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Two civilians martyred in Indian firing across LoC

RAWALPINDI: Indian forces on Tuesday resorted to unprovoked firing across the Line of Control (LoC), the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, in martyrdom of two Pakistani civilians. The fresh violation of the ceasefire agreement by Indian forces was committed in Naukot and Qaisarkot areas of Lipa valley, the ISPR said in a statement. The cross-border firing resulted in martyrdom of two Pakistani civilians and caused injuries to six others, the statement read. Pakistan Army responded
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Kid Rock ends speculation of US senate bid

Kid Rock on Tuesday ended months of speculation that he would run for the US Senate, saying he fed the rumours as a publicity stunt. Photo: AFP file  CHICAGO: Kid Rock on Tuesday ended months of speculation that he would run for the US Senate, saying he fed the rumours as a publicity stunt. In an expletive-laden interview on shock radio jock Howard Stern´s program, the outspoken musician said he had created a fake campaign website and fueled rumours on social media in order to promote his new
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Malawi vigilante arrests rise to 200 in vampire scare

LILONGWE: Police in Malawi have arrested 200 suspected members of vigilante mobs that have been killing people they believe are vampires, a spokesman said on Tuesday. Nine people have been killed since mid-September in southern Malawi where there is a widespread belief in witchcraft. The violence has prompted the United Nations and the US embassy to declare some parts of the country no-go zones. The attacks spread last week to Blantyre, Malawi?s second largest city where a 22-year-old man was
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No terrorist safe havens present in country, Pakistan tells Tillerson

Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said that Pakistan, in the meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, made it clear that no terrorist safe havens exist on Pakistani soil. Photo: Geo News file  ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif on Wednesday said that Pakistan, in the meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, made it clear that no terrorist safe havens exist on Pakistani soil. Tillerson arrived on a one-day visit to Pakistan today (Tuesday), after he earlier met
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Sophisticated DNA labs unveiled to help trace the missing

THE HAGUE: State-of-the-art laboratories were unveiled Tuesday in the Netherlands to help millions of families track down loved ones missing in conflicts and disasters around the world through new, sophisticated DNA tests. It is the latest step for the non-governmental organisation the International Commission on Missing Persons (ICMP), born out of the conflicts in former Yugoslavia and set up in 1996 in Sarajevo by then US president Bill Clinton. Having moved to The Hague last year, the organ
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We all make mistakes, Ali Zafar on Mahira-Ranbir picture leak

Singer Ali Zafar spoke about his prompt reaction to Mahira Khan and Ranbir Kapoor picture controversy and said that everyone makes mistakes but people should make an effort to be more compassionate towards one another. ?Ultimately, it?s her [Mahira Khan?s] life. I do understand that when being in the limelight one needs to be more careful about various things. But at the end of the day we are all humans. We all make mistakes and we need to be more compassionate and forgiving towards one anothe
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Buffon to retire unless Juve win Champions League

MILAN: Italian international goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon said Tuesday he will retire at the end of the season, unless Juventus win the Champions League. The 39-year-old plans to bring the curtain down on his career after the 2018 World Cup, but if Juventus triumph in Europe he could continue on to try to add the Club World Cup to his collection. "There's no margin (to change mind) because I'm quite convinced of the choices I've made," Buffon, who was named as the goalkeeper of the year at FIFA
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Iran sentences 'Mossad agent' to death over scientist killings

A woman holds an anti-US President Barack Obama poster and portraits of killed Iranian nuclear scientists during the funeral for nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahmadi-Roshan, who was killed in a bomb blast in Tehran on January 11. ? REUTERS LONDON: Iran has sentenced to death a person found guilty of providing information to Israel to help it assassinate several senior nuclear scientists, Tehran?s prosecutor said on Tuesday. At least four scientists were killed between 2010 and 2012 in what Tehran
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South Africa murder rate rises to 52 a day

