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Manchester concert suicide attack prompts security rethinks worldwide

Police stand guard outside the Manchester Arena in Manchester, the site of the blast where US singer Ariana Grande had been performing, May 23, 2017. REUTERS/Andrew Yates TOKYO/SINGAPORE: Countries from the United States to Japan and Singapore are considering tightening security ahead of major theatre and sports events following a suicide bomb attack in Britain that killed at least 22 people. Britain was on its second-highest alert level of "severe", meaning an attack by militants is considere
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NAB, SECP, FIA, and SBP send teams to assist JIT in Panama probe

ISLAMABAD: The Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing into the Panama case solicited four teams from different institutions on Tuesday. The institutions that include the SECP, FIA, NAB, and SBP formed their respective teams and submitted them to the JIT. The SECP has assembled a four-member team that includes Hamid Javed, Khurram Hasan, Anwar Hashmi and Haroon Abdullah, sources told Geo News. Khawar Ilyas will head the NAB team. The teams will begin to assist and support the JIT starting fro
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Nokia settles patent dispute with Apple

Nokia has settled its patent dispute with Apple and signed a business collaboration deal with the U.S. giant, the Finnish firm said on Tuesday, sending its shares sharply higher. Nokia said on Tuesday it would receive an upfront cash payment and additional revenues from Apple starting from the current quarter. It did not give details of the amounts. Nokia shares, which fell in December due to the patent dispute, jumped 7.4 percent to 5.93 euros. Analysts said they had expected the legal dispu
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22 killed in 'suicide attack' at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e4dd58aeeff3d5a5c0f819c256052a7a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NS8yMy8yMDE3IDU6MTY6NDMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1QWm1sZGtnaVdaOUovOWNsTXQ3NHVBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] MANCHESTER: At least 22 people, including some children, were killed and 59 wounded when a suicide bomber struck as thousands of fans streamed out of a concert by US singer Ariana G
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Ariana Grande says she is 'broken' in tweet after Manchester attack

Pop star Ariana Grande said on Monday she was "broken" five hours after a bombing killed 19 people and wounded dozens of others at her concert in Manchester, England. Making her first comment since an explosion detonated just outside Manchester Arena at the end of her performance there, Grande said on Twitter: "broken. from the bottom of my heart, I am so so sorry. I don't have words." Representatives for Grande have said that the 23-year-old pop star was physically "okay" following the blast
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Trump arrives in Bethlehem to meet Palestinian president Abbas

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk in a procession to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst BETHLEHEM, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Donald Trump made the short trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem Tuesday to meet Mahmud Abbas, who hopes to convince the unpredictable US president to remain committed to an independent Palestinian state. His talks in Bethlehem with the Palestinian president come after Trump on Monday made a heavily sy
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Pakistan condemns Manchester blast, expresses solidarity with victims

Police seen outside Manchester Arena, where Ariana Grande had been performing when the blast occurred - Reuters  ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Tuesday strongly condemned the blast which hit a concert at Manchester Arena, in what British police suspect as a terrorist attack. ?We strongly condemn terrorist incident in #Manchester that caused loss of 19 precious human lives & injured scores,? Foreign Office spokesperson Nafees Zakaria said in a Twitter post earlier today. "Pakistan expresses solida
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Hackers hit Russian bank customers, planned international cyber raids

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Sberbank is seen on top of a building in central Moscow, Russia April 22, 2016.   Russian cybercriminals used malware planted on Android mobile devices to steal from domestic bank customers and were planning to target European lenders before their arrest, investigators and sources with knowledge of the case told Reuters. Their campaign raised a relatively small sum by cyber-crime standards - more than 50 million roubles ($892,000) - but they had also obtained more sophi
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Teenager attempts suicide, jumps from mobile tower in Multan

The boy jumped from the mobile tower on Masoom Shah Road after two hours.Photo: Geo News screen grab MULTAN: A 15-year-old was critically injured after he jumped from a mobile tower on Multan?s Masoom Shah Road early Tuesday morning. According to the police, the 15-year-old teenager A* left his house and climbed a mobile tower after a domestic dispute. His family tried their best to make sure he comes down but the teenager did not budge. The family then called Rescue 1122 to the site. The R
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Video of Melania Trump slapping Donald Trump's hand goes viral

US President Donald Trump with the first lady Melania Trump  Speculation around Donald Trump and Melania Trump's marriage has always been the most discussed issue but it seems that it is about to get a whole lot more intense this time. While Donald Trump's first international trip is in full swing, there also have also been news circulating regarding their trip. Most recently the video captured during Donald Trump's visit to Israel with wife Melania Trump has taken the internet by storm. Befo
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480g of cocaine recovered from parcel at Lahore GPO

LAHORE: 480 grammes of cocaine was recovered from a parcel that arrived from Peru in Lahore?s General Post Office on Tuesday. The contraband was expertly concealed in a thermos  The illegal drug was expertly concealed in the package carrying a thermos, sources told Geo News. Read more: Over 20 KGs of heroin seized from PIA plane at Islamabad airport A bid to smuggle heroin was foiled at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Monday when 20 kilogrammes of the contraband was seized from a
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Weather to remain hot, dry on Tuesday: MET

A shallow westerly wave is present along north-west Balochistan and its adjoining areas, the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) said. Hot and dry weather is expected in most parts of the country today. Explore: 7 easy hacks to beat the heat However, rain and thunderstorm with gusty winds are expected at isolated places in Hazara, Bannu, Multan, D.G.Khan, Kalat, Quetta, Zhob, Sukkur, Larkana divisions, upper FATA, Kashmir and its adjoining hilly areas, the PMD forecasted. Past weather
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Muslims should join hands to combat terrorism: PM

