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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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Real life heroes star in Clint Eastwood French attack movie

Director Clint Eastwood (2nd R) poses with cast members (L-R) Jenna Fischer, Alek Skarlatos, Spencer Stone and Anthony Sadler at a premiere for ?The 15:17 to Paris? in Burbank, California, US, February 5, 2018. Photo: Reuters   LOS ANGELES: In 2015, they were hailed as heroes by US President Barack Obama and given France?s highest honours. This week, the three American childhood friends who overpowered a man wielding an assault rifle and a box cutter on a passenger train to Paris are starring
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Libya tragedy: FO plans to bring bodies of drowned Pakistanis in next three days

FO Spokesperson Mohammad Faisal. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) said on Friday that it is aiming to bring back bodies of 12 Pakistanis, who drowned when a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Zuwara, Libya in the early hours of February 2, in the next three days. Speaking at the weekly press briefing, FO Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said that an emergency cell has been constituted in Libya for assistance in this regard, and the required funds have also been disp
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North Korea, US set for icy encounter at Olympics as North delegation arrives

South Korea's Unification minister Cho Myoung-gyun guides Kim Yong Nam and Kim Jon Un's younger sister Kim Yo Jong to a meeting room in Incheon today. Photo: Yonhap via Reuters 1 INCHEON/PYEONGCHANG: North Korea?s ceremonial leader and US Vice President Mike Pence may have their first face-to-face encounter today at the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, as Washington prepares more sanctions against the North. Any contact between the two will likely be tense after Pence said
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India's antitrust watchdog fines Google for abusing dominant position

NEW DELHI: India?s antitrust watchdog on Thursday imposed a 1.36 billion rupees ($21.17 million) fine on Google for ?search bias? and abuse of its dominant position, in the latest regulatory setback for the world?s most popular internet search engine. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) said Google, the core unit of US firm Alphabet Inc, was abusing its dominance in online web search and online search advertising markets. ?Google was found to be indulging in practices of search bias and
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Degree from Axact cost $5,000 and given in an hour: DG FIA

Photo: AFP  ISLAMABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Director General Bashir Memon appeared before the Supreme Court on Friday as it resumed hearing the suo motu notice of the Axact fake degree scandal. Chief Justice Saqib Nisar asked Memon about the nature of Axact?s business and registration, to which the DG FIA informed the court that the company was registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan around July 2006 and says it exports software. The bench was further
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Imran to address rally in Lodhran today ahead of Feb 12 by-poll

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan. Photo: File LODHRAN: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan will addresses today a party rally organised under the campaign for NA-154 by-poll. The by-poll will take place on February 12, for which Election Commission of Pakistan issued a scheme on Friday. According to ECP, the constituency has 431,002 voters, who will cast their votes at 328 polling stations. A total of 1,043 polling booths have been set up at the stations, where 338
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SC orders SHC, IHC to decide on pending cases against Axact within weeks

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/f4412756dbff575d8fed2bcb0d8d6e06.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi85LzIwMTggNzo0NDo1MCBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPWpPMXRvcXAxOTBXb21OVGFDNjFaNXc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court ordered on Friday the high courts hearing the Axact fake degree
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Zainab murder suspect to appear before ATC as remand expires today

Suspect Imran Ali Naqshbandi LAHORE: The prime accused in the rape and murder case of Zainab, Imran Ali Naqshbandi, will be produced before an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on Friday after the expiry of his extended physical remand. Imran, booked by the police over charges of raping and killing eight minor girls including seven-year-old Zainab from Kasur, was presented before the ATC on February 6, a day before the expiry of his 14-day physical remand. On the police?s request, the court extended
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Axact fake degree case: SC orders to place Shoaib Shaikh, other accused on ECL

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/66275cc1c14c6b08636bcb407cff158d.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi85LzIwMTggNjoxNzozOSBBTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPUNNNlZ3RXpXUExjVGFHK3cyQkRRc2c9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: The Supreme Court resumed hearing on Friday its suo motu notice of the Axact fake
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Sindh govt transfers chief prosecutor of Intezar murder case

