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Wolf found in northern Belgium, first time in over 100 years

A wild wolf has been found in the northern Belgian region of Flanders for the first time in more than a century, an environmental group said Saturday. Photo: AFP file  BRUSSELS: A wild wolf has been found in the northern Belgian region of Flanders for the first time in more than a century, an environmental group said Saturday. "Our country was the only one in continental Europe to have not been visited by a wolf," since the animal began recolonising the continent, Landschap said. Overhunting
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Rohingya group says 10 found in Myanmar grave 'innocent civilians'

YANGON: Rohingya insurgents said on Saturday that 10 Rohingya found in a mass grave in Myanmar?s troubled Rakhine state last month were ?innocent civilians?, and not members of their group. Myanmar?s military said earlier this week its soldiers had killed 10 captured ?terrorists? during insurgent attacks at the beginning of September, after Buddhist villagers had forced the captured men into a grave the villagers had dug. It was a rare acknowledgment of wrongdoing by the Myanmar military durin
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Saudi Arabia to seek extradition of corruption suspects

FILE PHOTO - Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman speaks during the meeting of Islamic Military Counter Terrorism Coalition defence ministers in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia November 26, 2017./ Reuters  RIYADH: Saudi Arabia?s public prosecutor has said he will pursue extradition for corruption suspects living abroad as part of a two-month-old crackdown that has already netted princes and tycoons. Evidence is being collected against ?fugitives? in order to issue indictments against them and request t
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Liam Neeson says ?witch hunt? in Hollywood over sex allegations

British-American actor Liam Neeson. Photo: AFP file LONDON: British-American actor Liam Neeson has said there is a "bit of a witch hunt happening" in Hollywood over allegations of sexual assault and harassment. Asked about the snowballing series of claims against powerful men, he told Irish television late Friday: "There is a bit of a witch hunt happening too. "There?s some people, famous people, being suddenly accused of touching some girl?s knee or something and suddenly they?re being dropp
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Palestinians rally in support of jailed ?slap video? teen

Ahed Tamimi, 16, being escorted by Israeli police officers. Photo: AFP file NABI SALEH: Clashes broke out after dozens of Palestinian and Arab Israeli supporters of jailed teenager Ahed Tamimi protested near her home in the occupied West Bank on Saturday, AFP correspondents said. Tamimi, 16, was arrested on December 19, days after a video went viral showing her slapping Israeli soldiers near her home in the village of Nabi Saleh in an apparent attempt to provoke them. She was charged in a mil
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Pakistan's credible nuclear deterrence only thing stopping India from war: DG ISPR

KARACHI: The Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor Saturday responded to the Indian army chief's 'nuclear bluff' assertion saying that such statements are unbecoming from a person of a responsible stature. Speaking to state TV's world service, the Pakistani military spokesman said, "We believe COAS is a very responsible appointment and four star is a rank with age-long experience and maturity." Asked what if India undertakes any misadventure against P
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China says Iran nuclear deal not derailed, pledges constructive role

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a joint news conference after the 1st China-Afghanistan-Pakistan Foreign Ministers' Dialogue in Beijing, China, December 26, 2017. Photo: Reuters file   SHANGHAI: China on Saturday pledged to continue playing a constructive role in maintaining and implementing the Iran nuclear deal after US President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix ?disastrous flaws? in a deal. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zari
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Nawaz felicitates nation on extension of SC, PHC jurisdiction to FATA

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/fb9ac2dcf9456f30ca5d23b10f97a4a3.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8xMy8yMDE4IDM6NDU6NDMgUE0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1kOFplYnYyWnREcGJ0TjR2aHYwSHNRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Saturday felicitated the nation on the extension of the Supreme Court and Peshawar H
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Erdogan says Turkey will crush Kurdish militia in Afrin

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses members of parliament from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the Turkish parliament in Ankara, Turkey, January 9, 2018. REUTERS ISTANBUL: President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey?s military incursion in northern Syria?s Idlib province would crush Kurdish militia forces that control the neighboring region of Afrin. The Kurdish YPG militia said Turkish forces inside Syria fired shells into Afrin on Saturday, but no one was wound
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Indonesia central bank warns over cryptocurrencies

Indonesia?s central bank has issued a fresh warning about trading in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin because of the risk of losses to the public and even a potential threat to the stability of the financial system. Photo: Reuters file  JAKARTA: Indonesia?s central bank has issued a fresh warning about trading in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin because of the risk of losses to the public and even a potential threat to the stability of the financial system. Bank Indonesia (BI) has previously said th
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US ultimatum on nuclear deal, new sanctions draw Iran threat

US President Donald Trump speaks before signing a proclamation to honour Martin Luther King Jr. day in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, US, January 12, 2018. Photo: Reuters file1 MOSCOW: Iran said on Saturday it would retaliate against new sanctions imposed by the United States after President Donald Trump set an ultimatum to fix ?disastrous flaws? in a deal curbing Tehran?s nuclear program. Trump said on Friday he would waive nuclear sanctions on Iran for the last time to
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South Korea and North Korea to hold working-level talks on January 15: Yonhap

FILE PHOTO - South Korean soldiers stand guard at the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarised zone separating the two Koreas, South Korea, January 9, 2018. REUTERS SEOUL: North Korea and South Korea have agreed to have working-level talks on Jan. 15 at the Tongil Pavilion on the North Korean side of the truce village of Panmunjom, news agency Yonhap reported. South Korea?s unification ministry said earlier on Saturday that North Korea had proposed holding talks on the prospects of send
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Work, not words, brings about revolution: PM

