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Geo News Blog delivers the latest breaking news, world headlines, politics, current affairs, and international updates from Pakistan and around the world, updated through trusted RSS sources.

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Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt might be getting back together

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston were married for five years. Photo: Glamour Brad Pitt and Jenifer Aniston are reportedly considering giving their relationship another chance. According to reports, the actors have been meeting in secret after George Clooney encouraged Pitt to reach out to Aniston after her split from fellow actor Justin Theroux. Aniston and Pitt were married for five years before he met Angelina Jolie on the set of Mr and Mrs Smith. Pitt who married Angelina Jolie in 2014 and w
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Israeli production company to launch a #MeToo reality show

The Silence Breakers will be produced by Israeli production company Gils Formats. Photo: Gils Formats In the aftermath of the #MeToo and the Time's Up movements, Israeli production company Gils Format will be producing an investigative series which will document sexual misconduct in the workplace via hidden cameras. According to reports, each episode will focus on both the victim and the perpetrator, with an on-camera confrontation between the two at the end. In an interview with The Hollywoo
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21 million don't have access to clean water in Pakistan: report

Photo: AFP Pakistan is among top 10 countries with the lowest access to clean water, according to a study. The study ?The Water Gap ? The State of the World?s Water 2018? by WaterAid was released on Thursday to mark World Water Day. Pakistan ranks nine in the list of top 10 countries with lowest access to clean water where 21 million of the total population of 207 million do not have access to clean water. India, Ethiopia and Nigeria are the top three countries without access to safe water.
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600 invited to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding

Photo: AFP Some 600 people have been invited to the wedding of Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancée Meghan Markle, Kensington Palace announced on Thursday. The invitations were posted earlier this week, Harry's official residence said - without revealing who had made the guest list. Harry and his US actress fiancée are set to tie the knot at Windsor Castle, west of London, on May 19. The 600 invitees will attend the service in the castle's St George's Chapel, followed by the lunchtime recep
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Instagram finally becoming more chronological

Photo: AFP Instagram has heard user complaints regarding its algorithm-based feed and is making changes to display more photos and videos in a chronological order.  In a blog post released on Thursday, the photo sharing app announced that it will be ?introducing changes to give you more control over your feed and ensure the posts you see are timely?. The move comes after users complained about the news feed which switched to an algorithm-based formula. The app which was bought in 2012 by Faceb
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Oil prices rise as Saudi says production curbs could last into 2019

Photo: Reuters  SINGAPORE: Oil prices rose by around one per cent on Friday, pushed up by Saudi plans for OPEC and Russian-led production curbs introduced in 2017 to be extended into 2019 in order to tighten the market. The rise in oil prices defied global stock markets, which slumped on the back of worries about a trade stand-off between the United States and China. But gold XAU, seen as a safehaven in times of economic turmoil, rallied to a two-week high on Friday. US President Donald Trump
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No space for judicial martial law in Constitution: CJP

CJP addressing the ceremony today. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Saqib Nisar said on Friday that there is no space in the country's Constitution for a judicial martial law. ?There?s no question of judicial martial law in the Constitution,? Chief Justice Nisar asserted while addressing a Pakistan Day event in Lahore. ?There?s no martial law from the inside or outside,? he added, without elaborating. The comments come after calls from political leaders for judicia
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Zuckerberg´s shine dims as guardian of Facebook users

Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: AFP Mark Zuckerberg rose to wealth and fame with a mission of connecting everyone through Facebook, but now faces the wrath of users outraged he isn´t doing more to defend their data. The latest crisis laying siege to the leading online social network has raised the spectre that he has lost control of his creation and been naive about the unintended consequences of people sharing so much about themselves. "If Facebook was a typical company, and Zuckerberg was the found
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Indian airliner makes history by flying to Israel via Saudi airspace

The Air India flight lands in Israel. Photo: Reuters  BEN GURION AIRPORT: Saudi Arabia opened its airspace for the first time to a commercial flight to Israel with the inauguration on Thursday of an Air India route between New Delhi and Tel Aviv. Air India 139 landed at Tel Aviv?s Ben Gurion Airport after a flight of over 7-1/2 hours, marking a diplomatic shift for Riyadh that Israel says was fueled by shared concern over Iranian influence in the region. ?This is a really historic day that fol
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Indian forces have put regional peace at stake: Mamnoon Hussain

President Mamnoon Hussain speaks at Pakistan Day event in Parade Ground, Islamabad. Photo: Geo News ISLAMABAD: The Indian forces have put regional peace at stake by violating human rights in occupied Kashmir and killing innocent civilians across the Line of Control and Working Boundary, said President Mamnoon Hussain. While addressing the Pakistan Day event at Parade Ground in the federal capital on Friday, the president warned India to stop its atrocities along the border. The president spoke
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Narcos producer shows 'mechanism' of Brazil corruption in new series

Photo: Netflix  A vast corruption investigation in Brazil that has toppled businessmen and lawmakers, haunted two presidencies and captivated the media, debuts as a Netflix series this week, long before anyone can predict how the real-life probe will end. With ?The Mechanism,? director Jose Padilha, best known for ?Narcos? and ?Elite Squad?, hopes to remind viewers that corruption in his native Brazil is not the fault of any particular politician or party. ?Brazil, and even the foreign press,
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Sri Lankan president reaches Pakistan to red-carpet welcome

President Mamnoon Hussain receives Maithripala Sirisena, the president of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, at the Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, March 22, 2018. APP/APP63-22  ISLAMABAD: Maithripala Sirisena, the president of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, was accorded a warm reception as he arrived here on Thursday for a three-day visit. A 21-gun salute heralded the arrival of the dignitary as he landed at Nur Khan Airbase along with his delegation.
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Pakistan's security, prosperity linked with democracy: PM Abbasi

