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Cook and Anderson pile on agony for West Indies

Alastair Cook walks off to an ovation after making 243/Getty Images BIRMINGHAM: Alastair Cook´s double century put England in a commanding position against the West Indies before James Anderson struck in the inaugural day/night Test in Britain at Edgbaston on Friday. West Indies were 44 for one in reply to England´s imposing 514 for eight declared, a deficit of 470 runs, when rain ended the second day´s play early in the third session. Cook´s 243, his fourth Test double century, was the corner
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In Pictures: Last rites of Dr Ruth Pfau

KARACHI: Pakistan?s ?Mother Teresa? Dr Ruth Pfau, who dedicated a lifetime to fighting leprosy in the country, was laid to rest at Karachi's Gora Qabristan with full state honours on Saturday. Her state funeral and burial rites, as captured on camera:  geo_embedgallery
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Top White House officials who parted ways with the Trump government

Five people in the swearing-in photo no longer work in the White House. Photo: NYT Below are the top White House officials who resigned, or were fired, dismissed or reassigned. FBI Director James B. Comey and Obama administration holdover Sally Q. Yates who was serving as his acting attorney general were fired by the . Chief strategist: Stephen K. Bannon Stephen K. Bannon. Trump decided to remove Bannon only seven months after he got on board. The former chief strategist is a right-wing nati
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NRO not happening at any cost: Sheikh Rasheed

ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League chief Sheikh Rasheed on Saturday said the NRO will not happen at any cost in the country. Addressing a press conference, Rasheed lashed out at Speaker National Assembly Ayaz Sadiq after the latter was reported to be preparing a reference against SC judge Justice Asif Saeed Khosa.
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PM meets US Central Command Commander Gen Joseph Votel

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi met United States Central Command Commander General Joseph L Votel on Saturday. During the meeting, the prime minister and US commander spoke about relations between both the countries and discussed the security situation of Pakistan. According to sources, the US commander was apprised on the operations under way against terrorist groups across the country, especially the tribal areas. Others in attendance at the meeting included Foreign Minister Khawaj
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COAS attends Dr Ruth Pfau?s burial ceremony in Karachi

COAS General Qamar Javed Bajwa at Dr Ruth Pfau's burial  Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa reached Karachi on Saturday to attend the burial of Dr Ruth Pfau, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement. COAS General Qamar Bajwa attended the burial ceremony of Pakistan?s ?Mother Teresa? Dr Ruth at the city's Gora Qabristan, where she was laid to rest with full national honours.  Among the dignitaries present at Gora Qabristan to attend Dr Ruth?s burial were
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Ukraine central bank warns of new cyber-attack risk

A message demanding money is seen on a monitor of a payment terminal at a branch of Ukraine's state-owned bank Oschadbank after Ukrainian institutions were hit by a wave of cyber attacks earlier in the day, in Kiev, Ukraine, June 27, 2017. Photo: Reuters file   KIEV: The Ukrainian central bank said on Friday it had warned state-owned and private lenders of the appearance of new malware as security services said Ukraine faced cyber attacks like those that knocked out global systems in June. The
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NA speaker files reference against SC's Justice Asif Saeed Khosa

ISLAMABAD: National Assembly Speaker Ayaz Sadiq has filed a reference against Justice Asif Saeed Khosa in Supreme Judicial Council for calling him Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif's loyalist. As per the reference, the speaker has objected over Justice Khosa's remarks made in the April 20 judgment over the Panama case. Sadiq has stated the remarks reflected the judge's bias as none from the bench passed any such statements. The reference, documents of which are available with Geo News, quote
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High security as Afghanistan marks independence day

While Afghanistan's red, black and green tricolour flag adorned many Kabul streets, the day will largely go unobserved by ordinary Afghans, who are frustrated by the deteriorating security situation. Photo: AFP  KABUL: Afghan security forces were on high alert Saturday as the war-weary country, reeling from a number of high-profile deadly attacks, marked its independence day with muted celebrations. There was an increased police presence in the capital Kabul where President Ashraf Ghani hosted
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Lahore resident allegedly injured by police passes away

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/563d09b6ca289edbe13b3c8155fb6c7d.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OC8xOS8yMDE3IDg6MDY6MjggQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1NWnJaQmZWU3JLRlhleVM2UEo2NkdRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: A man who was seriously injured after a policeman allegedly pushed him off of a road adjacent to an underpass succumbed to his wounds on Saturday, Geo News reported. Accordi
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Trump puts off decision on Afghanistan strategy

Trump made no decision on whether he would commit more troops to America's longest war US President Donald Trump reviewed an array of options for a strategy on Afghanistan with his top national security aides, but made no decision on whether he would commit more troops to America's longest war. Friday's meeting was the latest in a series of high-level discussions on Afghanistan and a broader security strategy for the South Asia region that has been bogged down by internal differences. Trump wa
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Saturday weather outlook: Hot, humid weather to prevail: MET

Photo: File The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Saturday said hot and humid weather is expected in most parts of the country in the next 24 hours. Monsoon currents from the Bay of Bengal are likely to penetrate upper and eastern parts of the country from today evening. A fresh westerly wave is likely to approach upper parts of the country in next 24 hours. Rain and thunderstorm are expected at a few places in Malakand, Hazara, Peshawar, Kohat, Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Sargodha, Gilg
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Trump mulls new US strategy in Afghanistan

Trump´s generals have called the Afghan conflict a stalemate HAGERSTOWN, UNITED STATES: US President Donald Trump assembled his national security team at the Camp David presidential retreat Friday to forge a way ahead in Afghanistan, almost 16 years after the war began. Trump must decide if he wants to continue on the current course, which relies on a relatively small US-led NATO force to help Afghan partners push back the Taliban, or try a new tack such as adding more forces -- or even withdra
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Erdogan wades into German election, Berlin hits back

