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Trump says he believes Putin's election meddling denials

DANANG: US president Donald Trump Saturday said he believes Vladimir Putin´s assurances that he did not meddle in US elections that propelled him to power, adding the Russian leader felt "very insulted" by the allegations. Trump, whose key former aides are under a US investigation for alleged collaboration with the Kremlin, said he repeatedly asked Putin about the claims during their chats at the APEC summit in the Vietnamese resort of Danang. "He (Putin) said he didn't meddle. I asked him aga
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Mass graves holding ´400 Daesh victims´ found in Iraq

HAWIJA: Mass graves containing at least 400 suspected Daesh group victims have been found near Hawija in northern Iraq, the regional governor said Saturday. The string of grisly discoveries was made at a military base around three kilometres (two miles) from the city that the militants "turned into an execution ground", Kirkuk governor Rakan Said said. "Not less than 400 people were executed," he said, adding that some were clad in the uniform of prisoners condemned to death while others wore
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Hollywood takes break from scandal to honour Amy Adams

HOLLYWOOD: Scandal-hit Hollywood left its woes behind Friday to honour Amy Adams for a glittering career that has seen her go from waitress to five-time Oscar nominee. The 43-year-old -- famous for the diversity of her film roles -- told AFP ahead of being presented with the 31st American Cinematheque Award that her proudest moment was her first nod for 2005 comedy "Junebug." "It really depends where I am in my life, but right now I´m looking for films with a specific message," she said on the
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Copy of written agreement between MQM-P, PSP emerges

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/9f104d0ed98f57fcab088b2c0bd63388.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMTEvMjAxNyAyOjU3OjI4IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9Mzd6RDlxMFM3WFQ3Y3pMVjhTWkJkUT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KARACHI: A copy of the written agreement between Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Pak Sarzameen Party emerged on Saturday, Geo N
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Nawaz is gone, will not return now: Imran

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/a20e6dc748d29a371064d81ee5bbe8d7.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMTEvMjAxNyAxOjE2OjU0IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9YkpTMExTQ0dUZHFUcHgwelN6N2Uwdz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] TAUNSA: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan remarked that former prime minister Nawaz has gone now and he won?t return, w
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Judicial commission must probe MQM-P, PSP alliance: Kaira

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/b6e47283cd4e89e3bd000922bc76beed.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMTEvMjAxNyAyOjQ1OjA5IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9anFBM2dCcm1pU3lzU1BySEg3T1ExUT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] LAHORE: Pakistan People?s Party (PPP) leader Qamar Zaman Kaira on Saturday demanded that a judicial commission should probe the Mutta
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MQM-P will not merge with any party: Faisal Sabzwari

Video: Geo News KARACHI: Muttahida Qaumi Movement - Pakistan (MQM-P) leader Faisal Sabzwari on Saturday said that his party does not want to merge with any party.  "In order to have a political alliance with PSP, we made serious efforts to move forward but PSP Chairman Mustafa Kamal wasted the chance," Sabzwari said while addressing a press conference in Karachi. "We don't want a merger with the PSP," he declared, adding that it was the PSP that wanted to merge with MQM-P. He also said that
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Crocodile snatches child on Philippine tourist island

MANILA: A 12-year-old girl is missing after being attacked by a crocodile on the Philippine island of Palawan, police said Saturday, just weeks after a similar incident in the region popular with foreign tourists. The girl was fetching water in a heavily-forested area of the island Thursday when a crocodile dragged her away in front of her horrified siblings, a police report said. A search is under way but the coast guard and police are yet to find any sign of the child. It marks the second c
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Boxer Amir Khan reunites with Faryal Makhdoom to end the year on a happy note

