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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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JI leader shot dead in Bannu

Jamaat-e-Islami?s district leader Malik Tufail Ahmed was shot dead early Sunday morning in Ghoriwala area of Bannu. Photo: Geo News  BANNU: Jamaat-e-Islami?s district leader Malik Tufail Ahmed was shot dead early Sunday morning in Ghoriwala area of Bannu by unidentified persons who opened fire on him, police said According to the police, unidentified men managed to flee the scene. Further investigation into the case is under way. On September 1, 2016, another JI leader Advocate Mirza Zafar B
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Ex-British MP reveals 'nice, young friend' at LSE almost raped her

Jo Swinson ? then the deputy leader of Liberal Democrats ? in London, Britain, July 20, 2017. REUTERS/Neil Hall/Files  Liberal Democrat Jo Swinson ? a Member of Parliament (MP) in East Dunbartonshire ? disclosed to a British media outlet an incident during her university years, back in the 1990s, when she was almost raped by a friend. The former British MP, who was 19 years old at the time, explained how she was shocked that her friend was unable to understand refusal and the concept of conse
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Ten injured in gas plant fire in Sheikhupura

Firefighters were able to extinguish fire engulfing the mills while efforts are underway to douse the fire at the plant-Geo News  SHEIKHUPURA: Ten people were injured when a bowzer blew up during refilling at a gas plant at the city?s Lahore Road. Fire engulfed the plant as well as two nearby paper mills. Firefighters were able to extinguish fire engulfing the mills while efforts are underway to douse the fire at the plant. The wounded were shifted to DHQ Hospital, which discharged nine pat
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FIFA World Cup 2018 to see footballs made in Sialkot

The Adidas Brazuca football being used in the 2014 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal ? between Brazil and Colombia ? held in the Estádio Governador Plácido Castelo, Fortaleza, Brazil, July 4, 2014. Danilo Borges/Creative Commons/Attribution 3.0 Brazil  Alexey Dedov ? the Russian Ambassador to Pakistan ? confirmed earlier this week that Sialkot-made footballs will be used in the 2018 FIFA World Cup, which is slated for later this year. Pakistanis will have their special moment of joy when they see f
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Syria blasts US accusations on chemical weapons use as ?lies?

UN chemical weapons experts, wearing gas masks, inspect one of the sites of an alleged chemical weapons attack in the Damascus' suburb of Zamalka, Syria, August 29, 2013. REUTERS/Mohammad Abdullah/Files  DAMASCUS: Syria on Saturday denied recent accusations by the United States that it had used chemical weapons on opposition forces near the capital Damascus, shrugging them off as "lies." "The foreign ministry condemns the false claims by the United States that the Syrian government used chemi
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Police raids in Karachi lead to arrest of multiple suspects

File Photo KARACHI: Police arrested multiple suspects, including one female drug-dealer, following raids and operations conducted Saturday night here in various areas of the city, Geo News reported. An alleged female drug-seller was arrested during a raid carried out by police in the Docks area, near the Karachi Port, authorities said. Dozens of heroin 'tokens' ? the name given to a dosage or single packet ? were recovered from the arrestee's possession, authorities added. Orangi Town operat
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Uma Thurman accuses Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault

Actress Uma Thurman poses during a photocall before the French fashion house Christian Dior Fall/Winter 2017-2018 women's ready-to-wear collection during Fashion Week in Paris, France, March 3, 2017. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes/Files  ANGELES: Actress Uma Thurman has accused movie producer Harvey Weinstein of sexually assaulting her at a London hotel after they worked together on the 1994 hit film Pulp Fiction. In a New York Times article on Saturday by columnist Maureen Dowd, Thurman broke her s
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Six injured in Italy drive-by shooting targeting foreigners

The black car Alfa Romeo of the young man suspected of wounding several foreign nationals in a drive-by shooting is blocked by police and Carabinieri enforcement at Macerata. -AFP  ROME: A shaven-headed far-right supporter wounded six foreigners Saturday in a brazen drive-by shooting in central Italy and was later arrested, police and local officials said. After the morning assault in the town of Macerata, the suspect got out of his car, made a fascist salute with a tricolour Italian flag drap
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Wonder how SC declared Imran Sadiq and Ameen: Reham Khan