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa's murder rate rose by 1.8 percent in the last year, with over 19,000 people killed across the country -- 52 a day -- official statistics released Tuesday showed. The eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, which is hit by political violence, recorded the highest number of murders, followed by Gauteng, which includes Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria. "Over the past four financial years, murder has reflected an upward trend. We need a combative and decisive policing w
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Spain pressures Catalan rebels amid civil resistance threats

BARCELONA: Spain ramped up pressure on Catalonia's secessionist leaders Tuesday as rumblings grew louder of civil resistance to a threatened regional power grab by Madrid. As the central government moved to depose Catalonia´s leadership unless it abandons all secession threats, new ultimatums were given. Only three days remain to find a solution before Madrid invokes an article of the constitution designed to rein in rebel regions. Spain's justice minister insisted that simply calling electio
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Small cyber attack hits Russia and Ukraine

A cyber attack Monday hit a Ukrainian international airport and three Russian media outlets just four months after the "NotPetya" malware spread from two countries across the world. Photo: AFP  KIEV : A cyber attack Monday hit a Ukrainian international airport and three Russian media outlets just four months after the "NotPetya" malware spread from two countries across the world. Ukraine?s Odessa International Airport said on Facebook that its "information system" stopped functioning in the af
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Indian man sets family ablaze over crippling debt

Indian police arrested a loan shark Tuesday after an impoverished labourer burdened with debt doused himself and his family in kerosene and set them alight, killing his wife and two daughters. Photo: AFP  NEW DELHI: Indian police arrested a loan shark Tuesday after an impoverished labourer burdened with debt doused himself and his family in kerosene and set them alight, killing his wife and two daughters. The man remains in a critical condition with serious burns after self-immolating Monday a
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Einstein note on happy living sells for $1.56 mln: auction house

Albert Einstein, during a lecture in Vienna in 1921. Photo:Internet 1 JERUSALEM : A note that Albert Einstein gave to a courier in Tokyo briefly describing his theory on happy living sold at auction in Jerusalem on Tuesday for $1.56 million, the auction house said. One of two notes written by Albert Einstein, in 1922, on hotel stationary from the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo Japan, photographed on October 19, 2017. Photo : AFP2 The winning bid for the note far exceeded the pre-auction estimated p
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At least 10 killed in Dalbandin road crash

Photo: FILE QUETTA: At least 10 were killed and 25 others wounded in a road crash near Dalbandin Tuesday evening, officials and hospital sources told Geo News. The incident took place near Dalbandin when a trailer collided with a passenger bus, which initially left six people dead, according to Levies. Rescue teams immediately rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to a hospital. Later, four of the wounded persons succumbed to their injuries at the hospital, according to hospi
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Dutch violin maestro Rieu fights child labour fine

King of Waltz and celebrated violinist Andre Rieu appealed in court against an "absurdly high" 116,000-euro fine. Photo: AFP file  THE HAGUE: The celebrated violinist Andre Rieu has appealed in court against an "absurdly high" 116,000-euro fine ? issued for allowing children to perform in his show past the legal time limit set by Dutch law, his lawyer said Tuesday. Rieu, also known as the modern "King of Waltz," was originally slapped with a 236,000 euro fine, later reduced, after a group of y
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Told Tillerson India a threat to Pakistan: Defence minister

ISLAMABAD: Defence Minister Khurram Dastgir remarked that country?s top leadership conveyed to US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that India is indeed a threat to Pakistan. Tillerson, who held a meeting with top leadership earlier in the day, was of the view that India is not a threat to Pakistan, said Dastgir while speaking on Geo News programme, Capital Talk. However, we told him that the threat of India is very real, he explained. Dastgir was sharing the discussions pertaining to India
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Russia moves to regulate cryptocurrencies

Russia is taking steps to regulate cryptocurrencies, as the value of virtual currencies such as bitcoin soars and their use in the real world increases. Photo: AFP file  MOSCOW: Russia is taking steps to regulate cryptocurrencies, as the value of virtual currencies such as bitcoin soars and their use in the real world increases, forcing authorities to rethink their attitudes towards the technology. According to the Kremlin website, Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his government an
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Kuwait emir warns against Gulf crisis escalating

Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, in an address to parliament, also said that Kuwait´s goal was to save the Gulf Cooperation Council union from "cracking and collapsing". Photo: AFP file  KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait, the main mediator in a near-five month political crisis between Qatar and its Gulf rivals led by Saudi Arabia, warned on Tuesday that the dispute could escalate. Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, in an address to parliament, also said that Kuwait´s goal was to save the Gulf Cooperat
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US celebrity chef resigns over sexual harassment allegations

Celebrity chef John Besh, who as the face of New Orleans cuisine fed world leaders and appeared on American TV programs, has stepped down from his company after women complained that sexual harassment was rife at his restaurants. Photo: AFP  CHICAGO: Celebrity chef John Besh, who as the face of New Orleans cuisine fed world leaders and appeared on American TV programs, has stepped down from his company after women complained that sexual harassment was rife at his restaurants. Besh acknowledged
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Zardari promises tough fight during elections in Punjab

LAHORE: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari Tuesday directed party workers to prepare for elections saying they will fully compete in Punjab this time around. The statement was made during the PPP co-chairman's meeting with party ticket-holders from Sargodha at Bilawal House Lahore. "The PPP will form the government not just in centre, but in Punjab too, after the next general election," he said. Maintaining the past general election as "RO's elections", the former pre
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Discovery of world's oldest astrolabe confirmed: shipwreck hunter

Picture released on October 24, 2017 by Blue Water Recoveries shows the world's oldest maritime astrolabe, which guided Portuguese explorers on a perilous voyage to India at the beginning of the 16th century. Photo: AFP2 LONDON: A British-based shipwreck hunter said Tuesday a navigation tool he found that guided Portuguese explorers on a perilous voyage to India in the 16th century has been confirmed as the world's oldest astrolabe. David Mearns found the bronze disc during a dive on a shipwre
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Russia vetoes UN resolution on extending Syria gas attacks probe

Russia on Tuesday vetoed a US-drafted resolution that would have extended for a year the mandate of a panel investigating who is behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria. Photo: AFP file  Russia on Tuesday vetoed a US-drafted resolution that would have extended for a year the mandate of a panel investigating who is behind chemical weapons attacks in Syria. It was the ninth time that Russia has used its veto power at the Security Council to block action targeting its Syrian ally.
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Reham recalls 'unkept promise' on Deosai visit

[embed_video1 url=[20:13, 10/24/2017] Waqar WEB: http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/0da209e1ed6ec1f6c6f67ed4bb82e03b.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMjQvMjAxNyAzOjEyOjU2IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9bW11U1hEQzVnVmdiUGR4TUovV1dCQT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] Reham Khan's recent visit to the Deosai National Park reminded her of an 'unkept promise.' The renow
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Photos raise questions over Tillerson's visit to Kabul

A curious case of two largely similar but slightly altered photos has led America's own newspaper of record into questioning US Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson's secret visit to Kabul. Hours before arriving in Islamabad, Trump's top foreign policy aide stopped for a brief two-hour visit in Afghanistan, with both the US Embassy and President Ashraf Ghani's office making statements about a productive meeting in Kabul. The visit didn't exactly take place in Kabul though, but at a US military
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Train fares to go down by 50% from Nov 1: Saad Rafique

LAHORE: Pakistan Railways has announced to cut down fares of five passenger trains by 50%. The new rates will be applicable from November 1, according to Minister for Railway Khawaja Saad Rafique. The fare from Peshawar to Lahore in air-conditioned business class train of Jaffar Express and Khyber Mail will be reduced to Rs900 from Rs1,740. On the other hand, fare from Peshawar to Lahore in air-conditioned sleeper carriage of Jaffar Express will be Rs1,410 instead of Rs2,280. The economy class
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