Late Intezar Ahmed. Photo: File KARACHI: The Sindh government on Friday changed the chief prosecutor in Intezar murder case. Intezar Ahmed was killed after the police's Anti Car Lifting Cell (ACLC) officials opened fire on his car on Khayaban-e-Ittehad on January 14. In its report Counter Terrorism Department stated that Intezar was murdered intentionally and police personnel Daniyal and Bilal were directly involved in the killing, however, it gave clean chit to Muqaddas Haider, who was servin
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Real Madrid face final rehearsal before PSG showdown

Real Madrid Twitter  MADRID: Just days before Paris Saint-Germain touch down in the Spanish capital, Zinedine Zidane´s Real Madrid have the chance to boost their fragile confidence when they face Real Sociedad in La Liga on Saturday. The reigning European champions have been shipping a worrying number of goals in the build-up to their Champions League last-16 showdown with the likes of Neymar, Edinson Cavani and Kylian Mbappe. Zidane´s side have kept just one clean sheet in their last eight o
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Faizabad dharna case: IHC warns of contempt proceedings if reports not submitted

The Islamabad Expressway remained blocked for around three weeks during the protest. Photo: File ISLAMABAD: Justice Shaukat Aziz Siddiqui of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) expressed displeasure today at the government's failure to submit responses on the Faizabad dharna (sit-in) and the Senator Raja Zafarul Haq-led committee report.  Hearing the dharna violence case today, the judge expressed displeasure at the government's failure to present Haq's report, as well as the defence secretary's fa
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Kohli doing a fantastic job as Indian captain: Afridi

Shahid Afridi and Virat Kohli pictured during practice together/File photo Former Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi believes Virat Kohli?s ?controlled aggression? has taken the Indian team to new heights. ?The way Virat Kohli is taking the Indian team ahead, he is doing a fantastic job,? Afridi said on the sidelines of the inaugural match of the St Moritz Ice Cricket tournament 2018 in Switzerland. The explosive all-rounder pointed out that there is no harm in adopting the policy of controlled ag
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Naqeebullah murder case: Two witnesses provided security under Witness Protection Act

KARACHI: As many as two eyewitnesses in Naqeebullah Mehsud murder case on Thursday were provided security under Witness Protection Act, sources within Sindh Police informed Geo News. Five policemen are deployed for the security of the witnesses of the high-profile murder case. Naqeebullah Mehsud, a 27-year-old native of Waziristan was among three others who were accused of being terrorists and killed on the orders of Malir SSP Rao Anwar, in what was later termed a fake encounter. Naqe
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South Africa welcome De Villiers back into squad against India

AB de Villiers. File photo: AFP/Getty Images  CAPE TOWN: AB de Villiers returns to the South African squad for the last three one-day internationals against India, Cricket South Africa announced on Thursday. The star batsman missed the first three matches because of a finger injury suffered in the third Test against the same opponents last month. There was no immediate word on whether De Villiers had recovered sufficiently to play in the fourth match at the Wanderers Stadium on Saturday. He w
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Karachi Whites win first semifinal of National One Day Cup

Karachi Whites beat Peshawar Region by five wickets  ISLAMABAD: Karachi Region Whites beat Peshawar Region by five wickets on Thursday in the first semifinal of the National One Day Cup ? Regions 2017-18 at Pindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi. Batting first after winning the toss, Peshawar Region piled up 281 runs, losing all wickets in 49.5 overs. Mohammad Rizwan 72, Akbar Badshah 40, Adil Amin 33 and Zohaib Khan 31 stood out. For Karachi Whites, Mohammad Asghar and Anwar Ali took 3 wickets ea
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Trump budget to include $3 billion for border wall: official

