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Trump, France's Macron to discuss Syria and terrorism during Paris visit

US President Donald Trump looks at French President Emmanuel Macron before a family photo. REUTERS/Carlos Barria US President Donald Trump will discuss Syria and counterterrorism when he meets with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris later this week, a White House official said on Tuesday. Trump was invited to France to celebrate July 14 Bastille Day festivities. During his trip, Trump and Macron will also hold a bilateral meeting and participate in a joint news conference. "I would cha
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Carrick succeeds Rooney as Manchester United captain

Manchester United's long-serving midfielder Michael Carrick will replace the departed Wayne Rooney as captain, the Premier League club said on Tuesday. Former England skipper Rooney's return to his boyhood team Everton left the armband vacant, with 35-year-old Carrick, whose testimonial was held at Old Trafford last month, taking over. ?It feels great and it is such a huge honour to captain such a great club,? the long-serving Carrick told MUTV. ?It is my 12th year now and I came as a 25-year-
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Saudi Arabia to introduce physical education for schoolgirls

Saudi elementary students sit for an exam in Jeddah, June 13, 2007. REUTERS/Susan Baaghil/File Photo Saudi public schools will begin offering physical education for girls in the coming academic year, the education ministry announced on Tuesday, in a long-awaited reform in the Islamic kingdom. Physical education for women is controversial in Saudi Arabia, where conservatives consider it immodest, and it is not mandatory. It has not been offered in most public schools. "Sports is empowerment,"
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Twitter hires Intuit's Ned Segal as chief financial officer

People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken September 27, 2013. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo Twitter Inc said on Tuesday it had hired Ned Segal ? senior vice president of finance at Intuit Inc ? as its chief financial officer beginning in late August. Anthony Noto, who has been serving as Twitter's chief financial officer and chief operating officer since November, will remain at the company
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Thousands mourn Srebrenica's Muslim massacre victims

Bosnian Muslim women offers prayers near the caskets of 71 victims of the 1995 Srebrenica massacre. -AFP SREBRENICA: Thousands gathered in Srebrenica on Tuesday to mark the 1995 massacre of about 8,000 Bosnian Muslims, Europe´s worst atrocity since World War II, with some relatives of the victims giving their loved ones a proper burial for the first time. The remains of 71 victims of the bloodshed, which has been ruled genocide by international courts, were laid to rest in a joint funeral at a
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Indian man tries to open plane's emergency door in midair

Photo: FILE ? AirAsia.com NEW DELHI: An Indian man tried to open an emergency exit door on a packed AirAsia flight in midair, injuring fellow passengers and crew members who rushed to restrain him as the plane prepared to land, the airline said. Following the incident Aftab Ahmed, 32, was detained and handed over to airport security in eastern Ranchi city late Monday. "AirAsia would like to confirm that the airline encountered an unruly passenger onboard (a) flight... from New Delhi to Ranchi
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Twitterati take aim at font ?Calibri? after JIT report

Who knew that a simple and inoffensive font such as Calibri would get in the crosshairs, as the JIT?s final report included it as part of evidence detailing how the premier's daughter Maryam Nawaz allegedly forged her documents. Maryam Nawaz submitted declaration documents of offshore companies, Nielsen and Nescoll ltd. from 2006, which the JIT found were actually written in font Calibri which was not even available publicly until 2007. Sources: Facebook The good old font Calibri became a t
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Donald Trump Jr. posts email chain on alleged Russian offer for Clinton information

WASHINGTON: Donald Trump Jr. on Tuesday posted an email chain on Twitter over Russia's alleged offer to provide information on Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton during 2016 US presidential campaign. The Russian lawyer who met with Donald Trump Jr. said on Tuesday she had no Kremlin ties and wanted to discuss US sanctions on Russian officials, not Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton. "I never had any damaging or sensitive information about Hillary Clinton," Natali
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Bangladesh cricket vows crackdown on player scandals

