Swift, 26, was photographed by other potential jurors. NASHVILLE (Reuters) – Taylor Swift was the most high-profile absence at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) but on Monday but the singer happily took photos with fans after reporting for jury duty in Nashville. Swift, 26, was photographed by other potential ...
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Internet star sings of Gaza cat and ‘My Trousers’
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories (AFP) – Mobbed by fans wherever he goes, Adel Meshoukhi is the kind of singer that perhaps only Gaza could produce: an internet sensation who depends on a modest stipend from Hamas. Very few people in Gaza, the small Palestinian territory ruled by the Islamist movement ...
Read More »‘Pakistan need attacking middle-order batsman’
LAHORE: Former Test cricketer and chief selector Mohammad Ilyas has said Pakistan need an attacking left-handed middle-order batsman to bounce back in the ODI series against England. Talking to media here on Monday, Ilyas said the team should also learn to play modern day cricket instead of using the old ...
Read More »Pakistan need a ‘300’
Just past a third of the way into England’s innings chasing Pakistan’s moderate score of 251 on a small ground, with England 89-2 in 20.1 overs, Morgan tucked a ball to square leg and ran straight away. It was sad to see Yasir not getting behind the stumps to run ...
Read More »Brzezinski suggests Trump has serious mental health issues
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump may not be mentally fit to serve as the president of the United States, suggests Mika Brzezinski, an American author, journalist and television host. Brzezinski said on Monday’s “Morning Joe” on MSNBC that “it’s time to hear from somebody in the mental health community, to ...
Read More »Powerful blast hits Somali capital; casualties reported
At two people have been killed after in a powerful bomb explosion near the presidential palace in the Somali capital, Mogadishu. Local media said the Tuesday bomb attack, which partially destroyed two hotels opposite the president’s residents, left five people wounded.
Read More »Libya forces pushing to liberate last Sirte district from Daesh
Forces loyal to the Libyan unity government are on the verge of liberating the northern city of Sirte from Daesh, as only one district in the coastal city is said to be under the control of the Takfiri terror group. The forces said that they “completely liberated” neighborhood Number One ...
Read More »1 dead, 3 injured as blast hits near China Embassy in Kyrgyzstan
One person has been killed and three others have sustained injuries in a powerful explosion that rocked the Chinese Embassy in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, media reports say. China’s Xinhua News Agency, citing a Kyrgyz security official, said the blast was a “car bombing,” in which the driver was killed after he rammed his vehicle though ...
Read More »North Korea: UN slams missile tests because of US provocation
North Korea says it has the capability to instantly turn soldiers in the US and the Pacific into ashes. The North made the threat in a letter sent to the UN on Monday to denounce a recent statement released by the world body that condemned Pyongyang’s latest ballistic missile tests. ...
Read More »Saudi jets attack Yemen’s Sa’ada with cluster bombs
Five Yemeni children have been killed and several others injured in Saudi Arabia’s latest attack on its southern neighbor. The children were killed on Monday as Saudi warplanes used clusters bombs in the Sahar district of the country’s northwestern province of Sa’ada. A woman was also killed as the kingdom’s ...
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