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“Suicide Squad” held on for a third straight week as the top money-maker at North American box offices, easily brushing off the competition, industry estimates showed Sunday. “Ben-Hur,” meanwhile, bombed on its debut. “Suicide Squad” hasn t been a favorite with critics, but moviegoers plunked down $20.7 million over the weekend to see Will Smith, Jared Leto and Margot Robbie play ...

Troubled US star Lindsay Lohan has demanded a meeting with President Vladimir Putin in return for appearing on a Russian chat show, its host said, confirming US media reports. Andrei Malakhov, who hosts the top-rating “Pust Govoryat” or “Let Them Talk” show, told LifeNews Russian website late Sunday that Lohan “really does have a desire to meet the Russian president.” ...

Trade activities remain suspended and long queues of containers could be seen on Pak-Afghan border in Chaman as closure of Friendship Gate enters day 5 today (Monday) The major crossing on the Afghan-Pakistan border has been closed over a dispute over the burning of a Pakistani flag by Afghan demonstrators last week. Pakistani officials said the Chaman crossing was closed ...

he Rio Olympics closing ceremony got underway on Sunday after Eliud Kipchoge s dominant marathon victory highlighted the final day of competition. Athletes and officials from around the world were attending the event at Rio s Maracana stadium which will bring down the curtain on South America s first Olympics. On a wet and blustery final day, Kenya s Kipchoge, 31, shone with his ...

China’s state-backed Shanghai Electric Power said it is bidding to acquire a stake in Pakistani utility K-Electric Ltd, which has a total market value of $2.3 billion. “Our company has embarked on preliminary work on the acquisition of a stake in K-Electric. We have not entered into any exclusive negotiations yet and the size of the stake has also not ...

At least 40 terrorists were killed, 21 others injured besides 43 hideouts destroyed and recovered huge arms cache during the last one week, since the operation Khyber-III launched in Pakistan-Afghan bordering area. According to the update on the operation issued by ISPR here on Monday, the security forces have occupied passes and are now consolidating their positions up in high ...

Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) chief Altaf Hussain announced to quit the party leadership once again and shifted the helm of affairs to Dr. Farooq Sattar. However, entreaties of the party workers forced him to withdraw his decision. It should be mentioned here that Altaf Hussain was addressing the hunger strike camp in progress at Karachi Press Club (KPC). He all ...

North Korea has become further isolated after a January nuclear test, its fourth, and the launch of a long-range rocket in February brought tightened U.N. Security Council sanctions that Pyongyang defied with several ballistic missile launches. About 25,000 U.S. troops are joining in the Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, which runs until Sept 2. The U.S.-led U.N. Command Military Armistice Commission ...

Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the IS group needed to be completely pushed out of the border zone inside Syria, amid Turkish media reports of an Ankara-backed offensive by rebels against the group. The attack late Saturday on a crowded street wedding in the city of Gaziantep was the latest in a devastating series of bombings in Turkey at a ...