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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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Injured Hasan Ali ruled out of T20 decider

Fast bowler Hasan Ali. Photo: File MOUNT MAUNGANUIL: Fast bowler Hasan Ali has been ruled out of the third and final T20I against New Zealand here on Sunday, after suffering an ankle injury during training. Pakistan Cricket Board informed that the Ali got injured while playing football during a training session, adding that: ?After 24 hours of conservative management he did not make adequate progress to be cleared fit to play the final T20I against New Zealand by Pakistan Team Physiotherapist,
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Wynn resigns as RNC finance chair after sexual misconduct allegations

Steve Wynn ? the chairman and chief executive officer of Wynn Resorts Ltd and finance chairman of the Republican National Committee's fundraising arm ? reacts at an event. Image Courtesy: Reuters Video/Screenshot1 WASHINGTON: Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn resigned as finance chairman of the Republican Party?s fundraising arm on Saturday, a day after a newspaper reported that he routinely subjected women who worked for him to unwanted sexual advances. ?Today I accepted Steve Wynn?s resigna
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ATM makers warn of 'jackpotting' hacks on US machines

Diebold Nixdorf Inc and NCR Corp, two of the world?s largest ATM makers, have warned that cyber criminals are targeting US cash machines with tools that force them to spit out cash in hacking schemes known as ?jackpotting.? The two ATM makers did not identify any victims or say how much money had been lost. Jackpotting has been rising worldwide in recent years, though it is unclear how much cash has been stolen because victims and police often do not disclose details. The attacks were reporte
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French climber stuck on Nanga Parbat rescued by Polish climbers, army

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/e84f66e75ed6732b055e932158787441.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8yOC8yMDE4IDY6MDM6MjYgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT1LZVNLL1U4WU12ZEFJeDZOejRLWURBPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] WARSAW: After an exhausting night ascent a rescue mission found the French mountaineer Elisa
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Post-Sundance, female filmmakers find Hollywood dream elusive

Octavia Spencer and Jessica Chastain arrive at the 75th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, US, January 7, 2018. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files  LOS ANGELES: Sundance ? the premiere US independent film gathering ? this week saw a record number of female filmmakers showcased and it has championed women for four decades but the Hollywood success that so often comes for male directors has proven elusive. A study published this month by University of Southern California?s Annenberg Inc
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Canada sports minister resigns after harassment allegations

Canada?s sports minister Kent Hehr ? the then-minister for veterans affairs ? speaks during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Canada, January 25, 2016. REUTERS/Chris Wattie/Files OTTAWA: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday he accepted the resignation of Canada?s sports minister pending an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment against him. Kent Hehr?s resignation came on the same day that the conservative opposition leader of Canada?s mo
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Pakistani UN peacekeeper in Congo martyred in rebel attack

UN peacekeeping mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) BMP armoured vehicle on patrol. Photo: MONUSCO/Sylvain Liechti1 A Pakistani peacekeeper deployed with the United Nations stabilisation mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) was killed in an ambush, the UN said on Saturday.  At least one other peacekeeper was wounded following an attack by members of an armed ?group near Lulimba, 96 kilometres south-west of Baraka, in the DRC's South Kivu Province. A stateme
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Theater cancels Woody Allen musical after revived accusation

BACKGROUND: A poster for Woody Allen?s musical 'Bullets Over Broadway'. Image Courtesy: The Lincoln Centre; RIGHT: Director Woody Allen at a news conference before the opening of the 69th Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France, May 11, 2016. REUTERS/Yves Herman/Files  NEW YORK: An influential regional theatre has cancelled Woody Allen?s musical Bullets Over Broadway after his adopted daughter renewed allegations that he assaulted her. The Goodspeed Opera House in Connecticut said it was repla
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Sindh Home Ministry writes letter over pending arrest of Rao Anwar