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/8a60685a8f5fa02026e296c1f4f8d906.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8zLzIwMTggNjo0NDowNSBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPWJtTnc1ZEdCZkIvL1lENmJuZ0VkMWc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] KARACHI: Reham Khan expressed her surprise at the Supreme Court's judgement that gave a clea
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At 14, Deepika made her harasser feel sorry for teasing her

Bollywood diva Deepika Padukone is not the one to back down in the face of trouble. The recent debacle raised over her film ?Padmaavat? is a shining example of her being steadfast and perseverant. In a recent interview, the actress recalled an incident of harassment at the age of 14 and her quick response. Deepika said that she went out with her family for dinner once and was walking down the street when the incident occurred. The actress said that she was walking behind her parents when a man
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Imran says KP govt clarified he never used helicopters for personal use

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf Chairman Imran Khan on Friday said that the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has clarified that there was never any personal or private use of government helicopters by him.   On January 29, Geo News reported that the KP government spent millions of rupees on Imran's use of the provincial government's helicopters. The PTI chairman also said that he welcomes the examining of the issue by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB). He expressed hop
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At least 11 security personnel martyred in Swat suicide attack: ISPR

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/dbe1af3c3be5b3b9c007a5721c470eef.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8zLzIwMTggNDo1ODo1NCBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPTcrY2dSRkxOVmxwdEFjTkRoVnBMd1E9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] SWAT: At least 11 security personnel, including an officer, were martyred in Swat's tehsil K
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Three more Turkish soldiers killed in Syria offensive: army

Turkish forces in Syria- AFP/File ANKARA: Three more Turkish soldiers were killed Saturday in Turkey's offensive against Kurdish militia inside Syria, including one in an attack on a tank, the army said. The latest clashes brought to 10 the number of Turkish troops killed so far in operation "Olive Branch", launched by Turkey on January 20 against Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia seen by Ankara as a terror group. The Turkish army and allied Ankara-backed Syrian rebel for
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Syria militants down Russian plane, capture pilot: monitor

A Russian Air Force Sukhoi-25 fighter jet flying over the Syrian city of Saraqib, southwest of Aleppo. BEIRUT: Militant fighters shot down a Russian plane over Syria's northwest Idlib province on Saturday and captured its pilot, a monitor said. "Rebel factions shot down a Sukhoi 25. The Russian pilot came down in a parachute, before being captured," said Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. He could not immediately confirm which faction had downed the plane but
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Man United pay respects to Munich victims 60 years on

Fans hold banners comemmorating the 1958 Munich Air Disaster in the 60th anniversary year of the crash that killed 23 showing the face of former manager Matt Busby. -AFP1 MANCHESTER: Manchester United paid homage to the victims of the 1958 Munich disaster that killed eight of the great United Busby Babes side with a silence before Saturday's home match against Huddersfield Town. Before the home game that fell closest to the 60th anniversary of the crash, there was a minute's pause before kick
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Pressure mounts on Poland to back away from Holocaust bill

Poland's Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki visits the Ulma Family Museum of Poles Who Saved Jews during WWII in Markowa, Poland February 2, 2018. Agencja Gazeta/Patryk Ogorzalek via REUTERS WARSAW: Poland is seeing a resurgence of anti-Semitism over pending legislation that would impose jail terms for suggestions that the nation was complicit in the Holocaust, local minority groups warned, as pressure mounts on the president to veto the bill. Parliament passed the measure on Thursday, drawing
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BBC journalist ordered to leave Indonesia's Papua over tweets

