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Nine bodies, two severed heads found in Tokyo flat

Members of the media gather in front of an apartment building where media reported nine bodies were found in Zama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo on Oct 31, 2017. Kyodo/Reuters TOKYO: Japanese police have found nine bodies, including two with their heads severed and dumped in a cool box, in a flat in the Tokyo suburbs, media reported on Tuesday. Police confirmed to AFP they had arrested 27-year-old Takahiro Shiraishi, who lives in the apartment in Zama, south of Tokyo.

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Gayle wins Australia masseuse court case

Chris Gayle denied the allegations, saying the journalists behind the story wanted to "destroy him" SYDNEY: West Indies cricket star Chris Gayle Monday won a defamation case against an Australian media group which claimed he exposed himself to a massage therapist. The lurid accusations were made by Fairfax Media newspapers The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age and The Canberra Times in a series of stories in January last year. They claimed the all-rounder exposed himself to team masseuse Leanne R

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Arshad Vohra involved in MQM money-laundering case, claims Sarfaraz Merchant

KARACHI: Arshad Vohra ? the city's deputy mayor ? has been involved in the money-laundering case for the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-London (MQM-L), Sarfaraz Merchant alleged Monday night. Merchant ? the party founder's former aide and one of the accused in the MQM-L money-laundering case ? was speaking in Geo News' program Aapas Ki Baat. Merchant brought new matters to light, saying both factions of the political group ? MQM-L and MQM-Pakistan ? advised him not to go ahead with the evidence aga

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Trump likely to pick Fed's Powell to lead central bank: source

Jerome H. Powell ? a governor on the board of the Federal Reserve System ? prepares to testify before the Senate Banking Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 22, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files  WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump is likely to pick Federal Reserve Governor Jerome Powell as the next head of the US central bank, a source familiar with the matter said on Monday, prompting investors to push down yields on Treasury notes. The Republican president, who is considering

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Watford's Deeney charged with violent conduct - FA

Watford striker Troy Deeney has been charged with violent conduct by the English Football Association after his altercation with Stoke City midfielder Joe Allen in the Premier League. Deeney grabbed Allen?s face and neck after the pair clashed in the final minutes of Stoke?s 1-0 victory at Vicarage Road on Saturday. Match referee Michael Oliver had shown a yellow card to both players but Deeney has been charged retrospectively by the FA after three former professional match officials reviewed

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Cash incentives help smokers quit, study finds

An ashtray with cigarette butts is pictured in Hinzenbach, Austria, February 5, 2012. REUTERS/Lisi Niesner/Files  MIAMI: Smokers who are offered cash incentives are far more likely to give up cigarettes than those who are simply offered tips on how to quit, said a US study Monday. The approach could offer ways to cut the number of smokers, which has remained steady at about one-fifth of the US population in recent years, according to the report in the Journal of the American Medical Associati

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Mourinho defends 'untouchable' Lukaku

Manchester United striker Romelu Lukaku, the subject of criticism from the club?s fans, should be ?untouchable?, his manager Jose Mourinho said on Monday. Lukaku, who has netted 11 goals this season since joining United from Everton for 75 million pounds, extended his barren streak to five games in Saturday?s 1-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur but did set up Anthony Martial?s winner. ?I think Romelu is one of the players who should be untouchable in terms of respect from everyone,? Mourinho to

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Belgium holds four over 2015 train attack

A Belgian special forces police officer patrols a street during a police raid in central Brussels, Belgium, December 20, 2015. REUTERS/Yves Herman  BRUSSELS: The probe into a 2015 Daesh attack on a high-speed train bound for Paris took a step forward Monday as Belgian police held four men suspected of helping the gunman in his preparations. Prosecutors said that following a series of raids around Brussels, "four people were taken in for questioning" and a judge would later rule on what furthe

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Chelsea's Kante can return against Roma, says Conte

