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US envoy to Turkey says duration of visa services suspension depends on talks

US, Turkey suspend visa services in fallout. Image: Reuters Video screengrab ISTANBUL: The US ambassador to Turkey said on Monday the duration of a suspension in visa services in Turkey would depend on talks between the two governments regarding the detention of Turkish staff at the US embassy. In a written statement, Ambassador John Bass said the length of the suspension would also depend on ?the Turkish government?s commitment to protecting our facilities and personnel here in Turkey?, notin
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Kante ruled out of France's final World Cup qualifier

Chelsea midfielder N?Golo Kante has been ruled out of France?s final World Cup qualifier at home to Belarus on Tuesday due to a muscle injury, national team coach Didier Deschamps has said. France beat Bulgaria 1-0 away on Saturday to move within touching distance of qualifying for next year?s World Cup in Russia, but Kante limped off shortly after half an hour and was replaced by Adrien Rabiot. ?I can?t count on him for the next game. It?s a muscular problem behind the thigh,? Deschamps said.
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COAS visits family of JCO martyred in Indian firing across LoC

Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa lays a wreath on the grave of Naib Subedar Muhammad Nadeem Shaheed. ? ISPR  RAWALPINDI/JHELUM: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa Monday visited family of a junior commissioned officer (JCO), who had come under Indian shelling and embraced martyrdom in Rakh Chikri sector along the Line of Control (LoC) on Sept. 29, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. General Bajwa visited the family of Naib Subedar Muhammad Nadeem Shaheed at t
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Pakistan fightback sets up intriguing finish

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/443263672872ad5327c97b5cc6177678.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvOS8yMDE3IDY6Mzg6MjUgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1WNlY4ZGFYR25LZ2dwVDFieUZkNG1RPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] DUBAI: Asad Shafiq and Sarfraz Ahmed hit fighting half-centuries on Monday to thwart Sri Lanka and set up an enthralling finish to th
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US to end Obama climate plan: Trump environment chief

In this June 2, 2017 file photo, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt speaks in the Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House in Washington. Speaking in Kentucky on Monday, Pruitt said he will sign a proposed rule on Tuesday "to withdraw the so-called clean power plan of the past administration." Photo: AP  WASHINGTON: The head of the US Environmental Protection Agency said Monday that President Donald Trump's administration will move to repeal his predecessor Barack Obama's plan to restrict greenh
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Alphabet launches US ad campaign to promote driverless car safety

The Waymo logo is displayed during the company's unveil of a self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan during the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, US, January 8, 2017. Photo: Reuters  WASHINGTON: Alphabet Inc?s self-driving car unit Waymo and several groups are launching a campaign aimed at convincing skeptical Americans of what they say is the value and safety of driverless cars, as Congress considers how it will regulate the technology. The company said on Monday that
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UK's Prince Harry says troops need mental as well as physical fitness combat training

Britain's Prince Harry speaks at an event on mental health, at the Ministry of Defence (MoD), in central London, Britain October 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters LONDON: Britain?s Prince Harry said on Monday the mental health of serving soldiers was as important as ensuring they were ready to take part in conflicts. He was speaking as he launched a new partnership between Britain?s Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the younger royals? charity. Harry, who spent 10 years in the military, including two tours
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Zardari accuses Nawaz of trying to 'stir fight between Islamabad, Rawalpindi'

KARACHI: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, in an apparent reference to recent statements by the Sharif family, Monday said former prime minister Nawaz Sharif is trying to "stir a fight between Islamabad and Rawalpindi." In an interview, the former president said a disqualified individual cannot become a party's president in a democratic system. He said that following his statement, Sharif, who was then the sitting prime minister, did not hold a meeting with him out of
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Hollywood mogul Weinstein fired after sex harassment claims

Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was fired from his film studio the Weinstein Company on Sunday following reports that he sexually harassed women over several decades, according to US media. "In light of new information about misconduct by Harvey Weinstein that has emerged in the past few days, the directors of The Weinstein Company -- Robert Weinstein, Lance Maerov, Richard Koenigsberg and Tarak Ben Ammar -- have determined, and have informed Harvey Weinstein, that his employment with The W
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Rising world hunger requires rural rethink: UN

Small-scale farmers produce 80 percent of the food supply in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Photo: AFP ROME: A sudden rise in hunger across the globe will require a new emphasis on developing rural economies, the United Nations said on Monday. After steadily declining for a decade, 2016 saw an increase in hunger, with 815 million people, or 11 percent of the world's population, chronically undernourished. That represents an increase of 38 million on the previous year, the UN said, due in part to
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New wave of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

COX'S BAZAAR: Several thousand Rohingya fleeing violence in Myanmar surged into Bangladesh Monday, officials said, with reports of children dying from hunger, exhaustion and fever among the latest wave of refugees. The influx crossing from Rakhine state - estimated by the UN to have reached 519,000 in total over the past six weeks - had slowed in recent days to around 2,000 a day, according to the International Organization for Migration. But on Monday witnesses said a fresh wave arrived by bo
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Las Vegas killer was high roller, Valium user: CNN

WASHINGTON: Las Vegas mass killer Stephen Paddock was a compulsive player of video poker who took the anxiety drug Valium, CNN reported on Monday. The report gave new details about the background of the 64-year-old who, on October 1, gunned down 58 people and wounded almost 500 for reasons which investigators still have not been able to fathom. Paddock said in a 2013 court deposition that he was "the biggest video poker player in the world," according to CNN, which obtained a copy of the 97-pa
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Erdogan says US decision to halt Turkey visas ´very saddening´