Indonesian soldiers along with a local resident unload food and medical aid in Ewer, Asmat District, in the remote region of Papua, Indonesia January 29, 2018 in this photo taken by Antara Foto. Picture taken January 29, 2018/Reuters JAKARTA: A BBC journalist on a reporting trip to cover a health and malnutrition crisis in Indonesia?s easternmost area of Papua was forced to leave the province after the country?s military said tweets she sent on her trip had ?hurt soldiers? feelings?. Papua is
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Sri Lanka elephant kills top Buddhist monk

Several Sri Lankan Buddhist temples have pet elephants, which are considered sacred animals and are paraded at annual pageants. Photo: AFP file  A senior Buddhist monk died in hospital Saturday, a day after being attacked by an elephant at his own temple near the capital, police said. Bellanwila Wimalarathana, 77, was violently pushed to the ground by the tusker, but the mahout managed to prevent the monk from being gored, police said. The monk was rushed to hospital but died a day later. He
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Libya boat incident: Bodies of 12 Pakistanis recovered, says FO

Photo: AFP file ISLAMABAD: The Foreign Office (FO) on Saturday said the bodies of 12 Pakistanis, in the boat sinking incident of the Libyan coast, were recovered. Spokesperson of the Foreign Office Dr Mohammad Faisal took to twitter to share the names and details of the Pakistanis who were on the capsized boat.  Dr Mohammad Faisal Twitter Eight bodies were recovered and identified while four were recovered but only identified by the deceased persons' friends and an identification
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At least one killed, 15 injured in Swat explosion

File photo.  SWAT: An explosion in Swat's tehsil Kabal on Saturday evening killed at least one person and injured 15 others.  The explosion took place in the Shareefabad area of the tehsil. Security forces reached the spot of the incident and established a cordon and initiated their investigation into the blast.  Government sources said rescue teams reached the area and shifted the injured to Saidu Sharif hospital.  Earlier in December, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operatio
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Intezar murder case: Investigation officer requests more time

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/94d9ef23b257f0709e6c2e3eb207c10c.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9Mi8zLzIwMTggMjowODo0MCBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPUpDakFuY3lhaTFGR3VIRWZESGpDQlE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] KARACHI: The investigation officer in the Intezar murder case requested more time for procee
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Qandeel Baloch case: Police unable to submit complete chalan, hearing adjourned

Fauzia Azeem, popularly known by her taken name Qandeel Baloch, was allegedly strangled on July 16, 2016, by her brother Waseem. Photo: Geo News file  MULTAN: The police were unable to present in court three fugitives accused in social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch's murder case here on Saturday. The primary accused, Waseem and Haq Nawaz, along with Mufti Abdul Qavi ? who was also named as an accused person ? were present at the hearing earlier today. The deceased social media personality's p
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Lady Gaga cancels tour dates due to 'severe pain'

WASHINGTON: US pop star Lady Gaga Saturday announced she had cancelled the last 10 shows of the European leg of her world tour due to "severe pain." In a statement posted on Twitter, the Grammy award-winning singer told fans she was "devastated" but said the decision to cancel the dates on her Joanne World Tour - her fifth headlining tour - was "beyond her control." "My medical team is supporting the decision for me to recover at home," she said. "I need to put myself and my well-being first
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Influenza death toll in Multan reaches 45

MULTAN: Yet another person succumbed to influenza on Saturday, taking the death toll due to the disease to 45 from December 15, 2017 up till now. The influenza patient was being treated at Multan?s Nishtar Hospital, where four new cases of the disease were reported earlier in the day during last 24 hours. At least 10 patients were being treated for influenza at the hospital till this report was filed. According to a spokesperson of the Multan health department, Dr Aza-ur-Rehman, at least 2
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Israeli planes hit Hamas in Gaza after rocket fire

Airstrike on Gaza City. -AFP/File GAZA CITY: Israeli aircraft hit a Hamas compound in the southern Gaza Strip on Saturday, after Palestinians there fired a rocket into the Jewish state, the Israeli army said. "In response to the projectile fired at southern Israel... fighter jets struck a Hamas compound composed of two military structures," the army statement said. A Palestinian security source said the raid hit a facility of Hamas's military wing west of Rafah in southern Gaza, "without causi
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