Chelsea midfielder N?Golo Kante is expected to be fit to face AS Roma in Tuesday?s Champions League group stage match, manager Antonio Conte said. Kante, who missed Chelsea?s last five matches with a hamstring injury, trained with the squad before they left for Rome and Conte will speak to the France international before deciding whether he will feature. Midfielder Danny Drinkwater is also set to play after recovering from a calf problem and on the back of his first Premier League appearance f

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Vatican to host high-level push against nuclear weapons

Saint Peter?s dome is seen at the Vatican, November 24, 2015. REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi/Files VATICAN CITY: The Vatican is to host a high-level international conference on nuclear weapons in November set to be dominated by the escalating confrontation between the US and North Korea. Nobel peace laureates as well as top United Nations and NATO officials will take part in the meeting on November 10 and 11 in the tiny city-state, which will include an address by Pope Francis. The Argentine pont

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Amazon to expand its video studio after shakeup

Amazon.com Inc plans to expand its video production arm and move into a historic studio near Hollywood, the company said on Monday, signaling its entertainment ambitions remain high after a management shakeup earlier this month. The world?s largest online retailer said in a news release that it would start moving into the Culver Studios, where ?Gone with the Wind? was filmed, at the end of the year. The space will allow it to expand its headcount beyond the more than 700 employees working in it

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Netflix ending 'House of Cards,' says 'troubled' by Spacey allegation

Netflix?s landmark political drama ?House of Cards? will end its run after an upcoming sixth season, the streaming service said on Monday, one day after series star Kevin Spacey became embroiled in the latest sexual misconduct scandal to rattle Hollywood. Netflix Inc and the show?s production company also issued a joint statement saying they were ?deeply troubled? by actor Anthony Rapp?s allegation in a published interview that Spacey in 1986 had made a sexual advance toward Rapp, who was just

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Brent oil ends above $60 on expected OPEC cut extension

An oil pump jack is seen at sunset in a field outside Scheibenhard, near Strasbourg, France, October 6, 2017. REUTERS/Christian Hartmann  NEW YORK: Brent oil closed on Monday at its highest level since July 2015 and US crude closed at a peak not seen since February on expectations OPEC-led production cuts would be extended beyond March, although such gains are likely to spur more US production. Brent crude futures settled at $60.90 a barrel, up 46 cents. Brent has gained 9.5 percent in the la

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One body found near wreckage of Russian helicopter off Svalbard

Ship "Polarsyssel" at Barentsburg, Svalbard, September 28, 2016. AFP/NTB Scanpix/Jan-Morten Bjoernbakk/Files  OSLO: The body of a man who died when a Russian Mi-8 helicopter crashed off the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Thursday was found near the crash site at the bottom of the sea, the office of the governor of Svalbard said on Monday. Eight Russian men ? five crew and three passengers ? died on board a helicopter that crashed on Thursday on its way from the abandoned Pyramiden settleme

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Two ex-Trump aides charged in Russia probe, third pleads guilty

Paul Manafort ? the former chairman of Trump's 2016 election campaign ? leaves US Federal Court after being arraigned on twelve federal charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election in Washington, US, October 30, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan  WASHINGTON: Federal investigators probing Russian interference in the 2016 US election charged President Donald Trump?s former campaign manager Paul Manafort and another aide, Rick Gates, with money la

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Niall Horan lands first solo No. 1 album on Billboard

Niall Horan performs during the iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, US, September 23, 2017. REUTERS/Steve Marcus/Files LOS ANGELES: Niall Horan scored his first chart-topping album as a solo artist on Monday, the third member of boy band One Direction to achieve the feat. Horan?s album Flicker sold 152,000 album units in its first week from music sales and streaming activity, according to figures from Nielsen SoundScan. It follows on the heels of Harry Styles?

