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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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Modi taking anti-Pakistan measures: Pervez Musharraf

Former president, General (retired) Pervez Musharraf has said that Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is taking anti-Pakistan actions. "The Indian PM does not want to resolve problems between the two countries, although being a bigger economy, India would have to take the first step," Musharraf said in an interview to an Indian television channel. The former chief of army staff said that ‘anti-Muslim’ activity is on the rise in India.   “India has lost its secular credentials and become anti
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France votes in cliffhanger presidential election on Sunday

PARIS: France goes to the polls on Sunday for the first round of a bitterly fought presidential election, crucial to the future of Europe and a closely-watched test of voters' anger with the political establishment. Nearly 47 million voters will decide, under tight security, whether to back a pro-EU centrist newcomer, a scandal-ridden veteran conservative who wants to slash public spending, a far-left eurosceptic admirer of Fidel Castro or appoint France's first woman president, to shut borders
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Barca ask court for Neymar decision ahead of Clasico

MADRID: Barcelona have called on Spain’s Court for Sport (TAD) to reach a decision regarding the availability of their forward Neymar for the Clasico against Real Madrid on Sunday. Spanish media reported that the Brazilian will travel with the Barcelona squad for the game in Madrid despite doubts over his eligibility for selection. There has been widespread confusion about Neymar’s availability after he was handed a three-game ban following a sending-off in a game against Malaga this month. “
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Hazard fires Chelsea into FA Cup final

LONDON: Eden Hazard fired Chelsea into the FA Cup final as the Belgian´s blistering strike ensured Antonio Conte´s selection gamble paid off in his side´s dramatic 4-2 win over Tottenham on Saturday. Blues boss Conte sprang a major surprise by starting with Hazard and Diego Costa on the bench in the Wembley semi-final as he looked ahead to the Premier League leaders´ vital fixture against Southampton on Tuesday. But Conte´s bold moves proved inspired as Hazard´s replacement Willian put Chelsea
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Younis Khan confirms retirement decision is final

KINGSTON: Legendary Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has shot down rumours which hinted he could take back his retirement decision and continue to play for Pakistan for another few years. In a video statement on Sunday, Younis confirmed that his decision to retire from international cricket after the Test series against West Indies was final. “There is a lot of speculation that perhaps I am taking back my decision to retire from Test cricket. There is no truth to this. My decision to retire from T
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Pope likens migrant holding centers to 'concentration camps'

ROME: Pope Francis urged governments on Saturday to get migrants and refugees out of holding centers, saying many had become "concentration camps". During a visit to a Rome basilica, where he met migrants, Francis told of his trip to a camp on the Greek island of Lesbos last year. He met a Muslim refugee from the Middle East there who told him how "terrorists came to our country". Extremists had slit the throat of the man's Christian wife because she refused to throw her crucifix on the ground
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Lively, Chastain, Chelsea Clinton honored for philanthropic work

Hollywood actresses Blake Lively and Jessica Chastain were among the six women honoured on Friday for their philanthropic efforts with organisations helping women and children. They joined singer-actress Audra McDonald, television personality Gayle King, Viacom media executive Shari Redstone, and Chelsea Clinton, vice chair of the board of the Clinton Foundation, at Variety's Power of Women lunch recognising their charitable work. Chastain backs women's healthcare organization Planned Parentho
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IMF members set aside trade split as French vote rattles nerves

WASHINGTON: International Monetary Fund members on Saturday dropped a pledge to fight protectionism amid a split over trade policy and turned their attention to another looming threat to global economic integration: the first round of France's presidential election. Concerns that far-right leader Marine Le Pen and far-left rival Jean-Luc Mélenchon, both critics of the European Union, could top the field in Sunday's vote added to nervousness over US trade policy at the IMF and World Bank spring
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Govt re-appoints Dr. Irshad as FBR chairman: sources

