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Germany arrests suspected baby food poisoner

CCTV grab of a suspected blackmailer in a supermarket in Friedrichshafen, south-west Germany.   FRANKFURT: German police announced Saturday the arrest of a 53-year-old man "strongly suspected" of poisoning baby food and threatening to contaminate other products in stores nationwide and across Europe. The man was detained by officers near Tubingen, south of Stuttgart, following information received from the public, police and prosecutors said in a joint statement. At a press conference, they
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US probes North Korea´s willingness to talk

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (left) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping before their meeting at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on September 30, 2017. Photograph: Getty Images  BEIJING: Washington has opened channels to North Korea to find out if the regime is ready to talk about giving up its nuclear weapons, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Saturday. Speaking after a day of talks with China´s President Xi Jinping and top diplomats, Tillerson told reporters tha
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Govt revises fuel prices for October, petrol increased by Rs2 per litre

ISLAMABAD: The Ministry of Finance on Saturday revised prices of petroleum products, increasing the price of petrol by Rs2 per litre. The new prices will come into effect on October 1. Petrol will now be sold at Rs73.5 per litre. Prices for high-speed diesel (HSD) and light-speed diesel (LSD) were also increased by Rs2. After the revision, HSD will be sold at Rs79.4 per litre and LSD will be sold at Rs46 per litre The ministry also increased the price of kerosene oil by Rs4 per litre. The n
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Key accused in Tania Khaskheli?s murder admits to killing

HYDERABAD: Investigation into the murder of Tania Khaskheli has been completed as the key accused has admitted to the killing. As per the police report, accused Khan Noohani, Ali Noohani and Maula Bakhsh have admitted to Tania?s murder. According to Khan Noohani, he was on unpleasant terms with Tania for a month during which they also got into arguments. On the other hand, the accused?s pistol and bullet casings found from the site of murder have matched at the forensic laboratory where the ma
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Iran's Zarif urges Europe to defy Trump on sanctions

LONDON: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned that the only way to stop its nuclear deal from collapsing is for Europe to defy any US reimposition of sanctions. In an interview published Saturday by Britain's Guardian newspaper, Zarif said Iran would develop much more advanced nuclear technology - though not for weapons purposes - if Europe followed the United States in returning to a sanctions regime. "Europe should lead," he said during an interview in New York. The deal
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Up to 30 feared dead as DR Congo army plane crashes

KINHASA: A military transport plane belonging to the Congolese army crashed near Kinshasa on Saturday, killing "several dozen" people, military and airport sources told AFP. The Antonov transport plane had just taken off and had "several dozen people" on board, an airport source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity. The plane went down in Nsele, about 100 kilometres to the east of Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, the source said. A local official in the area of t
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Azhar Ali joins Pakistan´s 5,000 Test club

ABU DHABI: Consistent Pakistan middle-order batsman Azhar Ali completed 5,000 runs in the longer format during the third day's play in the first Test against Sri Lanka on Saturday. The 32-year-old became the eighth Pakistan batsman to reach the milestone in his 61st Test when he took a single to reach a personal score of 32. Ali made his Test debut against Australia at Lord's in Pakistan's neutral venue series in England in 2010 and has since been a consistent performer with the bat. He becam
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Scientists make first video call using ?unhackable? quantum network

A man poses inside a server room at an IT company in this June 19, 2017 illustration photo. Reuters Scientists in Austria and China made the first video call using quantum encryption, which is dubbed as ? impregnable? by experts. A statement issued by the Chinese Academy of Sciences said that its president, Chunli Bai, made a video call to his counterpart at the Austria Academy of Sciences in Vienna, Anton Zeilinger, in the ?first real-world demonstration of intercontinental quantum communicati
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Security forces foil terror bid in Balochistan: ISPR