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Spain's direct rule takes hold in Catalonia as secessionists accept elections

Spanish and Catalan separatist flags are waved in front of the Generalitat Palace, the Catalan regional government headquarters in Barcelona, Spain, October 30, 2017. ? Reuters  BARCELONA/MADRID: Spain?s direct rule over Catalonia took hold smoothly on Monday as employees ignored calls for civil disobedience to turn up for work, and secessionist parties agreed to stand in new elections, implying acceptance that the regional government was dissolved. Ousted Catalan President Carles Puigdemont

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Freed Indian fishermen handed over to BSF at Wagah: ISPR

KARACHI: Pakistani authorities on Monday handed over 68 Indian fishermen to the Indian Border Security Force (BSF) at Wagah border crossing, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Pakistan on Sunday released 68 Indian fishermen held for trespassing into its territorial waters as a goodwill gesture to India. Officials of the Ministry of Interior and Punjab Rangers handed over these fishermen to the BSF at Wagah border crossing, the ISPR said in a statement. The fishermen, on the occ

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Nisar?s statement is his personal opinion: PM Abbasi

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at Heathrow Airport.  LONDON: The statement made by former interior minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on the judiciary was his opinion on the matter, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Monday. While speaking to reporters at Heathrow Airport, Abbasi said there was nothing wrong if Nisar has an opinion. Over the former interior minister having conflicting opinions, the premier said it is the beauty of democracy. The prime minister was also asked about

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PPP will not accept technocrat govt, says Bilawal

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said on Monday his party will not accept a technocrat government in the country. In an interview, the PPP chairman stressed on the need for measures against corruption. "Those speaking out against corruption do not wish a resolution to this issue." He said the former prime minister has been involved in conspiracies against democracy, however, he added: "PPP will not accept a technocrat government." "PPP always paid attenti

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Israeli and Palestinian ministers meet in Trump peace push

Israel and Palestinian officials held a rare high-level meeting in Ramallah. Photo: AFP file.  JERUSALEM: Israel and Palestinian officials held a rare high-level meeting in Ramallah as the United States seeks to kickstart stalled peace efforts, officials said on Monday. President Donald Trump?s special envoy for international negotiations, Jason Greenblatt, wrote on Twitter that the meeting on Sunday night in the West Bank city of Ramallah was attended by Palestinian prime minister Rami Hamdall

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Concentration of CO2 hits record high: UN

The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal gas that drives global warming, in the atmosphere has hit a new high, the United Nations. Photo: AFP file The concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2), the principal gas that drives global warming, in the atmosphere has hit a new high, the United Nations said on Monday, warning that a drastic action is needed to achieve targets set by the Paris climate agreement. ?Concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere surged at a record-breaking

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Fresh Syria peace talks open in Kazakhstan's capital

ASTANA: A fresh round of peace talks seeking to end Syria's war began in the Kazakh capital Astana on Monday, as part of a Moscow-led push supported by Iran and opposition backer Turkey. The latest round of talks began days after Daesh was forced out of its de facto capital Raqqa in northern Syria, in a major victory for the US-backed Kurdish-Arab Syrian Democratic Forces. Russia's military intervention in 2015 turned the tables in Syrian president and Kremlin ally Bashar al-Assad's favour, bu

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US pledges $60 million to Sahel force but opposes UN role

UNITED NATIONS: The United States on Monday pledged $60 million to shore up a Sahel region counter-terrorism force but rejected appeals from African leaders and France to give the United Nations a supporting role. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson announced the bilateral funding as the Security Council met to discuss how to drum up international support to the force set up by Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger, known as the "G5". "This is a fight we must win, and these funds will

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France´s Macron signs controversial anti-terror law

French President Emmanuel Macron signed a controversial anti-terror law on Monday. Photo: AFP file PARIS: French President Emmanuel Macron signed a controversial anti-terror law Monday that gives authorities permanent powers to search homes, shut places of worship and restrict the movements of suspected extremists. The new law, which replaces the state of emergency imposed after the 2015 Paris attacks, sailed through France?s parliament this month despite criticism from campaigners that it jeop

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