ISLAMABAD: The federal government has again appointed Dr. Irshad as chairman of the Federal Board of Revenue, sources informed Geo News, a day after he retired from his post. Sources said the government has issued a notification of Dr. Irshad's re-appointment for a period of 66 days. The Grade-22 official of the Inland Revenue Service retired a day ago, upon reaching 60 years' age. A summary of his re-appointment had been forwarded to the prime minister. Sources said the decision was made whi
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Seven killed in rain-related incidents in Punjab

LAHORE: At least seven people were killed in separate incidents after rains lashed several districts in Punjab late Saturday, Geo News has learnt. Weather turned pleasant because of light and heavy rains in several Punjab districts including Lahore, Vehari, Sahiwal and others. The temperature in Lahore dropped down by 14°C, according to the Met Office. The downpours, however, claimed seven lives in Kamonki and Sheikhupura, according to rescue sources. Four of a family died after roof of a dil
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PM condemns attack in Afghanistan; expresses solidarity

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Saturday strongly condemned the "barbaric act of terrorism" in Afghanistan and said Pakistan stands in solidarity with their Afghan brethren. In a message released by the PM's media wing, Sharif said; "My government and the people of Pakistan stand in solidarity with the government of Afghanistan and our Afghan brethren in this hour of grief." Terrorists struck the Balkh province leading to the loss of the precious lives of Afghan soldiers. "We strongly
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One injured, fugitive among 16 held in Karachi

KARACHI: A man was injured in a shooting, while a fugitive among 16 suspects was held in different raids in Karachi late Saturday, police said. The firing incident took place in Soldier Bazar area over a domestic dispute, police said. It left a man injured, who was shifted to hospital. Police conducted a search operation in Baldia Town's Saeedabad area and apprehended 15 suspects, said SP Baldia Asif Razzaq. A fugitive, Gul Nawaz, who had escaped from an anti-terrorism court (ATC) was also am
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Saudi king restores civil service and military allowances: TV

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia's King Salman issued a royal decree on Saturday restoring financial allowances for civil servants and military personnel that had been cut under austerity measures. "The royal order returns all allowances, financial benefits, and bonuses to civil servants and military staff," said the decree, broadcast on state-run Ekhbariya TV. In September Saudi Arabia cut ministers' salaries by 20 percent and scaled back financial perks for public sector employees in one of the energy-r
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Amir takes five as rain ruins Jamaica Test

KINGSTON, Jamaica: Mohammad Amir completed a five-wicket innings haul and West Indies captain Jason Holder reached a fifth half-century as the home side reached 278 for nine in their first innings on a rain-ruined second day of the first Test against Pakistan at Sabina Park on Saturday. Only 11.3 overs were bowled in the entire day as inadequate covering from heavy overnight and early morning rain left damp patches on the pitch and a sodden area of the outfield, delaying the start of play by fo
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Keep Earth's soils healthy to feed world's growing population: NGO

ROME: Feeding a growing global population will become almost impossible if the world doesn't take better care of its rapidly deteriorating soils, a humanitarian agency warned on Earth Day. More than a third of arable land is already degraded because of soil erosion - the loss of the topsoil by wind, rain or use of machinery - as well as contamination of soil and city sprawl, according to Catholic Relief Services (CRS). "If we don't start to address the issue of soil erosion I don't see how we
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Bangladesh name Shakib as T20 captain

DHAKA: Bangladesh on Saturday appointed all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan as their next captain for Twenty20 internationals, replacing retired fast bowler Mashrafe Mortaza. Mashrafe announced his retirement from the game’s shortest format during Bangladesh recent series against Sri Lanka. Shakib’s appointment was confirmed in a meeting of the Bangladesh Cricket Board at its headquarters in Dhaka. "Since Mashrafe has retired, the board unanimously agreed to appoint Shakib as Bangladesh’s next captai
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Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station

MIAMI: An unmanned Cygnus cargo ship carrying a load of supplies and science experiments arrived safely at the International Space Station on Saturday, according to live images broadcast on NASA television. Working from inside the orbiting lab, US astronaut Peggy Whitson and her French counterpart Thomas Pesquet operated the station´s external robotic arm to grab the approaching spaceship at 6:05 am (1005 GMT). The Cygnus spacecraft is packed with 7,626 pounds (3,459 kilogrammes) of crew suppl
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Riz Ahmed makes it to list of Time Magazine?s 100 Most Influential People