The Home Ministry of Sindh on Saturday wrote a letter to the administrations of all four provinces, Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), Gilgit-Baltistan (GB), and Kashmir in light of the pending arrest of former Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) for Malir Rao Anwar and his team. The letter also mentioned the pending arrest of Zareen Dawar ? the person who, on social media, offered a bounty on Anwar's head. A team was also set up to arrest the fugitive police official and his accomplices, Ge
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Iran says three Revolutionary Guards dead, 16 Daesh suspects arrested

Members of Iran's Revolutionary Guards march during a military parade to commemorate the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war in Tehran, Iran, September 22, 2007. REUTERS/Morteza Nikoubazl/Files TEHRAN: Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards force said three of its soldiers were killed and 16 Daesh militants arrested in clashes Saturday in the south of the country. Its Sepahnews website, citing General Mohammad Pakpour ? the head of the Guards' land forces ? said, "16 members of the terrorist group were arrested
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Supreme Court to hear Zainab rape-murder suo motu case shortly

Protesters hold signs and chant slogans to condemn the rape and killing of 7-year-old girl Zainab Ansari in Kasur, during a protest in Lahore, Pakistan January 14, 2018. Photo: Reuters   LAHORE: The Supreme Court of Pakistan will hear the Zainab rape and murder suo motu case at its Lahore Registry today.  Zainab was kidnapped on January 4 from near her aunt?s house in Kasur. Her body was discovered five days later from a garbage pile. The post-mortem report revealed that Zainab had been raped
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Pakistan, New Zealand face off in T20 decider today

Sarfraz Ahmed stumps Colin de Grandhomme off Shadab Khan in the second T20, January 25, 2017. Photo: Getty Images  A buoyant Pakistan side, after beating New Zealand in the second T20 to draw the series, faces the hosts in the third and final T20 at Bay Oval, Mount Maunganui today. However, the Pakistan Cricket Board announced hours before the match that pacer Hasan Ali is unfit to play today owing to a slight injury during practice sessions.   Pakistan notched their first victory of the tour
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Met forecasts rain in various areas while Punjab remains blanketed under heavy fog

A man rides a bicycle ? carrying sacks of recyclables ? amid morning smog in Lahore, Pakistan, November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza/Files ISLAMABAD: The plain areas of Punjab are set to experience intense fog, with low to zero visibility on the roads, Geo News reported citing the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD). Portions of major throughways were closed off for commuters Saturday night and Sunday morning. These comprise M2 motorway ? from Lahore to Pindi Bhattian ? and M4 motorway ?
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Police torture 'dhaba' owner in Karachi's Bahadurabad

KARACHI: A tense mood prevailed in the city's Bahadurabad locale after police subjected a tea shop owner to torture over resisting arrest near Char Minar Chowrangi, leading people to chant against police brutality and resulting in a clash. The discord between law enforcement authorities (LEAs) and civilians erupted after police attempted to take into custody the owner of a dhaba (tea shop), claiming that robberies have become rampant in the surroundings and that people staying out late "cannot
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Four killed in bomb attack on Colombia police station

Police investigators check the site where a bomb exploded in Barranquilla, Colombia, January 27, 2018. AFP/Jose Torres  BOGOTA: At least four police officers were killed and 42 others wounded Saturday when alleged drug traffickers detonated a remote-controlled bomb at a station in the northern city of Barranquilla, officials said. The attack was one of the deadliest on security personnel in recent years in one of Colombia's most important cities. It comes as the government of President Juan
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Search resumes for missing ferry in central Pacific

Rescuers search for a ferry with an estimated 50 people on board after it went missing in the Kiribati Islands. Image Courtesy: Whisper Eye  WELLINGTON: The search resumed Sunday for a ferry with 50 people on board missing for more than a week in the scattered islands of the central Pacific nation of Kiribati. The inter-island ferry MV Butiraoi has not been heard from since January 18 when it set out on an expected two-day voyage from the island of Nonouti to Betio Tarawa. The 17.5-metre woo
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Germany's first #MeToo case: TV director Dieter Wedel hit with abuse scandal