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi inaugurated National Incubation Centre in Peshawar on January 13, 2017. Photo: Radio Pakistan  PESHAWAR: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi remarked on Saturday that revolution comes from working and not from tall claims. ?We have proven ourselves by working [for the betterment of country],? he said while addressing the inauguration ceremony of National Incubation Centre in Peshawar. We can only move forward if we work otherwise we will go back home, he cl
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Another case surfaces of alleged sexual assault of minor in Karachi

The suspect allegedly assaulted a six-year-old boy in a bakery, police said KARACHI: Another case of sexual assault of a minor surfaced in the city on Saturday. According to police, the suspect ? a man named Tanveer ? allegedly assaulted the six-year-old boy in a bakery on January 8. The accused was arrested from the jurisdiction of the Napier Police Station, police officials said. A case was registered against the incident on the complaint of the minor?s mother, who is blind. The accused
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Iran rejects any change to nuclear deal

Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said the 2015 nuclear deal could not be renegotiated. Photo: AFP/file  TEHRAN: Iran on Saturday rejected any modification of its nuclear deal with world powers after US President Donald Trump demanded tough new measures to keep the agreement alive. Iran "will not accept any amendments in this agreement, be it now or in the future, and it will not allow any other issues to be linked to the JCPOA," the foreign ministry said in a statement, using the 2
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DiCaprio to star in Charles Manson-era Tarantino movie

Leonardo DiCaprio/File photo LOS ANGELES: Leonardo DiCaprio will star in a movie set around the Charles Manson murders, Hollywood entertainment publications reported on Friday, but he will not play the role of the American cult leader. DiCaprio will instead take the part of an aging, out-of-work actor in the as-yet untitled movie being produced and directed by Oscar-winner Quentin Tarantino, Variety and Deadline.com said. Plot details have not been released but Tarantino said in November that
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Joe Root lines up for first IPL auction

Root is among 282 foreign players looking to play in this year´s big-paying Indian Premier League NEW DELHI: England Test skipper and star batsman Joe Root is among 282 foreign players looking to play in this year´s big-paying Indian Premier League, the cricket board announced Saturday. The player auction for the 11th IPL Twenty20 tournament is set for January 27-28 in Bangalore, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) said. Some 1,122 players will be on the auction block for the eig
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Sarfraz slams ?batting flop? after loss to New Zealand

Our bowlers bowled very well but the problems continue with the batting which again flopped, said Sarfraz Ahmed after the match  DUNEDIN: A visibly disappointed Sarfraz Ahmed slammed his team?s ?disappointing batting flop? after New Zealand bowled out Pakistan for 74 to cruise to a 183-run victory in the third ODI in Dunedin on Saturday. "It was very disappointing, a tough loss," said the skipper during post-match ceremony, after staying not out at 14 as the rest of the wickets crumbled around
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District bar elections underway in Punjab

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/93d8873e3c7d931fd3d368f32246feab.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8xMy8yMDE4IDk6MTk6MTQgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1ZSUloQ0Z6YTVGYWVtTkxhZjFSTlFBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] LAHORE: Voting for annual bar elections kicked off on Saturday in districts across Punjab to choose the office-bearers. The voting,
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Shahzeb murder case: SC orders names of suspects to be put on ECL

The late Shahzeb Khan (L), suspect Shahrukh Jatoi (R) KARACHI: The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Saturday issued orders to put names of suspects in Shahzeb Khan murder case on the Exit Control List, as it accepted the appeal of civil society activists against the Sindh High Court's (SHC) retrial order for hearing. During hearing of the appeal at the Supreme Court?s Karachi Registry, a three-member bench led by Chief Justice Saqib Nisar directed the government and interior ministry to place the n
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Canada schoolgirl attacked over hijab

Khawlah Noman speaks to reporters in Toronto. Photo: REUTERS OTTAWA: An 11-year-old girl was assaulted in Toronto Friday by a man who twice tried to cut off her hijab with scissors and then fled, police said. Khawlah Noman told reporters that she was walking to school with her younger brother when the man came at her with scissors. "He tried cutting (off) my hijab two times," she said. "I felt really scared and confused. I didn´t feel comfortable that people are doing this." Police described
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Curbing child abuse: CM Punjab forms committee for protection of children

Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif has formed a committee on safeguarding children to review and recommend measures to prevent the increasing trend of child abuse in our society. Photo: file1 LAHORE: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif has formed a committee on safeguarding children to review and recommend measures to prevent the increasing trend of child abuse in our society, according to a notification issued Saturday. Minister for law will be the convener of the committee with the minis
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SC orders lab tests of all packaged milk brands in Karachi

Supreme Court's Karachi Registry/File photo KARACHI: The Supreme Court on Saturday ordered laboratory tests of all brands of packaged milk available in the market. Hearing a sotu motu case pertaining to sale of substandard packaged milk at the Karachi Registry, Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar directed the relevant authorities to conduct laboratory tests of all brands of packaged milk products available in the city?s markets. The CJP expressed annoyance at the concerned authorit
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Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo elected Balochistan chief minister

[embed_video2 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/026df9383fe7697dae0d448365dc2dbd.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8xMy8yMDE4IDg6MjI6NTYgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1BanFNenpIUCtuMDFMNkxzekpaeXRBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] QUETTA: The Balochistan Assembly on Saturday elected Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo as the new chief minister of the province, days after forme
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Reham Khan appeals to CM Punjab for action against Kasur culprits

KASUR: Reham Khan on Saturday called upon Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif to take concrete steps to address the issue of child sexual abuse in the province and take immediate action against the culprit(s) behind the Kasur incident. Addressing media here, Khan said that the chief minister needs to conduct a ?surgical strike? against the culprit(s) responsible for the rape and murder of minor Zainab. ?The culprits should be handed exemplary punishment so that no one dares to look at our ch
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