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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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Brent crude settles flat, US oil up on short covering

An employee pumps petrol into a car at a petrol station in Hanoi, Vietnam, December 20, 2016. REUTERS/Kham/Files  NEW YORK: Oil markets were mixed on Thursday with Brent flat even though the dollar slid, while US crude rose as investors covered short positions. ?This is kind of an upside-down Thursday,? Dominick Chirichella ? the co-president at the New York-based Energy Management Institute ? said. He said he was puzzled at why a weaker dollar did not boost Brent futures prices. ?The rise w
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White supremacist says Florida shooter was group member

Nikolas Cruz. Picture released by the office of Broward's sheriff PARKLAND: A troubled teenager accused of murdering 17 people at his former high school in Florida had white supremacist ties, it emerged Thursday, as the FBI admitted it received a tip-off about the 19-year-old gunman, yet failed to stop him. As Americans reeled from the country?s worst school massacre since the horror at Sandy Hook six years ago, President Donald Trump suggested the root cause of the violence was a crisis of me
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Thousands of FedEx customer records exposed by unsecured server

A FedEx Office logo is pictured in Times Square in the Manhattan borough of New York, US, April 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/Files  Global package delivery company FedEx Corp said Thursday it has secured some of the customer identification records that were visible earlier this month on an unsecured server, and so far has found no evidence that private data was ?misappropriated.? The server stored more than 119,000 scanned documents from US and international citizens, such as passports, dri
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Republican Romney to announce Senate bid Friday: source

Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney speaks to members of the media at the main clubhouse at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey, US, November 19, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar/Files  WASHINGTON: Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is expected to say in a video announcement on Friday that he will run for a US Senate seat in Utah, a source familiar with his plans said on Thursday. Romney, a fierce critic of fellow Republican President Donald Trump, had earlier sai
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FBI was warned about Florida man accused of killing 17 at school

Nikolas Cruz (C) appears via video monitor with his public defender Melisa McNeill (R) at a bond court hearing ? after being charged with 17 counts of premeditated murder ? in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, US, February 15, 2018. REUTERS/Susan Stocker/Pool  PARKLAND: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) was warned in September about an ominous online comment by the 19-year-old man accused of killing 17 people at his former high school but was unable to locate him, an agent said on Thursday. A
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13 detained after Kasur raid, contraband, illegal weapons seized

KASUR: At least 13 suspects were taken into custody following search operations conducted Thursday night in various locales of the city, District Police Officer (DPO) Zahid Marwat said. The areas searched during the raid comprised Usman Wala, Sheikhum, Raja Jang, Pattoki, Chunian, Changa Manga, and Phool Nagar, Marwat noted. Almost 135 houses were checked during the search operation, the official explained, adding that over 240 people were questioned. However, contraband and illegal weapons
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Pakistan on course to play in World Cup in rival India: FIH

File Photo NEW DELHI: Hockey?s governing body indicated Thursday that Pakistan will take part in the men?s World Cup this year in India despite acute tensions between the two countries. Pakistan have qualified for the World Cup to be held in the eastern Indian city of Bhubaneswar between November 18 and December 16. But fears have been raised that Pakistan could skip the 16-team event as sporting ties between the neighbours are frozen. The International Hockey Federation (FIH) told AFP howeve
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UK blames Russian military for 'NotPetya' cyber-attack

British Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson says the attack was further evidence of a "new era of warfare" with "a destructive and deadly mix of conventional military might and malicious cyber attacks." ? Reuters FILE LONDON: Britain on Thursday accused the Russian military of being behind last year's "NotPetya" cyber-attack, which started in Ukraine and Russia before spreading globally, affecting thousands of computers. "The UK Government judges that the Russian Government, specifically the Ru
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IHC dismisses judge for receiving bribe to acquit Shoaib Sheikh