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/ad2b2747d06e7b7a1cbba1b758bc9dfd.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8zMC8yMDE3IDExOjU2OjMxIEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9Q1Vid2VFRnFtdENWS2FobVlhaDROdz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] RAWALPINDI: Security forces in Balochistan on Saturday averted a possible attack on a Muharram procession in Quetta, said the Inter-S
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Indian troops prevent Muharram processions in Occupied Kashmir

A Kashmiri Muslim mourner shouts slogans from a police van after his detention during a Muharram procession in Srinagar. File photo:AFP Indian troops continued to impose strict restrictions in Occupied Kashmir to prevent people from taking out Muharram processions on Saturday, Kashmir Media Service reported. Authorities deployed Indian troops, police and paramilitary personnel in full riot gear across Srinagar to stop the Muharram processions. Pedestrian movement has been suspended, while the f
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Kim Kardashian confirms third baby on the way

LOS ANGELES: Kim Kardashian has confirmed reports that she and husband Kanye West are having a third baby, with the couple expected to use a surrogate for the birth. Kardashian?s confirmation, in a trailer released on Thursday for the new series of reality show ?Keeping Up With the Kardashians,? means that three of the Kardashian siblings are expecting children around the same time. Multiple media reports in the past week have said that Khloe Kardashian, 33, and Kylie Jenner, at 20 the younges
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In Pictures: Thousands of Rohingya flee Myanmar communal violence

More than 2,000 Rohingya have massed along Myanmar's coast this week after trekking from inland villages in Rakhine state to join the refugee exodus to Bangladesh. They follow more than half a million fellow Rohingya who have emptied out of northern Rakhine in a single month, fleeing an army crackdown and communal violence the UN says amounts to "ethnic cleansing". The journey to Bangladesh is fraught with danger for the stateless Muslim minority, who have faced decades of systematic oppressio
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Oxford University removes portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi

The portrait of Aung San Suu Kyi was painted by Chen Yanning. Photo: Chen Yanning/St Hugh's college, Oxford University The Oxford University, where Aung San Suu Kyi studied as an undergraduate, has removed her portrait from public display amid criticism of her handling of the Rohingya crisis. The humanitarian crisis in Myanmar has seen more than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims flee to neighbouring Bangladesh. Suu Kyi, the de facto leader of the country, has been criticised for failing to address UN a
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Australian Rules: Tigers maul Crows to end long AFL title drought

Photo: AFL Twitter  The Richmond Tigers shrugged off decades of frustration to win their 11th Australian Football League championship and first in 37 years with a 48-point trouncing of the Adelaide Crows in the Grand Final in Melbourne on Saturday. Trailing by 10 points after the opening quarter, the Tigers piled on seven unanswered goals to tear the game open and roared on to a 16.12 (108) to 8.12 (60) victory in front of a festive crowd of 100,021 at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Tigers´
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Khursheed Shah criticises PTI for ?dividing opposition?

ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly Khursheed Shah once again on Saturday criticised Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf's attempts to remove him from office, saying the party has introduced divisions in the opposition. Addressing media here, Shah said that alliance of PTI and Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) to replace the incumbent opposition leader has cause irreparable damage to a united opposition. Shah rebutted claims that the Pakistan People Party (PPP) takes ?solo fligh
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Over 2,000 Rohingya mass on Myanmar coast to join exodus

The refugees follow more than half a million fellow Rohingya who have emptied out of northern Rakhine in a single month. Photo: REUTERS  YANGON: More than 2,000 Rohingya have massed along Myanmar´s coast this week after trekking from inland villages in Rakhine state to join the refugee exodus to Bangladesh, state media reported Saturday. The refugees follow more than half a million fellow Rohingya who have emptied out of northern Rakhine in a single month, fleeing an army crackdown and communa
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Sri Lanka fight back after Pakistan's solid start

