YouTube said Thursday it will disable user comments on a broad array of videos featuring children to thwart “predatory behavior” after revelations about a glitch exploited for sharing of child pornography. The Google-owned video-sharing service announced further steps to crack down on inappropriate comments a week after an investigation showing how comments and connections on […]
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Trump’s ex-lawyer Cohen testifies again, this time behind closed doors
Abdul Gh Lone 1 March 2019 0 COMMENTSUS President Donald Trump’s former lawyer Michael Cohen returned to Capitol Hill on Thursday to speak behind closed doors with a congressional panel investigating Russia’s interference in the 2016 general elections, capping a week of testimony in which he levelled new allegations of wrongdoing at his former boss. Cohen did not respond to questions as […]
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Pakistan denying F-16s’ use as US bars them from ‘offensive role’
Abdul Gh Lone 1 March 2019 0 COMMENTSPakistan tried very hard to deny it used F-16s for the air intrusion, or that one of them was shot down because it obtained the fighters from the US from the mid-1980s onwards under the guise of the global fight against terrorism.
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Indian pilot Abhinandan, captured by Pakistan after his plane crashed on the other side of LoC while on a mission to chase back intruding planes, will be handed over to India at the Wagah border. Catch all live updates here
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Turkey’s military launched the largest naval exercise in its history on Thursday, carrying out drills with frigates, corvettes and submarines in the Black Sea, Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. The nine-day exercise is aimed at testing the readiness of command bases and operation centers throughout Turkey’s territorial waters, the defense ministry said. On board the frigate […]
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday welcomed Prime Minister Imran Khan’s decision to release the captured Indian fighter pilot in what was seen as an effort to deescalate the gravest crisis between the two countries in years. “The report of the release of the Indian pilot by the Pakistani authorities would be very much a […]
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Two suicide car bombs exploded in Mogadishu on Thursday evening, killing at least 15 people, a Somali official said. The first explosion occurred just after the 8 p.m. local time when a vehicle loaded with explosives were detonated on one of the capital’s busiest streets, Maka Al-Mukarama Road. Eyewitnesses said dozens of people were sitting […]
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Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir to arrive in Pakistan to discuss Indo-Pak tensions
Abdul Gh Lone 1 March 2019 0 COMMENTSHe will bring a special message from the Saudi crown prince
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After calls to leaders of Pakistan, India, Pompeo ‘hopeful’ for de-escalation
Abdul Gh Lone 1 March 2019 0 COMMENTSUS Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Thursday said he was hopeful to “take down the tensions” between Pakistan and India after having “good conversations” with leaders from the two neighbouring countries. “I spent a good deal of time on the phone last night talking to leaders in both countries, making sure there was good […]
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Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan receives praise for decision to release Indian pilot from all over the world. Captured Indian pilot Abhinandan Varthaman will release today (Friday) as a gesture of peace towards New Delhi and a step showing deescalation in favour of regional peace. PM Imran Khan receives praise for decision to release […]
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