PM Nawaz Sharif paying his respects at Roza-e-Rasool, where he later offered Nawafil. Photo: Twitter MADINA: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that Muslim across the world should join hands to combat terrorism. He was speaking to media in Madina Munawwara on Monday. He also remarked that he hasn?t decided if he will be a part of the World Centre Against Extremism, a counter-radicalisation initiative by the Saudi government Speaking about the summit, he said that the Arab Islamic American Su
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Legend Sangakkara to retire from first class cricket

Kumar Sangakkara in action. Photo: Getty Images LONDON: Sri Lankan cricketing legend Kumar Sangakkara said Monday he will retire from first-class cricket at the end of the present English county championship season in September. The 39-year-old -- fifth in the list of all-time Test run scorers averaging more than 57 runs in 134 Tests, making 11 double centuries -- is still in prime form having scored two centuries for Surrey in their match with Middlesex which finished on Monday. However, San
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Trump heads for Bethlehem to see Palestinian leader

US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump walk in a procession to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst BETHLEHEM, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: Donald Trump makes the short trip from Jerusalem to Bethlehem Tuesday to meet Mahmud Abbas, who hopes to convince the unpredictable US president to remain committed to an independent Palestinian state. His talks in Bethlehem with the Palestinian president come after Trump on Monday made a heavily s
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19 killed in blast at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e679b3bbef4e2440c29b297fa1b8c04b.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NS8yMy8yMDE3IDEyOjM0OjI5IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9dEdIWjYxTG1FaFhKbHpyV3k2SHI1QT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: At least 19 people were killed in a blast at a concert in the English city of Manchester on Monday where US singer Ariana Grande had been performing. Two US
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22 killed in blast at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e4dd58aeeff3d5a5c0f819c256052a7a.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NS8yMy8yMDE3IDU6MTY6NDMgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1QWm1sZGtnaVdaOUovOWNsTXQ3NHVBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: At least 22 people were killed in a blast at a concert in the English city of Manchester on Monday where US singer Ariana Grande had been performing. Two US o
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Celebrities react to explosion at Ariana Grande concert

Following the explosion during Ariana Grande concert at Manchester Arena, the singer took to Twitter and said she is "broken" and apologised to her fans from the bottom of her heart.  She added, "I don't have words." The singing community also sent out their love for the families of the blast victims.  Not just singers, but other celebrities also sent out love for
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Manchester Arena blast: How it happened?

A police van and an ambulance are seen outside the Manchester Arena, where U.S. singer Ariana Grande had been performing, in Manchester, northern England, Britain May 22, 2017. REUTERS/Jon Super  MANCHESTER: At least 19 people were killed and 50 injured in an explosion at Manchester Arena, where 23-year-old American singer Ariana Grande was performing in a concert. In a statement issued early morning, the Greater Manchester Police said it is "being treated as a terrorist incident until pol
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At least 19 killed in blast at Ariana Grande concert in British arena

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e679b3bbef4e2440c29b297fa1b8c04b.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9NS8yMy8yMDE3IDEyOjM0OjI5IEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9dEdIWjYxTG1FaFhKbHpyV3k2SHI1QT09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] MANCHESTER, ENGLAND: At least 19 people were killed in a blast at a concert in the English city of Manchester on Monday where US singer Ariana Grande had been performing. Two US
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Mourinho bets the house on Europa League glory

Though he denies it, Manchester United manager Jose Mourinho has gambled the club's season on the outcome of Wednesday's Europa League final against Ajax in Stockholm. Having missed out on Champions League qualification via the Premier League, United must beat Ajax at the Friends Arena to secure a return to Europe's elite competition. Mourinho has made his priorities clear in recent weeks by resting players for league fixtures, but he claims United's injury problems left him with no choice. "
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At least 19 dead after blast at Ariana Grande concert in Manchester

MANCHESTER: At least 19 people have been killed and 50 injured after a reported explosion hit Manchester Arena following a concert by US singer Ariana Grande. Greater Manchester Police in a statement said the incident is "being treated as a terrorist incident until police know otherwise". ?This is a developing story and will be updated as more information is received. Please stay tuned. Update [5:15 AM PST]: Greater Manchester Police has released fresh information pertaining to the Manchest
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Blast at Ariana Grande concert in Britain's Manchester Arena

Update [4:10 AM PST]: Almost 50 ambulances are currently present at the site. Update [4:02 AM PST]: Greater Manchester Police says "there are a number of confirmed fatalities". Update [3:35 AM PST]: Ariana Grande is safe, reports say. Update [3:32 AM PST]: The area around Manchester Arena has been cordoned off, with security authorities asking people to "stay away" from the area. Ambulances and emergency teams rushing to the site. Update [3:31 AM PST]: Some peo
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Israeli MP stokes jokes and anger with Trump selfie

Donald Trump announces his campaign for the 2016 Republican presidential nomination at Trump Tower in New York, June 16, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid  JERUSALEM: A scandal-plagued Israeli MP stole a selfie with US President Donald Trump on Monday, setting off a flood of online humour and seeming to annoy Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Oren Hazan was not supposed to approach Trump during the welcoming ceremony at Tel Aviv airport, but managed to "get in" to the line of dignitaries, a fore
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Sinkhole opens up near Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, prompts hilarious Twitter reaction

Image courtesy: Beautiful Country? Twitter account (@beauticountry) A 4-by-4 feet sinkhole has formed right outside Mar-a-Lago, the famous Palm Beach, Florida resort that US President Donald Trump is known to frequent. Although the sinkhole has not caused any major traffic delays, the lane in which it appeared has been closed for the relevant authorities to analyse and fix. Palm Beach town, in a notification issued earlier today, said the sinkhole is "in the vicinity of the newly-installed wat
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