German film director Dieter Wedel poses following a screening of his new TV movie "Mein alter Freund Fritz" (My Old Friend Fritz) at a theatre in Hamburg, Germany, January 16, 2007. REUTERS/Christian Charisius/Files  BERLIN: A growing sexual assault and harassment scandal surrounding a prominent German TV director took on a political dimension Friday as accusations of a cover-up hit a public broadcaster. The cascade of allegations against director Dieter Wedel is the first in Germany since th
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Michigan special prosecutor to probe university in Nassar case

Larry Nassar ? a former team USA Gymnastics doctor, who pleaded guilty in November 2017 to sexual assault charges ? returns from a break to listen to victim testimony in the courtroom during his sentencing hearing in Lansing, Michigan, US, January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/Files Michigan?s attorney general on Saturday named a special prosecutor to lead an ?open and ongoing? investigation of Michigan State University after campus sports doctor Larry Nassar sexually assaulted athletes ove
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#MeToo movement ?long overdue?: Nigerian author Chimamanda Adichie

Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Image Courtesy: The New York Times via BFA.com/Vladimir Weinstein  PARIS: The great global reckoning with sexual harassment is "long overdue", says acclaimed Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, but the feminist figurehead in Africa hopes it is not "a passing fad". As the global #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct continues in the wake of the disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein?s downfall, the novelist said it should be only the begi
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Police detain five suspects following raid in Karachi

KARACHI: Five suspects were taken into custody during an operation carried out Saturday night in New Karachi Industrial Area, police said. Authorities added that weapons were recovered from the detained suspects, who, they said, were identified as Altaf, Nasir, Noman, Asif, and Imran.
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Egypt's Sisi looks set for re-election as two more drop out

CAIRO: Two more potential presidential election candidates in Egypt withdrew on Saturday, leaving the way clear for incumbent Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to stand unopposed. Only Sisi, in power since 2014, has so far officially announced his candidacy in the election for which voting is set for March 26. Nominations for candidates remain open until Monday. Zamalek football club boss Mortada Mansour announced on Facebook on Saturday that he will not be a candidate, despite previously saying that he
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Iran says Daesh suspects arrested after border clashes

IRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards have arrested a number of members of Daesh group on Saturday after clashes on the country's western frontier, the website of the elite force said. Sepahnews, citing a statement from the Guards, did not elaborate on the fighting or say how many militants were detained. "Most of the members... of a terrorist group who had entered Iranian territory from the west have been arrested after clashes," it said. Iran is one of the main international backers of the Syr
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Senator Rand Paul introduces legislation to end aid to Pakistan

US Senator Rand Paul introduced a legislation seeking a permanent ban of $2 billion civilian assistance to Pakistan on Saturday. Photo: AFP file  WASHINGTON: US Senator Rand Paul on Saturday introduced a legislation seeking a permanent ban on the $2 billion civilian assistance to Pakistan. The bill recommends redirecting the said funds, amounting to $1.28bn from the State Department and $852 million from the United States Agency for International Development to the Highway Trust Fund. Preside
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Honduran president sworn in amid protests after election chaos

Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, accompanied by his wife Ana Garcia de Hernandez and President of the National Congress of Honduras Mauricio Oliva, is sworn in for a new term during his inauguration ceremony at the Tiburcio Carias Andino National Stadium in Tegucigalpa, Honduras January 27, 2018. REUTERS TEGUCIGALPA: Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez called for unity on Saturday after a bitterly disputed election last year as he was sworn in for a second term, even as police sk
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Fake news: Video claims women are being snatched, raped in Umerkot

Representational image. Photo: Geo News file A video, being circulated on social media, claims that women are being snatched and raped by affluent people in Sindh?s Umerkot district as the local police continue to turn a blind eye to the grave human rights violations. The news is fake.  Police have also identified the video as fake news and issued a strong rebuttal. The incident, according to a statement issued by SSP Umerkot Usman Ijaz Bajwa, took place in India?s Rajasthan state in Septemb
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