Shan Masood and Sami Aslam put up a 100+ opening stand for Pakistan/AFP ABU DHABI: Openers Shan Masood and Sami Aslam scored half centuries before Sri Lanka's spinners hit back to put Pakistan under pressure on the third day of the first Test in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. Pakistan were 121-2 at lunch after both openers were removed, with Azhar Ali unbeaten on five and Asad Shafiq on one with Pakistan still 298 runs behind Sri Lanka´s first innings total of 419. Masood struck a confident 59 while A
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PCB makes domestic participation mandatory for foreign league NOCs

PCB says it is compulsory for centrally contracted players to participate in National T20 Cup in order to be issued NOCs for BPL and Global T20 League  LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board has made it clear that centrally contracted players would only be issued No Objection Certificates (NOCs) to play in foreign T20 leagues if they agree to participate in the National T20 Cup. In a press release issued on Saturday, the PCB said it is compulsory for all the centrally contracted players to particip
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Knife attacks on women: Karachi police register two more cases

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/bc9b3c0ab03dd33dc9d3e65476cea80e.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9OS8zMC8yMDE3IDk6MDA6NDQgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1jdmM2QnIzOFVUU2ViV0lxNS9wTnVnPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] KARACHI: Police have booked two more cases reported by victims of stabbing attacks in the city?s Gulistan-e-Jauhar locality this week
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Op Radd-ul Fasaad: Security forces recover weapons in Balochistan?s Kohlu

KOHLU: Under the ongoing Operation Radd-ul Fasaad, intelligence agencies and Levies forces conducted raids and recovered huge quantity of weapons from Balochistan?s Kohlu district. In a press conference, Deputy Commissioner Kohlu Agha Nabil said that the security forces raided Makhi Nala area of Kahan. During the raid, arms and ammunition were recovered from the hideouts belonging to proscribed organisation members, said Nabil. Three hand grenades, seven anti-tank mines, 477 LMG rounds, one
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Rangers recover weapons hidden by ?MQM-London members? in Karachi

KARACHI: Rangers recovered on Saturday a huge cache of weapons during a raid in Karachi?s Orangi area. According to Rangers, the Muttahida Quami Movement-London members hid the weapons in three rooms present at the back of a public park. During the raid, Rangers personnel recovered machine guns, Kalashnikovs, rifles, two pistols and around 1,850 bullets of different kinds. According to Rangers the weapons were to be used in incidents of terrorism and target-killing in Karachi. In June, Pak
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North Korea seen moving missiles from development center

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un makes a statement regarding US President Donald Trump's speech at the UN general assembly, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang, September 22, 2017/KCNA via REUTERS SEOUL: Several North Korean missiles were recently spotted moved from a rocket facility in the capital Pyongyang, South Korea?s Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported late Friday amid speculation that the North was preparing to take more provocativ
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Deadline for filing tax returns extended till October 31

ISLAMABAD: The deadline for filing of income tax returns has been extended till October 31. Federal Minister for Finance Ishaq Dar on Friday approved extension in the due date for filing of Income Tax Returns/Statements by Companies, salaried individuals, other individuals and AOPs, till October 31, 2017. The minister approved the extension in view of requests made by tax bars and various trade and other associations due to Eid-ul-Azha and Muharram holidays, both falling in September. It wa
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In Pakistan's coal rush, some women drivers break cultural barriers

Gulaban, a 25-year old mother of three, adjusts a fan before driving a 60-tonne truck, during a training session of the Female Dump Truck Driver Programme, introduced by the Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC), in Islamkot, Tharparkar, Pakistan September 21, 2017. Picture taken September 21, 2017. REUTERS ISLAMKOT: As Pakistan bets on cheap coal in the Thar desert to resolve its energy crisis, a select group of women is eyeing a road out of poverty by snapping up truck-driving jobs that once
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Muharram security: Cellular services partially suspended in major cities

KARACHI: Mobile phone services were again partially suspended in major cities across the country on Saturday due to strict security arrangements to safeguard Muharram processions. Cellular and internet services were partially suspended in parts of Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkur, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and other cities beginning today, as authorities finalised arrangements ahead of the processions. Mobile phone services had also been partially suspended in different parts of the country on Friday
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