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Iranian Math ´genius´ Maryam Mirzakhani dies, aged 40

Maryam Mirzakhani was the first woman to win the coveted Fields Medal Maryam Mirzakhani, an Iranian-born mathematician who was the first woman to win the coveted Fields Medal, has died in a US hospital after a battle with cancer. She was 40. Mirzakhani´ friend Firouz Naderi announced her death on Saturday on Instagram, and her relatives confirmed the death to the Mehr agency in Iran. "A light was turned off today. It breaks my heart ..... gone far too soon," wrote Naderi, a former director of
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Fourteen killed in Ecuador bus accident

Quito: Fourteen people were killed and 26 injured when a bus drove off the highway in central Ecuador, flipped and caught fire, local police said Saturday. The accident took place around 10 pm (0300 GMT) Friday on the highway between the capital Quito and Andean city of La Mana, police Colonel Cristian Barreiro said in a video released by the Ecu911 emergency service. The survivors were rushed to hospitals in Quito and the Santo Domingo province, while authorities said they were working to ide
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Karachi experiences rain as second monsoon system enters city

KARACHI: Light rain continued in the city for the second day as the second monsoon system entered the provincial capital yesterday. Various areas of the city experienced intermittent drizzling, including Malir, Model Colony, Johar and Shah Faisal. Those on the road faced issues as main intersections of the city, including various areas in Shahra-e-Faisal, were packed with traffic. According to the Pakistan Meteorological Department, a monsoon system has entered into the city. It had earlier
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JIT failed to accuse PM of corruption after trying its best, say PML-N leaders

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders said on Saturday that the Joint Investigation Team in its final report to the Supreme Court failed to accuse Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif of corruption or money laundering even after trying its best. The PML-N leaders were addressing a press conference, where they read out passages from the JIT final report to emphasise the parts supporting the stance of the Sharif family. PML-N leader Daniyal Aziz said the report based its findings on the phrase
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Muguruza stuns Venus to win first Wimbledon title

LONDON: Garbine Muguruza stormed to her first Wimbledon title and shattered Venus Williams´ history bid with a majestic 7-5, 6-0 victory in Saturday´s final. Muguruza overwhelmed Williams with a supreme display of power hitting in 77 minutes on Centre Court to become only the second Spanish woman to win Wimbledon. Watched from the Royal Box by King Juan Carlos of Spain, the 23-year-old finally got her hands on the Venus Rosewater Dish two years after losing to the American´s sister Serena in h
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Iran police fatally shoot knife attacker in Tehran metro: TV

DUBAI: Tehran police shot dead a man who attacked a clergyman and other people with a knife at a metro station on Saturday, Iranian state television reported. Hadi Tamhidi, deputy governor of the Shar-e Rey district in south Tehran, said the unidentified man attacked the clergyman with a knife after a dispute, and injured another man. Police shot and wounded the assailant, who later died of his injuries, Tamhidi said, adding that the assailant was mentally "unbalanced". A spokesman for the me
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John Terry named Aston Villa captain

LONDON:  Former long-serving Chelsea captain John Terry was named Aston Villa´s new skipper on Saturday after joining the second-tier side following his departure from Chelsea. Terry, 36, replaces Wales international and fellow central defender James Chester as Villa captain having signed a one-year deal with the club earlier this month. "Aston Villa are pleased to announce John Terry as captain. Terry will be skipper for the 2017/18 campaign," the club said in a statement on their website. T
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France aims to be 'facilitator' in Gulf crisis talks

DOHA:  French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said in Doha on Saturday that Paris wants to assist Kuwait-led mediation on the crisis between Qatar and four other Arab states. "France should be a facilitator in the mediation" led by Kuwait, Le Drian told reporters following talks with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani. Le Drian arrived in Qatar for a Gulf tour aimed at helping defuse the crisis pitting Qatar against Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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Prime minister must step down: Bilawal Bhutto

Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) co-chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Saturday reiterated his party?s stance that the PPP has always support democracy but demanded that the prime minister step down. "Accountability is part of democracy. We always supported democracy, not inds.believe in superiority of parliament & Rule of law. NS must go,? tweeted Bilawal today. Earlier today, senior PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira asked the Pa
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Formula One: Hamilton storms to British GP pole

geo_embedgallery SILVERSTONE, United Kingdom: Lewis Hamilton stormed to the 67th pole position of his career after a dazzling performance during qualifying on Saturday for the British Grand Prix. The Mercedes driver finished 0.547sec clear of Kimi Raikkonen with Ferrari team-mate and championship leader Sebastian Vettel set to start third in Sunday´s race at Silverstone. Hamilton closed to within one of Michael Schumac
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Op Radd-ul-Fasaad: FC Balochistan recovers cache of explosives

QUETTA: As part of ongoing Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad , Frontier Corps Balochistan recovered on Saturday a huge cache of explosives and accessories from Dera Bugti, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations press release. According to army?s media wing, the explosives were recovered from Dera Bugti?s Och area. The explosives were meant to be used in making of Improvised Explosives Devices, according to the ISPR. Recently, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa reiterated h
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Turkey marks one year since defeat of anti-Erdogan coup

This file photo taken on July 16, 2016 shows People reacting after taking over a military position on the Bosphorus bridge in Istanbul. Turkey marks the one year anniversary of the thwarted July 15 coup attempt - AFP  ISTANBUL: Turkey on Saturday marked one year since the defeat of the coup aimed at ousting President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, seeking to showcase national unity and his grip on power in an increasingly polarised society. The authorities have declared July 15 an annual national holida
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Facebook rejects Pakistan?s request for measures against blasphemous content

ISLAMABAD: Facebook has turned down Pakistan?s request to take specific measures for tackling of blasphemous content on the popular social media platform, citing safeguard of consumer rights as a primary reason, reported Voice of America (Urdu). Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had requested Facebook administration to link accounts with phone numbers for users in Pakistan, in order to facilitate a database for tracking objectionable content. Nisar had put forth the request during a m
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PPP does not see any conspiracy against prime minister, says Kaira

Kaira addressing a press conference in Islamabad Islamabad: Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira on Saturday said that the party does not see any conspiracy against added that the premier has always claimed of being victimised when the situation goes against him. Kaira, while addressing the press conference, asked the premier to disclose who the ?conspirators? are before the country. PML-N leaders have recently alluded to a conspiracy being hatched against the government and
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Archaeologists go high-tech in 2,500-year-old Greek cold case

ATHENS: More than 2,500 years ago, an Athenian nobleman named Cylon -- the first recorded Olympic champion -- tried to take over the city of Athens and install himself as its sole ruler. According to Thucydides and Herodotus, Athenian and Greek historians who wrote about the coup, Cylon enticed an army of followers to enter the city and lay siege to the Acropolis. They were defeated, but Cylon managed to escape. A photo taken on July 7, 2017 shows a human skeleton with the hands tied in the
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Indonesia restricts Telegram app over "terrorism" content

Partial ban came as the country suffered from a string of attacks. JAKARTA: Indonesia has blocked web-based access to popular messaging service Telegram and threatened a full ban on the app due to its "terrorism" content, the government said. The communications ministry said in a statement that "so many channels in the (Telegram) service contain radicalism and terrorism... encouragement and tips to assemble bombs or launch attacks" that it needed to block it. The partial ban came as the countr
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Federer on verge of Wimbledon immortality

LONDON: Five years after his last Wimbledon triumph, Roger Federer can capture a record eighth All England Club title Sunday and become the tournament´s oldest men´s champion of the modern era. With his 36th birthday fast approaching, the evergreen Swiss will comfortably succeed Arthur Ashe, who was almost 32 when he won in 1975, as Wimbledon´s most senior champion. Victory over Croatian giant Marin Cilic will also give him a 19th career Grand Slam title and second in three majors this year a
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Investors resume buying in oversold market to push stocks up 1.27pc