Photo: Amir Khan INSTAGRAM Boxer Amir Khan and wife Faryal Makhdoom have sorted all their issues to reunite. The boxer posted a picture with the pregnant model on Instagram to announce the happy news. Despite Amir being spotted out with a mystery brunette last week, Faryal had earlier indicated that she wanted to put the past behind them and fight for their marriage. The celebrity couple suffered a vicious spit earlier this year after Amir continuously slammed Far
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Chinese consumers spend billions in ´Singles Day´ shopping binge

SHANGHAI: China's smartphone-wielding masses unleashed billions of dollars in e-commerce spending Saturday as they rushed to snap up bargains on "Singles Day" - billed as the world's biggest one-day online shopping festival. Also known as "Double 11" for the November 11 date, the event launched in 2009 by e-commerce giant Alibaba kicked off at midnight and ended up shattering the previous year´s sales mark, as it does every year. Eighteen hours later, at 6 pm on Saturday, Alibaba said the gros
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Charges are politically motivated, groundless: Nawaz's reply to NAB reference chargesheet

ISLAMABAD: Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, in his reply to the charge sheet submitted in the NAB references case, said he pleads not guilty and the charges levelled against him are politically motivated and are groundless.  "Charge is groundless and investigation was conducted malafide and is politically motivated," said the reply submitted by Nawaz when asked if he pleads guilty or has any defence. Nawaz's reply further added that he was being denied the right to a fair trial guaranteed b
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Putin, Trump agree political solution needed for Syria, Kremlin says

DANANG: Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a joint statement on Syria on Saturday that said they saw no military solution to the conflict and a political one was needed, the Kremlin said. The White House did not immediately respond to questions about the Kremlin announcement or the conversation the Kremlin said took place on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the Vietnamese resort of Danang. The Kremlin said the stat
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US colluded with Daesh in Afghanistan: Hamid Karzai

Former president of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai. Photo: File  KABUL: Hamid Karzai, former president of Afghanistan, has accused United States of working with Daesh in his country. In an interview with Al Jazeera TV, Karzai said the US government had allowed Daesh to flourish inside Afghanistan. "In my view under the full presence, surveillance, military, political, intelligence, Daesh [ISIL] has emerged," he said. "And for two years the Afghan people came, cried loud about their suffering, of vi
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Saudi-led coalition to allow commercial flights to Yemen: Minister

ADEN: The Saudi-led military coalition fighting against Yemen?s Houthi movement will allow the resumption of international commercial flights to the country, a Yemeni government minister said, easing its nationwide blockade. The alliance said on Monday it had closed all air, land and sea ports in Yemen to stem the alleged flow of arms to the Houthis from Iran after Saudi Arabia intercepted a missile fired towards on the capital Riyadh it blamed on Tehran. Flights by national carrier Yemenia to
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Nawaz, Shehbaz discuss political situation in Jati Umra meeting

LAHORE: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz chief Nawaz Sharif held a meeting with his brother and senior party leader Shehbaz Sharif on Saturday at the former?s residence in Jati Umra. The two discussed the country?s political situation and deliberated over ways to strengthen mass contact campaign in a two-hour long meeting. The two held a one-on-meeting last on October 4, in which Shehbaz urged the party president to avoid confrontation with institutions, sources close to both leaders said. The
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China shopping festival smashes record at halfway mark

SHANGHAI: Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, said its Singles? Day sales surged past last year?s total just after midday Saturday, hitting a record $18 billion (£13.6 billion), pointing to a likely giant haul for the world?s biggest shopping event. Once a celebration for China?s lonely hearts, Singles? Day has become an annual 24-hour extravaganza that exceeds the combined sales for Black Friday and Cyber Monday in the United States, and acts as a barometer for China?s consumers. After a
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Doors of PPP are open for everyone: Dr Asim

KARACHI: The doors of Pakistan Peoples Party are open for everyone, said the party leader and former petroleum minister, Dr Asim Hussain on Saturday. While speaking to the media at the accountability court, Asim said PPP leadership was in talks with many other leaders, the names of which he refused to disclose. The PPP leader?s statements have come after talks surfaced that the alliance of Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan and Pak Sarzameen Party will cause many from the two parties to defect
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Trump and Putin chat at Asia-Pacific summit

