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Manchester attack probe: 16 people in detention

LONDON: A total of 16 people are in detention in Britain and Libya over the May 22 suicide bombing at a pop concert in the English city of Manchester by a British-born man of Libyan origin. A teenage boy and a woman arrested by British police this week have since been released without charge, leaving 14 in British custody. In Libya, the father and brother of the bomber, Salman Abedi, are also in detention. Abedi reportedly returned from Libya only a few days before the attack which killed 22
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Facebook ´ban´ of anti-Muslim slur sparks Myanmar outcry

YANGON: Myanmar netizens were in uproar on Monday after Facebook seemingly banned people from posting the word "kalar," often used as a slur against Muslims, at a time of rising Islamophobia in the country. Facebook is under global pressure to clamp down on hate speech, violent threats or deliberately misleading information on their platform -- with efforts showing varying degrees of success. Dozens of users in Myanmar reported being temporarily barred from the site recently after posting the
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China to implement cyber security law from Thursday

China, battling increased threats from cyber-terrorism and hacking, will adopt from Thursday a controversial law that mandates strict data surveillance and storage for firms working in the country, the official Xinhua news agency said. The law, passed in November by the country's largely rubber-stamp parliament, bans online service providers from collecting and selling users' personal information and gives users the right to have their information deleted, in cases of abuse. "Those who violate
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Never done anything illegal, claims Imran Khan

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan has said he has never done anything illegal nor has he ever been served a tax notice. SC asks 14 questions from Imran on Bani Gala land purchase, offshore firm How was land in Bani Gala purchased before Jemima transferred amount for it from London, the SC inquires In a series of messages on Twitter, the PTI chief said ?whether the Supreme Court investigates or forms a Joint Investigation Team in my case [of his Bani Gala home
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Hussain Nawaz?s objections over JIT members to be heard in Supreme Court today

ISLAMABAD: A special Supreme Court bench formed to oversee the investigation into the prime minister?s family?s financial dealings abroad will hear the premier?s son?s petition questioning the credibility of two investigators. Hussain Nawaz has petitioned the apex court against the alleged bias of two members of the Joint Investigation Team in the Panama case. The three-judge special bench will take up his plea, objecting to Amer Aziz and Bilal Rasool, who respectively represent the State Ban
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Seven men arrested in Hafizabad for harassing SC justice, family

ISLAMABAD: Seven men were arrested on Monday for harassing a Supreme Court judge and his family while he was travelling from Lahore to Islamabad. Justice Sardar Tariq Masood's car was stopped and attacked by local spiritual leader Haseebur Rehman and his six accomplices, police said. The men were arrested after the judge called at the motorway police's helpline to lodge a complaint, investigation officer Muhammad Aslam told Geo News. A case against the accused was lodged in Mandi Kaleki polic
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PCB delegation to meet Indian counterpart in Dubai

LAHORE: A three-member delegation of Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), including Chairman Shahryar Khan, Chief Operating Officer Subhan Ahmad, and Pakistan Super League Chairman Najam Sethi, left for Dubai Monday morning to know the reasons why Indian cricket board refused to play bilateral series with Pakistan. The PCB delegation will hold a meeting with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) delegation over the matter. Speaking to the media at Lahore airport, Shahryar Khan said that
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Trump attacks 'fake news' following Kushner reports

US President Donald Trump attacked the news media and dismissed leaks from the White House as "fake news" on Sunday, following reports his son-in-law tried to set up a secret channel of communications with Moscow before Trump took office. Shortly after Trump's remarks on Twitter, Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly made the rounds of Sunday television news shows to praise any so-called back channel communications, especially with Russia, as "a good thing." The Republican president returned
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Staff strike leaves 30 patients dead in Larkana hospital

LARKANA: A strike by the paramedical staff of Chandka Medical College, Larkana, has resulted in the deaths of around 30 patients at the hospital. The hospital?s medical superintendent has submitted a report in this regard with the District and Sessions Court in Larkana. The court will begin hearing the suo motu case over the incident on Monday (today). 
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Tears flow as Totti bids farewell to Roma after 25 years