Recep Tayyip Erdogan, President of Turkey and Chairman of the Turkey's ruling Justice and Development Party (AK Party), greets an audience in the Sincan district of Ankara, August 14, 2017. AFP/Adem Altan  ISTANBUL: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Friday urged ethnic Turks in Germany to reject its main parties in upcoming elections, prompting a sharp warning from Berlin to stop the "unprecedented" meddling. Erdogan called on ethnic Turks to ignore Chancellor Angela Merkel's Christian D
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Taylor Swift goes blank on social media, sending fans into frenzy

Singer-Songwriter Taylor Swift arrives at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Gala (Met Gala) to celebrate the opening of 'Manus x Machina: Fashion in an Age of Technology' in the Manhattan borough of New York, May 2, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files LOS ANGELES: Taylor Swift, one of the most popular celebrities on social media, wiped all her accounts on Friday, sending fans into a frenzy over whether the pop singer had been hacked, was preparing to launch a new album, or was about
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Roadblocks, weapons bans as Boston braces for 'Free Speech' rally

BOSTON: Boston officials are planning road blockades and even banning food vendors from the historic Boston Common as they step up security around a "Free Speech" rally on Saturday featuring right-wing speakers, aiming to avoid a repeat of last weekend's violence at a white supremacist rally in Virginia. Some 500 police officers will be on the streets around the popular tourist destination. They are planning to close some roadways to vehicles, mindful of the car attacks that killed a woman in C
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Solar eclipse to be streamed live for first time, from balloons

A balloon carries cameras and other equipment that will be used to monitor the coming solar eclipse during a test launch with students and faculty with the College of Charleston for the Space Grant Ballooning Project on board a US Coast Guard response boat at sea near Charleston, South Carolina, US, August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Randall Hill  CHARLESTON: Next week's solar eclipse will be streamed live online for the first time, from the vantage point of helium-filled balloons across the United State
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Judge rejects bid by Polanski's 1977 rape victim to end case

Samantha Geimer speaks to the media after attending a hearing regarding the 40-year-old case against filmmaker Roman Polanski in Los Angeles, California, US, June 9, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/Files LOS ANGELES: A Los Angeles judge on Friday rejected a request by the woman who was raped by director Roman Polanski 40 years ago to have the criminal case against him dismissed. Superior Court Judge Scott Gordon ruled that Polanski remained a fugitive from justice and that the court could not dismiss
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House destroyed in gas blast holds clues to Barcelona attack

A car belonging to the Catalan Mossos d'Esquadra is parked next to a house, which was razed by an explosion when suspected radicals used gas canisters shortly before midnight on Wednesday in Alcanar, Barcelona, Spain, August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Andres Gonzalez  ALCANAR: It looks like the site of an earthquake - a heap of rubble and tangled wreckage that marks the spot where a two-storey home was destroyed by a massive gas explosion just before midnight on Wednesday. Spanish police said they ini
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Mayor says Lee statue must go as debate over U.S. slave past rages

RICHMOND: The mayor of Charlottesville called on Friday for a special session of Virginia's legislature to let localities decide the fate of Confederate monuments like the statue at the centre of a far-right rally last week that turned deadly. Mayor Mike Signer issued his appeal amid an increasingly contentious debate over what to do with memorials to Confederate figures, who fought for the preservation of slavery during the US Civil War, that are seen by opponents as offensive. In what has b
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Congo landslide death toll likely to rise over 200: Ituri vice governor

Image Courtesy: African Quarters DAKAR: A landslide in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo likely killed more than 200 people, based on estimates from the number of households submerged, the vice governor of affected Ituri province said on Friday. The landslide struck the village of Tora, on the shores of Lake Albert, a seismically active zone in the western Rift Valley, on Thursday. "There are many people submerged whom we were unable to save," Pacifique Keta, the vice governor of Itur
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Wall Street ends down after more White House turmoil

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, August 17, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid  NEW YORK: US stocks lost ground late to end lower on Friday following a White House-focused week that raised more questions about the Trump administration's ability to implement its pro-growth agenda. While the day's losses were small, Friday marked the first time stocks haven't risen the day after a more than 1 percent drop since Donald Trump was elected president on No
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Tillerson says one American dead in Spain attack

An impromptu memorial is seen a day after a van crashed into pedestrians at Las Ramblas in Barcelona, Spain, August 18, 2017. REUTERS/Susana Vera WASHINGTON: A San Francisco area man on a delayed honeymoon was among the 13 people killed in Thursday's attack in Spain, his family told a local television station on Friday, hours after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed that an American citizen was dead. Jared Tucker, 43, had gone to Barcelona to celebrate his first anniversary in the f
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White House lawyer Cobb predicts quick end to Mueller probe

The White House lawyer brought in to deal with special counsel Robert Mueller?s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election said he believed the focus of the probe was "narrow" and the aspects related to President Donald Trump should be completed before the end of the year. The lawyer, Ty Cobb, who joined the White House staff on July 31, made the comments in interviews with Reuters on Tuesday and Wednesday. He declined to provide specifics backing his outlook, which contradicts me
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Venezuela's constituent assembly assumes power to legislate

Delcy Rodriguez, president of the National Constituent Assembly, speaks during a meeting of the Truth Commission in Caracas, Venezuela, August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino CARACAS: Venezuela's new legislative super body on Friday gave itself the power to pass laws, superseding the opposition-led congress and fueling criticism by government adversaries that socialist President Nicolas Maduro is consolidating a dictatorship. In practice, the move does little to change the existing situatio
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