US President Donald Trump and Russia's President Vladimir Putin talk during the family photo session at the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam DANANG, VIETNAM: US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin chatted on Saturday as they walked together for the ?family photograph? at the APEC summit of Asia-Pacific leaders in Vietnam. Although the White House had said no official meeting was planned, the two also shook hands at a dinner on Friday evening and again at the start of the m
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Mad Men showrunner Matthew Weiner accused of sexually harassing show's writer

Writer and show creator Matthew Weiner attends the 'Mad Men: Live Read & Series Finale' event in Los Angeles, US, May 17, 2015. REUTERS/Phil McCarten/Files Matthew Weiner ? the face behind famed TV series Mad Men ? has also been splattered with dirt now as the show's writer Kater Gordon recently levelled allegations of sexual harassment against him, marking yet another case of rich, powerful men using their authority and influence to silence victims of their ego. Gordon asserted that late
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Dozens of flights delayed as smog engulfs Lahore, Multan

LAHORE/MULTAN: Dozens of domestic and international flights were delayed in Lahore and Multan as smog continues to affect the daily lives of the cities? residents. A number of passengers crowded the airports as over 60 flights were cancelled coming to and from the provincial capital. Multan was also blanketed by fog, forcing the delay of five flights to and from the city, including Doha, Sharjah, Dubai, Doha and others According to the Met office, the weather will go back to normal after rain
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Stat Report: Just how bad is Lahore?s air?

Lahore?s air is unsafe and toxic. But just how toxic, few of us know. Air pollution is a silent, invisible and, until now, an unbeatable killer. India?s Delhi is grappling with the same public health emergency, smog - a thick, soupy mixture hanging over the city. Alarming readings, from across the border, of the PM 2.5 ? tiny particles that can get lodged in the lungs - underline the need for urgent regional measures. Pollution trackers estimate that breathing in Delhi is as bad as smoking 50 ci
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After Sattar's tirade, Mustafa Kamal to hold press conference today

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/3f94822ab8e7588a005011226e5e93e7.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMTEvMjAxNyA2OjUxOjQ0IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9MWhLNk9VVXN3NGo5RWRDSkplemZXUT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KARACHI: Pakistan Sarzameen Party (PSP) Chairman Mustafa Kamal is expected to address a press conference today amid a heated politica
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As claims grow, ?Entourage? actor says give alleged sexual predators ?benefit of doubt?

Jeremy Piven attends the CBS Summer Soiree during the 2017 Summer TCA's in Studio City, California, US. Chicago Tribune via AP/Invision/Richard Shotwell  Hollywood actor and producer Jeremy Piven said Friday the recent whirlpool of allegations of sexual misconduct against notable names in various fields are putting careers in ?jeopardy without a hearing, due process or evidence?. Back in October, Ariane Bellamar ? Piven?s co-actress on Entourage ? had accused Piven of groping her twice, once
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Attempts to bring back Musharraf in political scene to fail badly: Rafique

Federal Minister for Railways Saad Rafique on Saturday criticised attempts to ?engineer? politics in the country, saying attempts to bring  back former military dictator Pervez Musharraf as an alternate leader will fail badly. In a series of tweets, the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader said that the ?hobby? of forming and breaking political parties needs to end. ?Merger of MQM-P and PSP was an engineered merger. It failed in 24 hours,? he tweeted. Pakistan Awami Ittehad formed under
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Rain expected in Punjab, KP, likely to clear smog

A man rides a motorbike as smog surrounds Minar-e-Pakistan in the background in Lahore. Photo: AP Dense smog persisted in parts of Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Saturday morning, however, the sky is likely to be cleared as the met department has forecast rain in both the provinces. According to the meteorological department, rainfall with thunder is expected Sunday night in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, Islamabad and upper Punjab. The downpour is expected to clear t
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