The Reluctant Fundamentalist actor Riz Ahmed has been made a cover star for Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential figures in the world. The British actor of Pakistani origin appears in the publication's Pioneers section, sharing the list with the likes of Moonlight's Barry Jenkins and Ivanka Trump. Ahmed has appeared in popular TV shows including The OA, the final series of Girls and The Night Of. He is well known for his roles in a number of films including Nightcrawler, Rogue One
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Zardari destroyed PPP with his ?expertise?, says Imran Khan

DADU: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairperson Imran Khan while taking a jibe at Pakistan Peoples Party co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari remarked that the PPP leader, who called Imran politically inexperienced, has destroyed his own party with his ‘expertise’. PPP is the smallest political party in all the four provinces, Imran said while speaking to a rally in Dadu on Saturday. “ Zardari has no empathy for the people of Sindh, he said, adding that the farmers in Sindh fear Zardari. The PTI leader
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?Keep Our Science Great?: Thousands march worldwide to fight ´alternative facts´

Thousands of people joined a global March for Science on Saturday with Washington the epicentre of a movement to fight back against what many see as an "assault on facts" by populist politicians. Hundreds streamed onto the Washington Mall for a festive day of music, speeches and teach-ins by scientists disturbed by the rise of so-called "alternative facts" around crucial issues like climate change following the election of Donald Trump. "We have no Planet B," read one of the signs carried by d
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American Airlines' employee suspended after row with passengers

American Airlines (AAL.O) has suspended an employee after a video showed an altercation on one of its planes involving crew, several passengers and a crying woman carrying a young child. An American Airlines employee violently took a stroller from the woman, hitting her with it and just missing her child, Facebook user Surain Adyanthaya said in a post accompanying the video he put on the site on Friday. Less than two weeks ago, a 69-year-old doctor, David Dao, was hospitalised after Chicago
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German intelligence spied on Interpol: Spiegel

Germany's BND foreign intelligence agency spied on the Interpol international police agency for years and on the group's country liaison offices in dozens of countries such as Austria, Greece and the United States, a German magazine said. No comment was immediately available from the BND, Interpol or Europol. Der Spiegel magazine, citing documents it had seen, said the BND had added the email addresses, phone numbers and fax numbers of the police investigators to its sector surveillance list.
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Witness account: How the Afghanistan military base attack happened

Afghan soldier Zabihullah was chatting with an army comrade at their military base in northern Afghanistan when gunfire interrupted their quiet Friday afternoon. "I asked my friend what was happening, and he said, relax, it must be one of us." It wasn't. It was the Taliban.   Dressed in army uniforms, at least 10 Taliban attackers had breached the military headquarters in Mazar-i-Sharif, eventually killing more than 140 soldiers, according to the latest estimates by officials. "When they sta
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Satyarthi, who shared Nobel Prize with Malala, speaks out on children killed in Syria attack

NEW DELHI: The United Nations must prioritise millions of children caught up in conflict and protect refugee children from being trafficked into slavery, Nobel Laureate and child rights activist Kailash Satyarthi said on Friday. Satyarthi, who was jointly awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize with Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, said television images of Syrian children gasping for breath after a chemical attack on April 4 had prompted him to speak out. "I was always concerned - and have s
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Watch Salman Khan groove to his super hit songs

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan shared a video of his dance performance on some his charts topping songs and we can’t help rejoice. Salman Khan, who is currently busy with the Da Bang- The Tour in Australia and New Zealand, treated his fans to surprise by sharing a video of his performance. The video starts with Salman grooving to O O Jaane Jaana, Do You Wanna Partner, Chori Chori and ends with Ek Gharam Chai ki Piyaali as his fans cheer for him.   In another video, he can been seen perform
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