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi (L) reacts during an interview with Reuters in Islamabad, Pakistan, January 22, 2018, and President Mamnoon Hussain, the then-presidential candidate, (R) reacts at the High Court, Islamabad, Pakistan, July 24, 2013. REUTERS/Caren Firouz and Faisal Mahmood/Files  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi said Thursday Pakistan came into being after a democratic struggle and its security, solidarity, and prosperity were, therefore, directly linked to the c
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Country celebrates Pakistan Day today

LAHORE: The Pakistan Resolution Day is being celebrated throughout the nation with traditional zeal and enthusiasm today (Friday), a public holiday. The day dawned with a 21-gun salute while the national flag was hoisted atop government buildings and departments. Special prayers will be offered in the mosques after Fajr prayers for the solidarity, integrity, and the prosperity of the motherland. All offices, autonomous and semi-autonomous bodies, corporations, and local councils, which come un
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S&P 500 futures fall after McMaster ouster

The then-National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster in Washington, US, March 15, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files  SAN FRANCISCO: S&P 500 e-mini futures fell 0.33 percent late Thursday after US President Donald Trump tweeted that he was replacing his national security advisor. Trump ousts McMaster, taps Bolton as national security adviser The 69-year-old Bolton, long a polarising figure in Washington foreign policy circles, becomes Trump?s third national security adviser in 14 m
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Russian agent may have limited mental capacity after nerve attack

Inspectors from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) arrive to begin work at the scene ? of the nerve agent attack on former Russian agent Sergei Skripal ? in Salisbury, Britain, March 21, 2018. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls/Files  LONDON/BRUSSELS: A military-grade nerve toxin attack on former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter may have left them with compromised mental capacity and it is unclear whether they will recover, a British judge said on Thursday.
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Trump ousts McMaster, taps Bolton as national security adviser

John Bolton, the former US Ambassador to the United Nations, (L) speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Oxon Hill, Maryland, US, February 24, 2017. National Security Adviser Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster (R) at US President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, US February 20, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts and Kevin Lamarque/Files WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Thursday chose as his new national security adviser John Bolton, a hawk wh
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Facebook data fiasco: A timeline by Cambridge Analytica

Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix (L) speaks during the Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, November 9, 2017. Mark Zuckerberg, the president, founder, and CEO of Facebook, (R) speaks during an interview with Reuters at the University of Bogota, Bogota, Colombia, January 14, 2015. REUTERS/Pedro Nunes and Jose Miguel Gomez/Files  Cambridge Analytica, which is at the centre of a controversy over harvested personal data about Facebook users, on Thursday, released a timeline highlighting its relatio
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Top food regulatory body arrests two after surprise inspection in Peshawar

File Photo PESHAWAR: A top food inspection body in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa arrested two persons and issued notices to multiple retailers during an operation conducted Thursday night here in the provincial capital's Saddar area, its spokesperson said. As many as 14 shopping malls and popular food spots in the city were issued warnings by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Safety and Halal Food Authority late night after officials of the food regulatory authority observed worsening conditions during their ch
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Peshawar Zalmi players arrive in Karachi for PSL final

Darren Sammy poses with airport staff in Lahore before departure to Karachi KARACHI: Peshawar Zalmi players reached Karachi on Thursday night after the team beat Quetta Gladiators and Karachi Kings in the knockout games to qualify for the final of Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2018. The squad, comprising of both local and foreign players led by Darren Sammy, departed from Lahore's Allama Iqbal International Airport for Karachi.  Speaking to Geo News, Zalmi skipper Darren Sammy requested the peop
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DG LDA misrepresented facts in Supreme Court, says Dar

A three-member bench of the Supreme Court on March 21, 2018 had taken a suo motu notice of the uprooting of a portion of a park for the construction of a road leading to Senator Ishaq Dar's residence. Photo: Geo News file ISLAMABAD: Former finance minister Ishaq Dar on Thursday alleged that Lahore Development Authority (LDA) Director General Zahid Akhtar Zaman had misrepresented facts in the Supreme Court regarding a case pertaining to the uprooting of a park for construction of a road leading
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JUI-F to restore peace in Karachi, says Maulana Fazl

KARACHI: The Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (Fazl) leader Maulana Fazlur Rehman said on Thursday that his party would restore peace in the metropolis. Speaking at his party rally at the Bagh-e-Jinnah ground, Rehman said that Karachi is Pakistan's economic jugular vein, and his party won't allow anyone to cut it as it has always stood for ethnic harmony in the city and has always rejected militancy. Rehman said that his party has adopted a democratic struggle under the constitution of Pakistan. The JUI
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Zimbabwe defeat opens World Cup door for Afghanistan and Ireland

A dejected Sikandar Raza walks back after holing out, Zimbabwe v UAE, World Cup qualifier, Super Sixes, Harare, March 22, 2018/IDI via Getty Images HARARE: Zimbabwe lost a World Cup qualifying thriller by just three runs to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, allowing Afghanistan and Ireland to clash in a winner-takes-all tie for a place in the 2019 finals. Chasing a rain-affected target of 230 off 40 overs, Zimbabwe needed six off the last ball to win the Super Six match and join already-qu
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Trump sets China tariff plan, edges away from global trade war

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump signed a presidential memorandum on Thursday that could impose tariffs on up to $60 billion of imports from China, although his action was far removed from threats that could have ignited a global trade war. Under the terms of the memorandum, Trump will target the Chinese imports only after a consultation period, a measure that will give industry lobbyists and legislators a chance to water down a proposed target list which runs to 1,300 products. China wi
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