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Former US presidential candidate Romney announces Utah Senate bid

PROVO: Former Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, a frequent critic of President Donald Trump, announced on Friday he would run for a US Senate seat in Utah, confirming months of speculation about a return to national politics. ?I?ve decided to run for United States Senate because I?ve decided I can help bring Utah?s values and Utah?s lessons to Washington,? Romney, who is seeking to replace retiring Senator Orrin Hatch, said in a video posted to Twitter. Romney?s video made no men
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Bilawal opposes privatisation of PIA, steel mill

KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday asked Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi to shelve attempts to privatise Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) and Pakistan Steel. He said the party will offer stiff resistance both inside and outside the parliament if the proposed privatisation goes ahead.  Bilawal also said that common man, as well as experts, have been taken aback by the decision to privatise the national airline.  ?Both Prime Minister Shahid Khaq
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Moscow says no evidence behind U.S. indictment of Russians for alleged election meddling

MOSCOW: No evidence is behind the US indictment of Russian nationals for alleged election interference and Moscow has given multiple explanations on what Washington called ?Russian meddling efforts?, RIA news agency cited the Russian presidential envoy as saying on Saturday. The office of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller has charged 13 Russians and three Russian companies, including the St. Petersburg-based Internet Research Agency, known for its trolling on social media.
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It's not finished yet says 'world best' Kohli

JOHANNESBURG: Indian captain Virat Kohli, labelled the best batsman in the world by head coach Ravi Shastri, wants his team to rise to one more challenge before they finish their grueling South African tour. "The tour is not over," said Kohli ahead of a three-match Twenty20 series starting at the Wanderers Stadium in Johannesburg on Sunday. After leading India to a crushing 5-1 one-day international series victory to compensate for a 2-1 Test series defeat to the South Africans, Kohli said In
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Calling elected representatives mafia, thieves not acceptable: PM Abbasi

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/cbf24216de3e85430b13ba3f754a1817.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8xNy8yMDE4IDI6MTM6MDggUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1jMjlhcUtYR0tPbFpEK1YwYThPM1dBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] HAFIZABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said on Saturday that calling elected represe
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India, Iran agree to step up efforts to help Afghanistan

NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani agreed on Saturday to step up efforts to bring stability to war-ravaged Afghanistan. Modi reiterated India's commitment to help Afghanistan become "a peaceful, secure, permanent, prosperous and pluralistic country" after holding talks with Rouhani in New Delhi on the last day of his three-day visit. "Looking at our common interests, we are committed to stopping the expansion of such forces that promote interna
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SHC summons Maritime Affairs ministry officials on second week of March

KARACHI: The Sindh High Court on Saturday issued notices to Secretary, Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Director General (Maritime Affairs), Shipping Master of Government Shipping Office, Director General (Immigration Wing) Federal Investigation Agency, and Federal Ombudsman of Pakistan and Deputy Attorney General on a constitutional petition filed by a Mariner Syed Murawat Haider through his counsel Agha Zafar Ahmed. The court summoned the respondents to appear on the second week of March. The
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Sheema Kermani performs dhamaal at Sehwan

SEHWAN: Renowned social activist and theatre artist Sheema Kermani on Saturday performed dhamaal at the shrine of Lal Shahbaz Qalandar. A group of artists and Kermani swayed to beats of traditional Sufi poetry as they performed in front of a packed courtyard in the shrine. The performance comes a year after a bomb tore through the shrine, killing dozens and injuring many more.
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Suicide blasts kill 19 in northeast Nigeria

Map locating Konduga in northeast Nigeria, where three suicide attacks were carried out at about 8:30 pm (1930 GMT) on Friday/AFP KANO, NIGERIA: Three suicide bombers killed 19 people at a fish market in northeast Nigeria, civilian militia leaders said on Saturday, in an attack blamed on Boko Haram militants. The blasts happened at about 8:30 pm (1930 GMT) on Friday in Konduga, some 35 kilometres (20 miles) southeast of the Borno state capital, Maiduguri. Babakura Kolo and Musa Ari, from the C
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JusticeForZainab: A timeline, from her abduction till the verdict

An anti-terrorism court (ATC) hearing the rape and murder case of seven-year-old Zainab announced its verdict on Saturday, sentencing Imran Ali Naqshbandi to death, four times. The court sentenced Imran to death for kidnapping, for rape, for murder and under Section 7-ATA. Additionally, for performing an unnatural act with a minor he has been sentenced to life imprisonment along with a fine of Rs 1 million and for desecrating human remains by dumping Zainab's body in the garbage he was sentence
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Bid to place Pakistan on terror watchlist a political act: Ahsan Iqbal

Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal/File photo  LAHORE: Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal on Saturday said the bid by some western countries to place Pakistan on a global terrorist-financing watchlist is a political act. Speaking to media in Lahore, the interior minister said the West wants to pressurise Pakistan to achieve certain objectives, because of which it is pushing to place the country on the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) watchlist. The United States earlier this month put forward a motio
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Call for justice as Filipina's body returns home from Kuwait

The death of Joanna Demafelis worsened a diplomatic flap between the Philippines and the Gulf States. Photo: AFP ILOILO: More than a hundred relatives and supporters of a Filipina domestic worker, whose body was found stuffed in a freezer in Kuwait, brandished banners demanding justice as her coffin was returned home on Saturday. The family of Joanna Demafelis openly wept as the white casket was unloaded at an airport cargo terminal in the central city of Iloilo. "Justice for Joanna D Demafeli
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Three terrorists killed in DG Khan operation: ISPR

