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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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FIA's Wajid Zia appears in court for Ishar Dar's corruption hearing

Then-Panama case JIT head Wajid Zia at the Supreme Court last year. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Former head of the Panama case Joint Investigation Team (JIT), Federal Investigation Agency Additional Director Wajid Zia, has appeared before the accountability court conducting corruption proceedings against Senator Ishaq Dar.  Moreover, the investigation officer of the case, Nadir Abbas, is also present in court to record his statement.  As Judge Mohammad Bashir began the proceedings, Zia informed th
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Maxwell century powers Australia to T20 win over England

Glenn Maxwell hurried things along, Australia v England, 2nd match, T20 Tri-Series, Hobart, February 7, 2018/Getty Images HOBART: Glenn Maxwell slammed a last-ball six to score a masterful century and lead Australia to a five-wicket victory over England in the second tri-series Twenty20 international in Hobart on Wednesday. Maxwell, who earlier took three wickets in two overs, was man of the match with an unbeaten 103 as the Australians chased down England´s 155 for nine in the 19th over. Ma
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Iran ?accountable? for ailing US prisoner?s health: White House

The White House on Wednesday warned Iran that it will be held responsible for the health of 81-year-old American citizen Baquer Namazi, who was recently sent back to prison after medical treatment. Photo: AFP  WASHINGTON: The White House on Wednesday warned Iran that it will be held responsible for the health of 81-year-old American citizen Baquer Namazi, who was recently sent back to prison after medical treatment. Namazi and his son Siamak were sentenced to 10 years in prison for "espionage
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India crush South Africa by 124 runs in third ODI

Live streaming of India vs South Africa, 3rd ODI, Cape Town was available online. Virat Kohli?s unbeaten 160 and four wickets each from Kuldeep Yadav and Yuzvendra Chahal helped India crush South Africa by 124 runs to go 3-0 up in the six-match series. Photo: Reuters  CAPE TOWN: Virat Kohli struck a majestic 160 not out as India thrashed South Africa by 124 runs in Wednesday´s third one-day international at Newlands to take a 3-0 lead in the six-match series. India made 303 for 6 after being s
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UN Security Council to discuss Syria humanitarian truce

The United Nations Security Council votes to approve a resolution endorsing the planned halt in fighting in Syria at the United Nations Headquarters in New York February 26, 2016. Photo: AFP  UNITED NATIONS: The UN Security Council will hold a closed-door meeting on Thursday to discuss an appeal from UN aid officials for a month-long humanitarian ceasefire in Syria, diplomats said. Sweden and Kuwait requested the meeting of the top UN body on Wednesday as Syrian government forces continued to
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US announces arrests in $530 million cyber identity fraud scheme

Acting Assistant Attorney General John Cronan speaks at the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, US, February 6, 2018. Photo: Reuters  The US Justice Department on Wednesday announced indictments of 36 people in a global internet identity theft scheme that caused more than $530 million in losses to consumers, businesses and financial institutions. International law enforcement authorities arrested 13 defendants from the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, K
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Scientists thwart cancer-spreading compound, in mice

Representational image. Photo: AFP file PARIS: A common amino acid produced in the human body or absorbed from food can be suppressed to stop breast cancer spread in mice, researchers reported Wednesday. They hope the finding may yield a method to prevent cancer cells spreading from their origins in a woman's breast to form tumours in her lungs, brain, other organs or bones ? a process known as "metastasis" which is the most common cause of death. Tests with lab mice revealed that a non-essent
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Pak-Afghan transit trade declined in 2017

File photo ISLAMABAD: Pakistan's transit trade volume with Afghanistan declined in 2017 while its trade with other countries during the same period increased.  Between 2009 and 2012, bilateral trade between the two countries decreased by 46 percent, however, after the signing of the Pak-Afghan Transit Trade agreement in June 2012 and its implementation in the mid of 2014, bilateral trade increased by 66pc to the tune of $2.07, said a commerce ministry official.  The official said that traders
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Political rivals played politics on Mashal case: Pervez Khattak

