said. The Colombian singer postponed two concerts this weekend in Paris and a Belgian date on Sunday as well as a concert in Amsterdam on Tuesday "on the orders of her doctor", they said. The cancellations come after the "Hips Don´t Lie" star called off the opening concert of the "El Dorado World Tour" in Cologne on Wednesday, tellin
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Federal govt to address MQM?s ?legitimate? complaints, Rafique assures Sattar

LAHORE: Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique shared that he has assured Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan stalwart Farooq Sattar that the government will make efforts to address the ?legitimate complaints? of the party. On Friday, Rafique in a tweet wrote: ?Had a telephonic contact with Dr. Farooq Sattar, assured him that federal govt would make an effective effort to address the MQM's legitimate complaints.? The development comes a day after Farooq Sattar's brief resignation
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Russia to make US media register as 'foreign agents'

MOSCOW: Russian lawmakers raced Friday to draft measures requiring US media outlets to register as foreign agents, saying they could be adopted as early as next week. American social networks might also be affected because US news organisations would have to post a "foreign agent" tag on their social media pages, said Pyotr Tolstoy, deputy speaker of the State Duma, the lower house of parliament. The measures, which are being prepared ahead of Russia's presidential election in March, would be
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Snake man's venom habit holds hope for new antidote

LONDON: For nearly 30 years, London-based reptile enthusiast and musician Steve Ludwin has been injecting snake venom -- a practice that has almost killed him. It may now help save thousands of lives, as researchers search for a new antidote based on his body´s response to the toxic fluids. "It sounds very crazy what I am doing but it turns out that it potentially has lots of health benefits," Ludwin, the tattooed 51-year-old told AFP in the living room of his home in the British capital. Lud
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