DHAKA: Bangladesh´s cricket board vowed tough action Tuesday against any players accused of misconduct or bringing the game into disrepute amid a slew of high-profile scandals involving top stars. The warning from the cricket board came as the wife of fast bowler Mohammad Shahid filed a complaint against her husband, accusing him of torturing her. Farzana Akther told the Bangladesh Cricket Board at the weekend that her 28-year-old husband had hidden his marital status from other women and tort
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Private oil company to pay fine for Bahawalpur tanker fire that killed 217

OGRA held the company responsible for the accident. A private oil company on Tuesday agreed to pay a fine of about Rs257 rupees in compensation for the Ahmedpur East tanker truck explosion that killed more than 200 people last month. The fiery blast on June 25 was one of the worst accidents in Pakistan's history. A tanker carrying fuel rolled over in Punjab's Ahmedpur East and villagers rushed to collect leaking fuel. Something then set off a fireball. The Oil and Gas Regulatory Authority (OG
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US, Qatar sign agreement on fighting terrorism

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meeting with Qatar´s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani. -AFP DOHA: The US and Qatar announced Tuesday they have signed an agreement on fighting terrorism, at a time when the emirate is facing sanctions from neighbouring countries which accuse it of supporting extremism. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani made the announcement at a joint news conference in Doha. Tillerson said the agreem
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Bangladesh opener Tamim leaves Essex after one game

Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal hit 70 in the ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against India at Edgbaston on June 15, 2017 - AFP  LONDON: Bangladesh opening batsman Tamim Iqbal has left English county Essex after just one match for personal reasons, the club revealed on Tuesday. The 28-year-old -- Bangladesh's highest international run scorer with more than 10,000 to his name in all forms of the game -- signed only last week for an eight game stint in the T20 Blast county competition. Tamim appeared
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'Gangnam Style' dethroned as top YouTube video

After 4.5 years as the most viewed YouTube video, the quirky "Gangnam Style" pop hit is dethroned by "See You Again" by Wiz Khalifa and Charlie Puth - AFP Photo   NEW YORK: "Gangnam Style," the quirky South Korean video that spawned a global dance craze and went so viral it nearly broke YouTube, has finally been dethroned as the most watched video. After four and a half years as YouTube's most seen video, "Gangnam Style" slipped late Monday to number two, replaced by "See You Again" by Wiz Kha
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Mustafa Kamal extends olive branch to MQM-P

Farooq Sattar and Mustafa Kamal shake hands at an event - File photo KARACHI: Pakistan Sar Zameen Party Chairman Mustafa Kamal on Tuesday extended an olive branch to the Muttahida Quami Movement-Pakistan. The PSP chief was addressing a saying that the MQM brand has now ended and it?s time for the factions to work together. Kamal criticised Sindh government, calling it the worst government in Pakistan. He also called for Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to resign before defending his position rega
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Dar urges patience over JIT report

ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Ishaq Dar on Monday urged patience over final report submitted by the Panama case joint investigation team (JIT) in the Supreme Court, lamenting that a narrative is being shaped against the prime minister since the submission of the report. Speaking at a presser here, Ishaq Dar said the Panamagate JIT report has several flaws, comprises of unsigned documents and even copies. He urged opposition parties to demonstrate patience for they also did so at the time of "Dha
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Repeated attempts made to discredit government, says Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: Minister for Planning, Development and Reforms Ahsan Iqbal on Tuesday said, in an apparent reference to the Panama Papers probe, that attempts have always been made to discredit civilian government. The federal minister was addressing a press conference here, where he said that Pakistan needs stability in order to progress. He said that there has always been a resistance to democracy as from Hussain Soharwardi to Nawaz Sharif rulers faced hurdles in continuing tenure for five years
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Syrian Observatory says has 'confirmed information' that Daesh chief killed

Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi - Reuters File Photo  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told Reuters on Tuesday that it had "confirmed information" that Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi has been killed. Russia's Defence Ministry said in June that it might have killed Baghdadi when one of its air strikes hit a gathering of Daesh commanders on the outskirts of the Syrian city of Raqqa, but Washington said it could not corroborate the death and Western and Iraqi officials have been skeptical. Reuters
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Imran accuses PM, Shehbaz, Dar of money laundering, demands resignation

PTI chief talking to media in Islamabad Pakistan Tehreek ?e-Insaf (PTI) chairman on Tuesday once again demanded the resignation of the prime minister and other top government functionaries, a day after the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) presented its final report in the Supreme Court. Talking to media here, Imran said that not just Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif but Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar were also involved in money laundering and demanded all three of
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Large cache of weapons recovered from truck near Kohat tunnel

Security forces recovered a huge cache of weapons and ammunition near Kohat Tunnel and arrested two terrorists in an operation carried out as part of Operation Radd-ul-Fasaad, a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said. Taking action on an intelligence report, security forces found a large quantity of weapons and ammunition in a secret compartment at the bottom of a truck, said ISPR. Large quantity of weapons, ammo found by security forces The ammunition, which includes m
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Chaiwala Arshad Khan belongs to Afghanistan, says Nadra

ISLAMABAD: Arshad Khan -- the famous blue-eyed chaiwala, who dominated the social media horizon last year -- is an Afghan national and not native to Pakistan. National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) records have confirmed that Khan is a resident of Afghanistan and does not possess valid documents to cover his stay in Pakistan. This latest update is sure to rain on the parade of several Pakistanis, who were quick to rave about Arshad Khan after a picture of him went viral on the in
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Chinese company to reconstruct Lahore airport

Allama Iqbal International Airport - File Photo  BEIJING: A Chinese construction company has won a contract worth an estimated $382 million to reconstruct the Allama Iqbal International Airport in Lahore. According to China?s state-owned Peoples Daily, the contract was awarded to China Construction Third Engineering Bureau and after the reconstruction, the airport will become the largest in the country. This is the third project by the company in the Pakistan. Several major projects in Pakist
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Malaysian COAS calls upon Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa

Chief of Malaysian Army General Dato? Sri Zulkiple Bin Haji Kassim pictured with Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters on Tuesday. Photo: ISPR   RAWALPINDI: Chief of Malaysian Army General Dato? Sri Zulkiple Bin Haji Kassim called on Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa at the General Headquarters on Tuesday, the Inter Services Public Relations department said. The two chiefs exchanged views on issues of mutual interest including defence, tra
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Post-JIT: Legal experts say PM likely to be disqualified

Officials bringing in the JIT's final probe report to the Supreme Court on Monday. Photo: Geo News Leading legal experts are of the opinion that it has become nearly impossible for the prime minister to save himself from being disqualified after the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report. Barrister Farogh Naseem claimed the premier?s disqualification is writing on the wall. ?It is better if he resigns as he cannot escape disqualification,? he said. Advocate Faisal Chaudhry said the
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Sheikh Rasheed to request SC to summon PM for cross-examination

RAWALPINDI: Awami Muslim League (AML) president Sheikh Rasheed on Tuesday announced he would request the Supreme Court to summon Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for cross-examination in the Panama probe. Addressing a press conference, Rasheed renewed calls for PM?s resignation in the aftermath of the damning Panama case report by the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) and stressed that the PM had lost all grounds to rule. ?For the sake of this country, I ask Nawaz Sharif to step down. He has lost all
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JIT is associated with different political parties: Hanif Abbasi

Hanif Abbasi, Daniyal Aziz, Talal Chaudhry ISLAMABAD: The association of the Panama case Joint Investigation Team members with different political parties has come to the fore, alleged Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Hanif Abbasi on Tuesday. ?How would [otherwise] Imran Khan and Sheikh Rasheed come to know what statements Shehbaz Sharif and others recorded before the JIT,? Abbasi questioned while he and other leaders of the ruling party spoke to the media, opposing the investigatio
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