Khattak praised the performance of the province?s police and said their hard work resulted in the culprits being sentenced-Photo: File PESHAWAR: Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak on Wednesday lamented that his party?s political rivals played politics on the cases of Mashal Khan and Asma Rani. Talking to Geo News, Khattak praised the performance of the province?s police and said their hard work resulted in the culprits being sentenced. He added the culprits in the case of Asma Ra
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?African Mona Lisa? mesmerises after surprise rediscovery

Ben Enwonwu's 1974 painting of the daughter of a Yoruba king has taken on almost mythical status in Nigeria. Photo: AFP  LONDON: "I think of it as the African Mona Lisa," said award-winning novelist Ben Okri, gazing at the long-lost portrait of a Nigerian princess which recently turned up in a London flat. Ben Enwonwu?s 1974 painting of Adetutu "Tutu" Ademiluyi, daughter of a Yoruba king, has taken on almost mythical status in the painter?s native Nigeria. It was last seen in 1975 but is now
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UN probe criticises agency chief over sex assault case

The probe criticised Sidibe for his attempt to set up a meeting between the accuser and Loures to solve the dispute quietly GENEVA: The executive director of UNAIDS, Michel Sidibe, mishandled a sexual assault complaint against his top deputy, according to an internal United Nations investigation seen by AFP on Wednesday. The details of the investigation by the UN´s office of internal oversight services (IOS) were first reported by the Brazilian daily newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo. The case
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Trump's military parade plan sparks backlash

WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump's dream of hosting a military parade in Washington was met with almost universal derision Wednesday, with critics seeing evidence of creeping authoritarianism. White House and military officials confirmed that planning for the event was already underway, but a date had not yet been decided. Support for the idea appeared to be thin on the ground, even from Trump's erstwhile supporters. Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers described it as an "idiot" and "authorita
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Iraqi forces advance against Daesh remnants in desert

Iraqi rapid intervention forces advance as they take part in an operation against Daesh east of Tuz Khurmatu. -AFP  BAGHDAD: Iraqi forces backed by a US-led coalition advanced in a major operation Wednesday against Daesh militants hiding out in a northeastern desert region, the military said. The army, rapid intervention and paramilitary forces, in coordination with Kurdish fighters and with Iraqi and coalition air cover, launched the operation east of Tuz Khurmatu "to chase away IS remnants,
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Analysts react after Mashal Khan verdict

Mashal Khan was lynched and murdered by an angry mob at the Abdul Wali Khan University on the pretext of committing blasphemy The anti-terrorism court hearing the murder case of university student Mashal Khan announced its verdict on Wednesday, awarding death sentence to one accused and handing life sentences to five others. Twenty-five accused in the case were awarded sentences of four years each, while 26 suspects were acquitted by the court for lack of evidence. On April 13 last year, 23-ye
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Sublime Kohli sets South Africa daunting target

India's Virat Kohli celebrates his century during the One Day International (ODI) cricket match between India and South Africa. -AFP  CAPE TOWN: Indian captain Virat Kohli continued his mastery of South Africa's bowlers as he made his second century of the series in the third one-day international against South Africa at Newlands on Wednesday. Kohli made 160 not out in an Indian total of 303 for six after the tourists had been sent in on a good batting surface. He had made 112 and 46 not out
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'Game of Thrones' creators to make new 'Star Wars' films

David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. -File LOS ANGELES: Lucasfilm announced plans Tuesday for a new series of "Star Wars" films made by the team behind "Game of Thrones," as it seeks to build on the lucrative sci-fi franchise. David Benioff and D.B. Weiss, the creators of the smash-hit, Emmy Award-winning television series, will write and produce new films that are separate from the main Skywalker saga and the trilogy being developed by Rian Johnson, writer-director of "Star Wars: The Last Jedi." "D
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Rescuers scour tilting buildings after Taiwan quake kills seven