Even Daniele De Rossi, one of the hardest men in football, was reduced to tears as AS Roma talisman Francesco Totti brought down the curtain on a remarkable 25 years at his only professional club on Sunday. Francesco Totti is thrown in the air by Roma team-mates after his last game. Photo: AP A capacity crowd stayed behind for more than an hour after the end of the win over Genoa to bid farewell to a hugely gifted player who, many believed, could have won much more had he moved elsewhere but r
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Aussies ready to let loose ´big four´ pacemen at Champions Trophy

SYDNEY: Australia are relishing the prospect of uniting their "big four" pace attack for the first time at the Champions Trophy -- and sending a message to England ahead of the Ashes. Pat Cummins, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Starc and James Pattinson are all fit and poised to bowl together given conducive conditions at the tournament in England and Wales. In Australia they are seen as potentially the most potent pace quartet since the mighty West Indies teams of the 1970s, ´80s and ´90s. Injurie
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Box Office: 'Pirates of the Caribbean' Hooks No. 1, 'Baywatch' Belly Flops

A 'ghost ship' of light projected onto a spray of water provided by a fire tender floats past the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, May 21, 2017, before the May 26 release of 'Dead Men Tell No Tales', the fifth instalment of the Pirates of the Caribbean fantasy films. REUTERS/Jason Reed  LOS ANGELES (Variety.com): Disney's Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales is sailing into first place at the domestic box office this weekend, but the story the numbers dictate is not one of t
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Alleged rapist killed in police operation, body of tortured woman found in Karachi

A gun recovered from an unidentified suspect arrested during a police operation. Geo/File Photo KARACHI: One suspect was killed and another arrested during search operations in various parts of the city on Sunday night, Geo News reported. A suspect was killed during an exchange of fire between Pirabad police and his accomplices near Kati Pahari area late Sunday night, SP Orangi said, adding that a search operation to catch those who escaped is underway. According to the SP, the suspect was acc
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Citizens protesting against load shedding start fire in Lahore

LAHORE: Angry residents of Lahore's Railway Power House Baja Line vicinity started a fire on Mughalpura Road to protest against prolonged electricity load shedding on Monday. The protesters said they were tired and exhausted of the power outage since the past five days. Read more: Back to Stone Age: Power outage in Karachi continues during second Sehri Numerous complaints were lodged against a faulty transformer with the area's SDO but to no avail, the protestors said. The protest badly affe
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Very hot, dry weather expected in most parts of the country today: MET

The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Monday forecasted very hot and dry weather in the plain areas of the country in the next twenty-four hours. Continental air continues to prevail over most parts of the country, the MET said. A shallow westerly wave is present over upper parts of the country. Explore: 7 easy hacks to beat the heat Rain and thunderstorm are expected at a few places in Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas. Past weather: The weather remained very hot and d
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Macron-Trudeau 'bromance' fires up the Internet

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron talk as they attend the Summit of the Heads of State and of Government of the G7, the group of most industrialised economies, plus the European Union, on May 26, 2017, in Taormina, Sicily. AFP/POOL/Stephane De Sakutin  "A liberal fantasy dream sequence", "a bromance", and "insanely romantic". The Internet was abuzz Friday with pictures of French President Emmanuel Macron and his Canadian counterpart Justin Trudeau
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Four killed, dozens injured in stampede at Honduran soccer match

Rescue workers assist an injured supporter of Honduran team Motagua after a stampede outside the National Stadium in Tegucigalpa on May 28, 2017. AFP/Orlando Sierra  At least four people died and dozens were injured in a stampede when hundreds of fans tried to break past barricades to get into a national soccer final match in the Honduran capital on Sunday, according to emergency services officials. Four adults died and more than a dozen were injured, including children, said Miguel Osorio, a
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One dead, nine injured as roof of mosque collapses in Faisalabad