Photo: File  Stocks witnessed renewed buying interest on Friday as investors opted for cherry-picking in the oversold market amid rising global oil prices, dealers said. Analyst Ahsan Mehanti at Arif Habib Corp said the market turned bullish following the visit of Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan Zafar Hijazi, asking brokers to give positive advice to the investors, The News reported. ?Surging global crude prices, renewed foreign inflows and Prime Minister?s rejec
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Panamagate being used to destabilise Pakistan, claims Fazl

KARACHI: Jamiat Ulema Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rahman on Saturday claimed the Panama case saga is being used as a tool by the enemies to destabilise the country. ?The Panama Papers case is not about corruption, it?s being used to destabilise the country,? Fazl said while addressing media here earlier today. ?Some forces are actively working against democracy. Encouraging these anti-democratic forces is not right,? he alleged, adding that he is hopeful the Supreme Court will met
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Three Kashmiri youth martyred by Indian occupation forces

SRINAGAR: Indian troops martyred three Kashmiri youth in Tral town on Saturday the Kashmir Media Service (KMS) reported. The youth were killed in a violent siege and search operation in Wantiwen area of the town. The operation was underway at the time of publication, the KMS reported. Citizens took to the streets in Satoora area of Tral to protest against the Indian army?s operation. Indian police and troops used teargas to disperse the protesters clashing with the Indian army personnel.
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Pakistan meet Sri Lanka in final league match of Women?s World Cup

Sana Mir in a team huddle during ICC Women's World Cup 2017  Pakistan are confident to end the victory drought in the World Cup when they play Sri Lanka in their last league match on Saturday at Leicester, England. Winless Pakistan and Sri Lanka will be looking to end their campaign in the event on a high note by going all out for a win and in the given circumstances, the match has gained a ?special status? for both the sides to salvage their pride. Pakistan captain Sana Mir has urged her team
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Panama Papers a ?foreign sponsored conspiracy? targeting Pakistan: Saad Rafique

Saad Rafique addressing media in Islamabad ISLAMABAD: Senior PML-N leader and Minister for Railways Khawaja Saad Rafique on Saturday called Panama Papers a ?foreign sponsored conspiracy? targeting Pakistan. Speaking to media in the federal capital, Rafique vowed that the damning report by the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT) will be challenged and said he has advised the party leadership to avail constitutional protection. He, however, expressed ignorance on whether the Sharif famil
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Mini truck carrying oil overturns near Multan Road in Lahore

A mini truck carrying oil overturned on Multan road near Manga Mandi on Saturday.  LAHORE: A mini truck carrying oil overturned on Multan Road near Manga Mandi on Saturday. The truck ? that was reportedly speeding ? overturned after one of its wheels dismantled, following which its oil tank started leaking. Reckless driving: Oil tanker overturns near Rahim Yar Khan The tanker, transporting around 40,000 litres of fuel, skidded off the road after the driver dozed off Traffic
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Salman Khan, Katrina shine as IIFA extravaganza kicks off in New York

Katrina Kaif poses with an award on stage during IIFA Awards, July 14, 2017/AFP NEW YORK: The International Indian Film Academy (IIFA) fired the opening salvo in a weekend of glitz, glamour and music for its annual awards, sending fans wild with excitement by hosting Bollywood stars in Times Square. Hundreds of people -- overwhelmingly South Asians joined by bemused onlookers, confused tourists and a smattering of Western converts to Bollywood -- cheered a fashion show and shrieked in delight w
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ATC rejects MPA Achakzai's bail plea

Balochistan MPA Abdul Majid Achakzai pictured in police custody. Photo: File QUETTA: An Anti-Terrorism Court on Saturday disclosed that it had rejected the bail plea of Balochistan MPA Abdul Majid Achakzai's whose speeding car killed a traffic sergeant last month. The court had reserved its verdict on Achakzai?s bail plea earlier on Wednesday and extended the accused's judicial remand by three days. Achakzai is presently in jail on judicial remand.  Traffic policeman Haji Attaulla succumbed t
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