Prototypes for US President Donald Trump's border wall with Mexico are seen behind the current border fence in this picture taken from the Mexican side of the border in Tijuana, Mexico, January 27, 2018. REUTERS/Jorge Duenes/Files WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump?s budget proposal to be unveiled on Monday will include a request for $3 billion as a down payment on building a wall along the US border with Mexico, a senior administration official said on Thursday. The official, who briefed a
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US, China reaffirm commitment to pressure North Korea: State Department

A North Korean flag flies on a mast at the Permanent Mission of North Korea in Geneva, Switzerland, October 2, 2014. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/Files  WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and China?s top diplomat Yang Jiechi reaffirmed their countries? commitment to exert pressure on Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons on Thursday, the US State Department said. Yang was on a two-day visit to Washington that began on Thursday. His talks were also expected to cover the sensitive US-China
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Congress opens second investigation into USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal

Larry Nassar ? a former team USA Gymnastics doctor who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges ? raises his hand to be sworn in for his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan, US, January 16, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files  WASHINGTON: US lawmakers on Thursday began a second congressional investigation into the US Olympic Committee (USOC), USA Gymnastics (USAG) and other gymnastic organizations over a sexual abuse scandal that led to the conviction of the sport?s former
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Police demolish encroachments in Karachi's N. Nazimabad

File Photo KARACHI: Police and personnel of the Anti-Encroachment Cell (AEC) carried out an operation Thursday night against illegal encroachments in the city, clearing roadsides from Landi Kotal Chowrangi to Five-Star Chowrangi, Geo News reported. Numerous people and traders who protested against the operation were taken into custody, authorities said.  Last Saturday, the Supreme Court chided the Sindh government for failing to get thousands of amenity plots cleared of illegal encroachments
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Trump, Modi discuss Afghanistan, Myanmar, Maldives, N. Korea: White House

US President Donald Trump holds a bilateral meeting with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi alongside the ASEAN Summit in Manila, Philippines, November 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/Files WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke by phone on Thursday, discussing topics including the political crisis in the Maldives, the war in Afghanistan, and the plight of Rohingya refugees from Myanmar, the White House said. The Trump administration has launched
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Scientists grow human eggs to full maturity in a lab

An undated picture shows a magnification of a lab-grown fully matured human egg ready for fertilization. Doctor David Albertini/University of Edinburgh/Handout via REUTERS  LONDON: Scientists have succeeded for the first time in growing human eggs in a laboratory from the earliest stages in ovarian tissue all the way to full maturity ? a scientific step that had previously been taken in mice. Publishing their result in the journal Molecular Human Reproduction on Friday, scientists from Britai
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Twitter surprises with revenue turnaround, shares surge

The Twitter logo and stock prices are shown above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) shortly after the opening bell in New York, US, January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/Files1 Twitter Inc on Thursday delivered its first quarterly profit and an unexpected return to revenue growth helped by expansion outside the United States, pushing shares in the social network to more than two-year highs. Overall revenue rose 2 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, handily beati
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LA prosecutors review three sex assault accusations against Weinstein

US film producer Harvey Weinstein arrives to attend the presentation of the Burberry Autumn/Winter 2014 collection during London Fashion Week, London, Britain, February 17, 2014. REUTERS/Olivia Harris/Files  LOS ANGELES: Los Angeles prosecutors are reviewing three accusations of sexual assault against Harvey Weinstein, a step toward possible criminal charges for the movie producer, a spokesman for the county District Attorney?s office said on Thursday. Los Angeles is one of three cities ? alo
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US not planning to contribute money at Iraq reconstruction conference: officials

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson greets Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi at the State Department in Washington, DC, US, March 22, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts/Files  WASHINGTON: The United States does not plan to contribute any money at a conference in Kuwait next week to fund Iraq?s reconstruction drive after the war against Daesh forces, US and Western officials said, a move critics say could deal a new blow to American standing internationally. ?We are not planning to announce anyth
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