FAISALABAD: One man was martyred and nine others injured when the roof of a mosque collapsed near Risala Road here late Sunday night, Geo News reported. The mosque?s roof fell suddenly on people offering Taraweeh prayers (Namaz-e-Taraweeh) on Sunday night after Iftar, rescue sources said, adding that it took the life of one worshipper and wounded nine others in the process. The rescue officials stated that the injured people have been shifted to the city?s Civil Hospital.
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Back to Stone Age: Power outage in Karachi continues during second Sehri

A man walks by a building engulfed in darkness due to a power outage that occurred in Karachi on the second day of Ramazan. May 28, 2017.  KARACHI: Continuing on the trend K-Electric set on the first day of Ramazan, the metropolis was thrown into darkness as power outages occurred in various areas on second Sehri late Sunday night, Geo News reported. Golimar, North Karachi, New Karachi, and surrounding areas experienced an electric breakdown on Sunday night once again, exacerbating public out
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German Hollywood star Kruger ditches glamour to win at Cannes

German-born Hollywood star Diane Kruger cast her glamorous image and returned to her roots to win best actress at the Cannes film festival Sunday. Kruger, best known from blockbusters such as "Troy" and "Inglourious Basterds", plays a woman who loses her husband and son in a neo-Nazi bomb attack in "In the Fade" (Aus dem Nichts) by acclaimed German-Turkish director Fatih Akin. Variety praised her "powerhouse performance" as the distraught tattooed and drug-taking Katja who fights for justice a
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US might ban laptops on all flights into and out of the country

WASHINGTON: The United States might ban laptops from aircraft cabins on all flights into and out of the country as part of a ramped-up effort to protect against potential security threats, US Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly said on Sunday. In an interview on "Fox News Sunday," Kelly said the United States planned to "raise the bar" on airline security, including tightening screening of carry-on items. "That's the thing that they are obsessed with, the terrorists, the idea of knocking do
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North Korea fires Scud-class ballistic missile, Japan protests

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un watches a military drill marking the 85th anniversary of the establishment of the Korean People's Army (KPA) in this handout photo by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) made available on April 26, 2017. KCNA/Handout/REUTERS/File Photo  SEOUL: North Korea fired what appeared to be a short-range ballistic missile on Monday that landed in the sea off its east coast, South Korea's military said, the latest in a series of missile tests defying world pres
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Roma clinch second spot with last-gasp win on Totti's farewell

AS Roma celebrated Francesco Totti's final game after 25 seasons at the club by beating Genoa 3-2 to clinch second place in Serie A on Sunday after 16-year-old Pietro Pellegri had given the visitors a shock lead. One-club man Totti, 40, came on in the 54th minute for his 786th appearance, and his 619th in Serie A, in what had been dubbed "Totti Day" by Italian media. Diego Perotti grabbed a 90th-minute winner for Roma as they finished one point ahead of Napoli whose 4-2 win at Sampdoria on the
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Joaquin Phoenix bludgeons Cannes with Lynne Ramsay hit man thriller

CANNES: As a hired killer whose weapon of choice is a particular brand of hammer, Joaquin Phoenix delivered a short, sharp shock of a movie to close the Cannes Film Festival's main competition on Saturday. "You Were Never Really Here" is a taught, bloody thriller from Scottish director Lynne Ramsay whose reputation is such that she was allowed to enter the movie for the Palme d'Or without showing the selection committee a finished version. Ramsay, whose last movie, the high school massacre dra
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Man arrested after shooting in Mississippi leaves eight dead

A gunman on a rampage during a domestic dispute in rural Mississippi fatally shot eight people, including a sheriff´s deputy, US news reports said on Sunday. The shootings took place late Saturday in two small hamlets, Brookhaven and Bogue Chitto, both about 60 miles (100 kilometers) from the city of Jackson. Although details were still murky, the gunman -- Willie Cory Godbolt, 35 -- told The Clarion-Ledger newspaper after his arrest on Sunday that he had gone to a home in Bogue Chitto to talk
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