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court on Thursday removed an additional district and sessions judge from service after he confessed to receiving Rs5 million for acquitting Shoaib Sheikh in Axact fake degree scandal case, according to a notification issued Thursday. IHC Registrar Raja Jawwad Hassan Abbas issued the notification of Pervaiz-ul-Qadir Memon's removal as additional district and sessions judge. The hearing over the fake degree case was held on October 31, 2016, in which bail was grant
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Five Indian soldiers killed in Pakistan Army retaliation along LoC

Screen shot shows Indian post being hit by heavy weapons. -ISPR RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Army on Thursday killed five Indian soldiers along the Line of Control (LoC) in Tatta Pani sector, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).  The retaliation by the Army comes after Indian forces opened fire on a school van earlier today and martyred its driver.  In the action taken by Pakistani troops, the Indian post along the LoC was also destroyed and many other Indian soldiers were i
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Pakistan Army to send contingent to KSA for training, advisory mission

Pakistani and Saudi special forces. -ISPR/File RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan Army contingent is being sent to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on a training and advisory mission, said the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Thursday.  The Army's media wing said the troops, or the ones already there, will not be employed outside the kingdom.  The sending of the military contingent is part of the ongoing Pakistan-Saudi bilateral cooperation, added the statement.  "Pak Army maintains bilateral securit
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Suspected Austria bitcoin fraud sparks Europe-wide probe

File photo VIENNA: Authorities investigating a suspected bitcoin-related scam centred in Austria have asked Interpol to help determine whether there might be perpetrators - and victims - of the scheme across Europe. "Hundreds" of people across Austria have complained of being defrauded by the "Optioment" scheme dealing in the digital currency, Christina Ratz, spokeswoman for the Vienna public prosecutor´s office, told AFP on Thursday. Die Presse, a daily, put the number of possible victims as
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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meets Erdogan to ease Turkey tensions

Tillerson met Erdogan at his presidential palace after landing in Ankara from Beirut-AFP ANKARA: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday held talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ankara, seeking to ease tensions between the NATO allies that reached new heights over Ankara´s ongoing operation inside Syria. A prime task of President Donald Trump´s top diplomat will be to allay Turkish anger over US policy in Syria, a dispute which has ignited the biggest crisis in bilater
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For school gun massacre survivors, fear and grief takes hold

PARKLAND: Physically, Nicole Suarez is fine -- but she can´t sleep, and from now on, she´ll be afraid to go to school. Suarez and fellow students heard a "bap, bap, bap" before fleeing back into their classroom and squeezing against the wall to hide as a 19-year-old gunman began unleashing terror at her Florida high school. As shooter Nikolas Cruz carried out a bloody Valentine´s Day rampage at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, a city some 50 miles (80 kilometers) north of Miami, Suarez´s
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US court says Trump travel ban unlawfully discriminates against Muslims

Immigration activists, including members of the DC Justice for Muslims Coalition, rally against the Trump administration's new ban against travelers from six Muslim-majority nations, outside of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection headquarters in Washington, U.S. on March 7, 2017. Reuters (Photo:File) WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump?s travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries violates the US Constitution by discriminating on the basis of religion, a federal appeals cour
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India's jeweller to Hollywood stars, now accused of massive bank fraud

Modi grew up in Antwerp, Belgium, in a diamond-dealing family. At the age of 19 he moved to Mumbai in 1990-Photo:India Today MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: Nirav Modi?s name is a stamp of corporate India?s growing global prestige. On Hollywood red carpets, his diamonds have sparkled on the necklines and dangled from the earlobes of actors and models like Kate Winslet, Dakota Johnson and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley. Back in India, billboards above the traffic jams of New Delhi bear the image of Priyanka Chopra
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Saudi cleric endorses Valentine's Day as 'positive event'