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said he was sad about a decision by the US embassy to stop all regular visa services in Turkey amid a diplomatic row. Photo: AFP file KIEV: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday said he was sad about a decision by the US embassy to stop all regular visa services in Turkey amid a diplomatic row. "Above all, this decision is very, very saddening," Erdogan said in his first reaction to the decision, at a news conference with Ukrainian co
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Malala attends first lecture as student at Oxford

Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai attended her first lecture as a student at the Oxford University on Monday. While expressing herself on Twitter, Malala writes she was shot injured five years ago to be stopped from speaking out for girls education, but is now at Oxford for an education. Malala got accepted at Oxford in August to study philosophy, politics and economics. ?Congratulations! Your place
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Former IoK CM burns Adnan Sami in twitter battle

Former Chief Minister of Indian occupied Kashmir Omar Abdullah (left) and singer Adnan Sami (right). Modern-day battleground, Twitter, has hosted yet another war between, this time between singer Adnan Sami and former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah. Retweeting a tweet of Adnan?s concert lacking attendance, Omar posted pictures of empty chairs at the venue. ?That's a real pity. I hope people have filled those seats now. For an evening they can let the music transpor
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IAEA chief confirms Iran complying with nuclear deal

ROME: The UN atomic agency chief on Monday affirmed Iran's commitment to a 2015 nuclear deal, in a statement that came as US President Donald Trump said Tehran was not living up to the "spirit" of the agreement. "I can state that the nuclear-related commitments undertaken by Iran under the (nuclear agreement) are being implemented," International Atomic Energy Agency chief Yukiya Amano said in prepared remarks during a conference in Rome. An IAEA report released last month had also affirmed Ir
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Abbasi says IB memo fake, investigation ongoing

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, addressing the parliament on Monday, clarified that the Intelligence Bureau (IB) memo circulated earlier which claimed of links between parliamentarians and proscribed organisations was fake and an investigating has been initiated in the matter.  In the memo, shown on a private TV channel, it was stated that former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had directed the authority to monitor the activities of 37 legislators due to their alleged links with ban
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Residents in northern California evacuated amid fast-spreading fires

Flames overtake homes and vehicles as multiple wind-driven fires whip through the Napa wine region in California. Photo: AFP  Buildings in California?s Napa and Sonoma counties were being evacuated early on Monday morning after multiple, fast-spreading wildfires engulfed the area with thick smoke and large flames, according to fire officials and local media. Firefighters were battling a 200-acre (80.9-hectare) wildfire in Napa County, an area nearly 70 miles north of San Francisco that is known
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Karachi knife attacks suspect inflicted self-injury after leaves request rejected: police

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/5f4ce563e78311acd50becbd819dc1c5.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvOS8yMDE3IDI6NDM6MzUgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1INTU4a3RYODh6Rk0xaEp4L2tHMk5RPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: A man who claimed to have been injured in an 'attack' by a knife-wielding suspect inflicted self-injury, said police on Mond
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Nepal's newly-retired 'living goddess' starts school

Nepal's former living goddess, or Kumari, Matina Shakya (C) walks to school with her father Pratap Man Shakya (R) and sister Mijala Shakya for the first time in nearly a decade in Kathmandu on Oct 9, 2017. Photo: Reuters  KATHMANDU: Matina Shakya was only three when she was taken away from her parents to be worshipped as a "living goddess" in Nepal's historic capital. On Monday she finally started school after puberty ended her nine-year reign. Dressed in a green uniform and stripped of the hea
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Google uncovered Russia-backed ads on YouTube, Gmail

The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, US August 7, 2017. Photo: Reuters  WASHINGTON: Google has discovered that Russian operatives spent tens of thousands of dollars on ads on YouTube, Gmail, Google search and other products, The Washington Post reported on Monday. The ads do not appear to be from the same Kremlin-affiliated entity that bought ads on Facebook Inc, which may indicate a broader Russian online disinformation effort, the paper reported. Google r
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Turkey urges US to review visa suspension as lira, stocks tumble

Relations between Ankara and Washington have long been plagued by disputes over US support for Kurdish fighters in Syria. Photo: Reuters  ANKARA: Turkey urged the United States on Monday to review its suspension of visa services after the arrest of a US consulate employee sharply escalated tensions between the two NATO allies and drove Turkey?s currency and stocks lower. Relations between Ankara and Washington have long been plagued by disputes over US support for Kurdish fighters in Syria, Tur
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Pesticide poisoning kills 20 farmers in Indian state

MUMBAI: Twenty Indian farmers have died and hundreds of others are in hospital after inhaling poisonous pesticides while spraying crops, officials said Monday, highlighting lax safety standards in the country. The farmers in the western state of Maharashtra, one of India's most important agricultural regions, died after using the dangerous pesticides without wearing protective gear. "Twenty farmers are dead and hundreds are undergoing medical treatment. Fifty are critical with damage to their
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No compromise reached on appointment of NAB chairman: Khursheed Shah

ISLAMABAD: The Leader of the Opposition Syed Khursheed Shah said on Monday that no compromise was reached to select the new chairman of the National Accountability Bureau.  Shah said the opposition has not complained regarding the new appointment neither has anyone else criticised it.  The opposition leader and senior PPP leader added that Javed Iqbal, the new NAB chairman, will not be dictated by anyone and has a clean past.  Shah said that four meetings were held recently to decide on the n
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'Nudge' theorist Richard Thaler wins Nobel economics prize

Thaler brought to prominence the idea of ?nudge? economics, where humans are subtly guided toward beneficial behaviors without heavy-handed compulsion-Reuters STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - US economist Richard Thaler won the 2017 Nobel Economics Prize for his contributions in the field of behavioral economics, showing how human traits affect supposedly rational markets, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said on Monday. Thaler brought to prominence the idea of ?nudge? economics, where humans are sub
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