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Trump warns 'rogue regime' North Korea of grave danger

SEOUL: US President Donald Trump issued a stark warning to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, telling him that the nuclear weapons he is developing ?are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger?. ?Do not underestimate us and do not try us,? Trump told North Korea as he wrapped up a visit to South Korea with a speech to the National Assembly in Seoul. Trump used some of his toughest language yet against North Korea in a wide-ranging address that lodged speci

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Nawaz should be ashamed for attacking SC judges: Imran Khan

PTI Chairman Imran Khan addressing a press conference. Photo: File  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan said on Wednesday that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif should be ashamed of himself for openly attacking judges of the Supreme Court. The PTI chairman was reacting to Nawaz's comments from earlier in the day when he claimed the judges were full of anger and grudge against him.  Imran stated that Nawaz is speaking against the judiciary as it has exposed his ill-gotten and co

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Shootout or staged encounter: Police yet to start inquiry on Faisalabad killing

FAISALABAD: Police failed to start an inquiry on an alleged staged encounter conducted in brought daylight by the local police officials of an injured suspect in Faisalabad, who, according to an unverified mobile phone footage appeared to be surrounded and not visibly armed. The relatives of the deceased claim that Police filed bogus cases against Asif Sardar (the suspect) as he married the daughter of a police officer. The suspect's brother, Shahid, said: "My brother was killed in a fake en

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India investigating alleged assault of passenger by IndiGo airline staff

Women spread fryums for drying on a rooftop as an IndiGo Airlines aircraft moves on the runway after landing at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, India. Photo: REUTERS NEW DELHI: A video allegedly showing security staff of India?s IndiGo airline manhandling a passenger went viral on Monday, prompting the federal government to launch an investigation into the incident involving the country?s biggest airline. In the video, widely shared on social media and televised

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Turkish ice cream seller tricks Mahira Khan

We have all seen videos of a Turkish ice cream seller tricking customers. The act is so popular that it is one of the top things tourists want to do when they visit Turkey. It seems Pakistani actress Mahira Khan is no different as she shared a video on her Instagram account of just this happening. The video was taken during an earlier trip the actress took. Mahira is playing the lead role in the upcoming mo

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Democrats win bitter Virginia governor's race in setback for Trump

Democratic candidate for governor Ralph Northam speaks as his wife Pam looks on after his election night victory at the campus of George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia, November 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters1 WASHINGTON: Democrat Ralph Northam won a bitter race for Virginia governor on Tuesday, dealing a setback to President Donald Trump with a decisive victory over a Republican who had adopted some of the president?s combative tactics and issues. Northam, the state?s lieutenant governor, ove

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Delimitation deadlock: Meeting of parliamentary parties under way

NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq chairs the meeting. Photo: Geo News  ISLAMABAD: A meeting of parliamentary parties, chaired by National Assembly (NA) Speaker Ayaz Sadiq, over the issue of delimitation of constituencies is under way.  A similar meeting was held on Tuesday but the participants failed to reach a conclusion on the pending legislation regarding delimitation of constituencies in line with the latest census results. However, as per Sadiq, they were all in agreement that the next general electi

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Another SC bench should have heared review petition, says Marriyum Auragzeb

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/d644a8292f114627f8ef6d2a2ab737e0.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvOC8yMDE3IDc6MDE6NTkgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1BRlhVcm1MOXNuYUJlWGlOcERpb3NnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: In an apparent reference to the Supreme Court's decision on the review petitions filed by the Sharif family over the Panam

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Ousted PM says grudge, anger of judges out in open

Former PM Nawaz Sharif leaves the court with his daughter Maryam. Photo: Geo News  ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif came down hard at the country's judiciary on Wednesday, saying, "The anger and grudges of judges have come out in their words".  He was addressing the media after leaving the accountability court which indicted him in person today in the three corruption references against him.  [emb

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Don't think Nawaz fooled people, says Opposition Leader Khursheed Shah

Opposition Leader Khurshid Shah. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Opposition leader Khursheed Shah said on Wednesday that he doesn't think that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif fooled people of Pakistan. The Pakistan Peoples' Party leader said that former premier Nawaz should not have submitted a false affidavit, adding that the judgment will continue to dishonor the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party leader. "The Supreme Court has given its decision after a detailed examination of the case," he said.

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Pakistan opposes expansion of permanent seats in UNSC

Pakistan has voiced firm opposition to the creation of new permanent seats in any reformed Security Council in the United Nations, a press release said. Speaking in the General Assembly on Security Council reform, Pakistan?s Ambassador to the UN, Maleeha Lodhi reiterated Pakistan?s position on representation to the Council, and said that additional permanent seats were contrary to the universally agreed principles of democracy, accountability and transparency. ?After all, permanent membership

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Ishaq Dar not to appear before accountability court today: sources

Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar will not appear before the accountability court hearing a corruption reference against him today as well, sources in the Finance Ministry informed Geo News.  The minister is accused by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) of possessing assets which are disproportionate to his declared sources of income. Dar also did not appear before the accountability court in the last hearing of the case on November 2.   The

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Policeman shot dead in gun attack in Karachi

A number of police personnel were killed in gun attack incidents in the provincial capital this year - File KARACHI: A policeman was killed after two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire at him in the city?s Shadman area, police said. According to DSP Shadman Mushtaq Tanoli, the policeman, identified as Naveed, was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to injuries on the way. Naveed was deployed at the Special Branch in the Gadap area. A number of police personnel were killed in gun attacks

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Trump's unannounced visit to DMZ with South Korea's Moon cancelled due to fog

SEOUL: US President Donald Trump abandoned an unannounced visit to the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) between North and South Korea due to bad weather on Wednesday, the last day of his visit to the South, a spokeswoman said. Trump was to have been accompanied by South Korean President Moon Jae-in, spokeswoman Sarah Sanders told reporters. The US president made two attempts to reach the DMZ but was forced to cancel the trip due to fog, she said.