The comment from Ahmed Qassim al-Ghamdi, former chief of the religious police in the holy city of Makkah, comes as 32-year-old Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman pursues a far-reaching liberalisation drive that has upended years of conservative tradition. ? Arab News RIYADH: A prominent Saudi cleric on Wednesday endorsed Valentine's Day, long forbidden in kingdom, calling it a "positive social event" that was not linked to religion. The comment from Ahmed Qassim al-Ghamdi, former chief of the re
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CJ irked at why denial of remarks about Shahbaz not carried in The News

KARACHI: It is a great honour for the Jang-Geo Group?s Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman to be called to court by the honourable Chief Justice of Pakistan, Mr Justice Saqib Nisar, a spokesman for the Jang-Geo Group has said in a statement. ?Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman holds the judiciary and the respected judges in highest regard and so, has always complied with their orders for his appearance in the court,? the spokesman said referring to an order by the respected chief justice, which he issued af
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China slams India PM trip to disputed region

Spokesperson of Chinese foreign ministry. -File photo BEIJING: Beijing will lodge a "stern" protest with New Delhi over a trip by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a disputed area, an official said Thursday, months after the nuclear-armed neighbours ended a tense border standoff. Modi paid a low-key visit to the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh on Thursday, where he inaugurated a local convention centre, but the trip was quickly criticised by China, which also claims the area.
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Women should be given more time to give birth, make choices: WHO

FILE PHOTO: A doctor examines a new born baby at the hospital in Gyula, Hungary, March 23, 2016. REUTERS1 GENEVA: Women in labor should be given more time to give birth and have fewer medical interventions, while participating more in decision-making, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday. Among 26 new recommendations, it rejected a traditional benchmark in labor wards worldwide for the dilation of a woman?s cervix at the rate of 1 centimeter per hour, saying it was ?unrealistic
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EU split over expansion into Western Balkans

SOFIA: European Union foreign ministers disagreed on Thursday over a proposal by the bloc?s executive to push for expansion into the Western Balkans, a region still scarred by ethnic wars fought in the 1990s and dogged by a reputation for lawlessness. Meeting in Bulgaria, the EU ministers discussed for the first time the plan by the European Commission that set out 2025 as a goal for Serbia and Montenegro to join the bloc. Hungary?s Peter Szijjarto was ?very much disappointed? by that target,
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Ramaphosa elected president of South Africa, vows anti-corruption fight

President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa addresses MPs after being elected president in parliament in Cape Town, South Africa, February 15, 2018. ? Reuters CAPE TOWN: Cyril Ramaphosa was elected as South Africa?s president in a parliamentary vote on Thursday and pledged to tackle endemic corruption after scandal-ridden Jacob Zuma resigned on orders from the ruling African National Congress. The road back to prosperity and self-respect under Ramaphosa, 65, who became ANC head in December, will
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Nepal gets new Communist prime minister after landmark polls

KATHMANDU: The leader of Nepal´s largest Communist party was sworn in as prime minister Thursday, two months after leading his party to a thumping victory in landmark elections billed as a turning point for the impoverished Himalayan nation. KP Sharma Oli will head the first government elected under a new national constitution that cements Nepal´s transformation from Hindu monarchy to a federal republic 11 years after the end of a brutal Maoist insurgency. An alliance of Oli´s main Communist
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US never gave 'heavy arms' to Kurdish YPG in Syria: Tillerson

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. -FILE BEIRUT: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Thursday Washington has never supplied heavy weaponry in Syria to the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG), which Ankara blacklists as a terror group. "We have never given heavy arms to the YPG so there is none to take back," Tillerson said in response to a question at a press conference in the Lebanese capital Beirut before heading for Ankara. Turkey has repeatedly accused the United States of mass
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US Senate faces showdown over immigration and 'Dreamers'

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration remained insistent on hardline immigration measures on Thursday as the US Senate prepared to vote on various legislative proposals to protect young ?Dreamer? immigrants and to tighten border security. In a statement overnight, the Department of Homeland Security dismissed what some thought was the bill most likely to win enough bipartisan support to pass the chamber, saying it failed to meet minimum criteria set out by President Donald Trump. The plan, craf
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