Rescue workers block off the area outside a building which tilted to one side after its foundation collapsed in Hualien after a strong 6.4-magnitude quake rocked eastern Taiwan. -AFP  HUALIEN: Rescue workers pulled survivors and bodies from buildings tilting precariously in the Taiwanese city of Hualien Wednesday after an overnight earthquake killed at least seven people, injured more than 250 and left dozens missing. Emergency responders were focusing on a 12-storey apartment block and a nea
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Will bring back money looted by Zardari, says CM Punjab

MULTAN: Chief Minister Punjab Shehbaz Sharif on Wednesday said that he will try his best to bring back to the country money looted by former president Asif Ali Zardari. Addressing a ceremony to inaugurate a healthcare centre, Shehbaz also slammed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan and called him a liar. He repeated PML-N?s accusation against PTI-led Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government saying that the government never produced a single watt of electricity. Shehbaz also inaugurated n
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Smugglers holding migrants feared drowned in Libya shipwreck: official

TRIPOLI: About 20 people feared to have drowned on a boat that sank off Libya late last week were brought back to shore by smugglers and are being held at an unknown location, an embassy official said on Wednesday. The group includes eight Pakistanis, one of whom called officials to say that smugglers were holding him in a locked room with other survivors. Previously, just three people were known to have survived after a boat carrying more than 90 people sank off the western Libyan town of Zuw
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Lebanon says will prevent Israel from building border wall

FILE PHOTO: An Israeli soldier walks near the area where the Israeli army is excavating part of a cliff to create an additional barrier along its border with Lebanon, near the community of Shlomi in northern Israel April 6, 2016. REUTERS BEIRUT: Lebanon?s Higher Defence Council gave orders on Wednesday to prevent Israel from building a border wall on Lebanese land, amid rising tensions over land and maritime boundaries. Lebanese leaders have accused Israel of threatening the stability of the b
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Bangladesh to sue Manila bank over $81-million heist

Commuters walk in front of the Bangladesh central bank building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, September 30, 2016. Reuters DHAKA: Bangladesh?s central bank will file a lawsuit against a Philippines bank over its role in one of the world?s biggest cyber-heists two years ago, a deputy governor said on Wednesday. Unidentified hackers stole $81 million from Bangladesh Bank?s account at the New York Fed in February 2016, using fraudulent orders on the SWIFT payments system. The money was sent to accounts at
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PEMRA bars media outlets from promoting Valentine's Day celebrations

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) has barred electronic and print media from promoting Valentine's Day celebrations, according to a notification issued by the regulatory body on Wednesday. The directives have been issued on the orders of the Islamabad High Court (IHC) with regard to a petition filed earlier. "In the meanwhile, respondents are directed to ensure that nothing about the celebrations of Valentine's Day and its promotion is spread on the
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Accused rightly sentenced to death, Mashal's father tells media

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/c22697d92c08d37402ef214d1263caa0.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi83LzIwMTggMjowODoxOSBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPWNqekNCR004UC95Y2doNEUxcnIxY2c9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] LONDON: Father of slain university student Mashal Khan on Wednesday said that the accused se
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Pakistan Navy ship seizes huge cache of drugs in Arabian Sea

PNS Aslat with the seized cache of narcotics. -PN ISLAMABAD: A Pakistan Navy (PN) ship operating in the North Arabian Sea seized a huge cache of drugs while undertaking maritime security operations in Pakistan's exclusive economic zone (EEZ), said a press from the PN.  PNS Aslat seized 5,000kgs of hashish, valued at millions of dollars, after conducting a complex and risky operation involving surveillance in the area. The seizure was the result of a special operation.  "After gathering credibl
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Frieha Altaf apologises after video causes stir on social media

Fashion model and entrepreneur Frieha Altaf recently made headlines after she took a bold stance on the subject of child abuse, sharing her own painful experience. Shortly after opening up on such an important subject, the fashion model shared videos on her social media account, which received tremendous backlash. Freiha Altaf shared videos on Instagram, in which she filmed various people specially women, mocking their choice of clothes. In one of the videos, she filmed a woman from back wi
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