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Texas church gunman escaped mental facility in 2012: police report

The man who carried out one of the deadliest US mass shootings escaped from a mental health facility in 2012, the same year he was convicted by a US Air Force court-martial of domestic abuse, according to a police report. Devin Kelley, who massacred 26 people at a church in rural southeastern Texas on Sunday, was convicted of assaulting his first wife and stepson while serving in the US Air Force in 2012, according to the Pentagon. That same year he briefly escaped from a mental health facilit

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NY could seek Weinstein indictment next week: reports

NEW YORK: Manhattan´s district attorney is preparing a criminal case against disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein which he could present to a grand jury as early as next week, US media reported Tuesday. The reports, quoting anonymous law enforcement officials, came after police confirmed they had a credible rape allegation against the embattled producer and were gathering evidence for a possible arrest warrant. District Attorney Cyrus Vance plans to present the case to a grand jury and w

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'Justice League' must battle film critics as well as villains

LONDON: Saving Metropolis and Gotham City from the clutches of super-villains might be enough pressure for the average caped crusader but the cast of the forthcoming Justice League film also face another equally-terrifying foe: film critics. The film is the latest instalment from the DC comics stable of super-heroes - a series which, with the notable exception of this summer?s ?Wonder Woman?, has met with a less than positive critical response and has failed to match the box office of rival Mar

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Waymo cars hit the road without drivers

SAN FRANCISCO: Waymo on Tuesday said that its self-driving cars are hitting the road without anyone behind the wheel as the Alphabet subsidiary steers toward launching an automated ride service. The subsidiary of Google parent Alphabet has been testing autonomous cars for years, but with a driver behind the wheel to take over if needed. Waymo chief executive John Krafcik used the Web Summit in Lisbon to announce a portion of its fleet in the Phoenix area will operate in fully autonomous mode w

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Snapchat launches redesign after growth disappoints Wall Street

Snap Inc is redesigning its disappearing-message app Snapchat in an attempt to reach a broader audience, going back to the drawing board after being clobbered by Wall Street for another quarter of slowing user growth. The Venice, California-based firm, which had the hottest debut of any tech stock in years in March, reported revenue and user growth for the third quarter well below Wall Street expectations as it struggles to compete with Facebook Inc?s Instagram. The disappointing financials

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Twitter to roll out 280-character tweets worldwide

Microblogging website Twitter Inc, known for its iconic 140-character tweets, said on Tuesday it would roll out 280-character tweets to users across the world. Twitter said it ran a test on 280-character tweets in September that showed users spent less time editing their tweets and were less likely to abandon them. User posting in languages including Japanese, Korean and Chinese, which do not face the issue of ?cramming?, will continue to have a limit of 140 characters, Twitter said. The co

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Gulf stocks slide on Saudi-Iran duel

Stock markets in energy-rich Gulf states dropped on Tuesday, hit by rising tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, a royal purge in Saudi Arabia and other regional disputes. The decline was led by shares in Kuwait and Qatar, where the stock index dropped to its lowest level since March 2011 as the country reels from a five-month-old boycott by neighbouring nations. Six Gulf bourses ended lower and the Saudi market was down 2.9 percent in afternoon trade at levels last seen more than five month

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Slash antibiotic use in animals to buck resistance in humans: WHO

The World Health Organization on Tuesday urged farmers to stop using antibiotics in healthy animals to help ensure the drugs remain effective in fighting life-threatening diseases in humans. Overuse and misuse of antibiotics in animals and humans is contributing to the growing threat of "superbugs", which become immune to existing drugs and allow minor injuries and common infections to become deadly. "A lack of effective antibiotics is as serious a security threat as a sudden and deadly diseas

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Magnitude 6.5 quake hits Papua New Guinea: USGS

A magnitude 6.5 quake hit Papua New Guinea on Wednesday morning, the US Geological Survey said. The quake, initially reported as a magnitude 6.4, struck at 2126 GMT on Tuesday 51 miles (83 km) south of the coastal city of Wewak but it was fairly deep, some 70 miles (112 km) underground, which would have mitigated the shaking. Locals reported no damage from the quake. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was tsunami threat.

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Seeing double as identical twins play football for Russia

Opponents of Russia's national side can be forgiven for confusion as they face two identical players: twin brothers Anton and Alexei Miranchuk. The 22-year-old Miranchuk siblings appeared together in the national squad for the first time last month after manager Stanislav Cherchesov rewarded their solid performances for Russian league leaders Lokomotiv Moscow. "We gave the new players a chance to show their worth in matches with teams that have already qualified for the 2018 World Cup finals,"

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Struggling West Ham appoint Moyes as manager

West Ham have appointed former Everton and Manchester United boss David Moyes as their new manager, the struggling Premier League club announced on Tuesday. "We believe David is the right man to turn things around and get the best out of the players at the club," joint chairman David Sullivan said. The Hammers sacked manager Slaven Bilic on Monday after a poor run of results that have left the east London side languishing in the relegation zone. Saturday's chastening 4-1 loss at home to Liver

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