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/64cf75973bf280a6f6d9ff6dc76859df.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8xNy8yMDE4IDg6NDE6MzEgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1pRXFab21sQnNXZjJoSlZTR1JBMzJRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] RAWALPINDI: Security forces killed three terrorists during an intelligence-based operation (
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Hearing adjourned on Rs10b defamation suit against Imran Khan

LAHORE: The hearing on defamation case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan ? filed by Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif ? has been adjourned for two weeks. The court has adjourned the Rs10 billion defamation suit hearing as additional sessions judge Shabana Risalat is on leave. The duty judge has issued another notice to Imran?s counsels. During a hearing on February 2, the sessions court gave PTI chief's counsel Babar Awan the last chance to appear in court, as the la
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Google begins blocking annoying ads on its browser

New ad filtering system aims to eliminate irritating marketing messages such as pop-ups, auto-play video ads and 'sticky' boxes  WASHINGTON: Google has begun a new effort to block annoying ads on its Chrome browser, as part of an initiative aimed at improving the online advertising ecosystem that provides the bulk of its revenues. The new ad filtering system rolled out this week aims to eliminate the most irritating marketing messages such as pop-ups, auto-play video ads and "sticky" boxes whic
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Is law only for the poor, CJP remarks in Shahrukh Jatoi?s hospital transfer case

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/5d5af0f138dfc6f19bd7f50b6cb744b6.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8xNy8yMDE4IDU6MTE6MTYgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1vb3B2SDNzQkh0cnRmN2hGM2V3QnpRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: The Supreme Court?s Karachi Registry on Saturday heard the case of transfer of Shah
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Fashion photographer Demarchelier accused of sexual harassment

Karl Templer, Patrick Demarchelier, and Greg Kadel. Image Courtesy: Business of Fashion via Craig McDean/Courtesy, Victor Boyko/Getty Images, Rob Loud/WireImage  NEW YORK: The Boston Globe published a bombshell expose on Friday accusing more than two dozen professionals in the fashion industry ? among them legendary photographer Patrick Demarchelier ? of sexual misconduct. The paper?s Spotlight team ? which, in 2002, unveiled widespread sexual abuse by Catholic priests in Boston ? said more t
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Stars of feminist Western say movies ready for new gender roles

LEFT: Robert Pattinson reacts during a news conference at 70th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 25, 2017; RIGHT: Australian actress Mia Wasikowska arrives at the 2011 Film Independent Spirit Awards in Santa Monica, California, US, February 26, 2011. REUTERS/Regis Duvignau and Danny Moloshok/Files  BERLIN: Hollywood stars Robert Pattinson and Mia Wasikowska said the current reckoning with power abuses in the entertainment industry has opened a door to new movies that subvert tradition
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Melania shuns cameras as second woman alleges Trump affair

LEFT: First Lady of the United States Melania Trump in Manchester, New Hampshire, US, February 6, 2016. REUTERS/Rick Wilking/Files; RIGHT: US President Donald Trump aboard Air Force One, November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files  WASHINGTON: US First Lady Melania Trump on Friday chose not to leave the White House with her husband as planned to catch a flight to Florida after a second woman claimed she had an affair with the now president. The 47-year-old Slovenian-born model skipped the
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Drake gives away almost $1 million in 'God's Plan' music video

LOS ANGELES: The song is called ?God?s Plan? and Canadian rapper Drake dropped a music video to match on Friday, in which he gave away almost $1 million in cash to people in Miami. Drake ? the world?s best-selling artist of 2016 ? followed it up with a challenge on Instagram urging his fans to ?go out and be nice to each other?. The ?God?s Plan? video upended the usual lavish efforts from music production companies and, instead, showed Drake handing out wads of cash to struggling families, toy
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FBI admits failure to act on Florida school gunman, drawing anger

Participants hold placards with the names of victims of the shooting in Parkland, Florida, during a candlelight vigil at Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Florida, US, February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Joe Skipper  PARKLAND: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said Friday it had failed to act on a tip warning that the man now accused of killing 17 people at a Florida high school possessed a gun, the desire to kill and the potential to commit a school shooting. The disclosure sparked a
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World stocks post best week in two years, dollar climbs

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, February 7, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files  NEW YORK: The dollar rose and stocks around the globe rallied for a sixth straight session on Friday to post their best week in more than two years, but a US indictment over alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election cooled gains on Wall Street. The 37-page indictment of a Russian internet agency filed by Special Counsel Robert Mueller described a c
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Kohli ton leads India to eight-wicket rout of South Africa

Virat Kohli celebrates his 35th ODI hundred, South Africa v India, 6th ODI, Centurion, February 16, 2018/BCCI CENTURION: Virat Kohli said he would never take his cricket talent for granted after he finished India´s one-day international series against South Africa as he started it -- with a match-winning century. Kohli was in dazzling form as he hit 129 not out off 96 balls to take India to an eight-wicket win with 17.5 overs to spare in the sixth one-day international. It completed a crushin
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US top court mulls whether to take up 'Dreamers' dispute

'Dreamers' react as they meet with relatives during the 'Keep Our Dream Alive' binational meeting ? at a new section of the border wall on the US-Mexico border ? in Sunland Park, US, December 10, 2017. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez/Files  WASHINGTON: The US Supreme Court on Friday discussed in private how to handle President Donald Trump?s appeal of a judge?s decision blocking his plan to end protections for young illegal immigrants dubbed ?Dreamers,? and the nine justices could announce as early
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Supreme Court to hear Shahrukh Jatoi?s transfer to hospital case today

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/5d5af0f138dfc6f19bd7f50b6cb744b6.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8xNy8yMDE4IDU6MTE6MTYgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1vb3B2SDNzQkh0cnRmN2hGM2V3QnpRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: The Supreme Court?s Karachi Registry will hear the case of transfer of Shahrukh Jat
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