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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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Zardari's meeting with Balochistan CM marks start of Senate horse-trading: PML-N

PPP chief Asif Zardari meets CMs and members of Sindh and Balochistan's cabinets. Photo: Geo News  Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) supremo Asif Ali Zardari?s recent meeting with Balochistan?s "puppet" chief minister is the beginning of "shameful horse-trading" for the upcoming Senate elections, said Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Khawaja Saad Rafique on Friday.  In a series of tweets, Rafique, the federal railways minister and senior party leader, said "the recent change in Balochistan is bu
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Qatar says World Cup on track despite boycott as supply lines fixed

A view shows the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha, Qatar, May 18, 2017-File Photo (Reuters) DAVOS: Qatar is confident that it can host a successful World Cup in 2022 and preparations are fully on track after a boycott by its Gulf neighbours briefly disrupted supply lines last year, its foreign minister told Reuters. Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, who is also deputy prime minister, said Qatar?s economy was now growing much faster than anticipated and the major gas exporter was we
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Is Hrithik casting Sara Ali Khan for his new film?

Sara Ali Khan the daughter of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh will make her film debut with Kedarnath in December 2018. Even before her debut, Sara has been making news for new movie offers. First, it was a film opposite Arjun Kapoor and now it seems even Hrithik Roshan is interested in the young actress for Super 30. According to reports in the India media, Hrithik has even pitched Sara to Super 30 director Vikas Bahl.  Hrithik Roshan has already started shooting for Super 30 which is based
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Rao Anwar's tenure saw 444 accused killed in encounters: report

Supreme Court, which will hear the suo motu case at its Karachi Registry on January 27, 2017. Photo: file KARACHI: At least 444 accused have been killed in police encounters under the tenure former SSP Malir Rao Anwar, according to a police report submitted to the Supreme Court.  The summary details the number of police encounter cases of District Malir which occurred during the tenure of SSP Rao Anwar. The data has been collected from July 25, 2011, to January 19, 2018. The report reveals th
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Anti-aging field ´explodes´ in pursuit of healthy old age

WASHINGTON: Experts on the forefront of anti-aging medicine say the field is booming, with therapies on the horizon to target illnesses like cancer and Alzheimer´s and make for a healthier, older population in the years to come. Such remedies are increasingly important because of the world´s aging population. Growing old, experts say, is a leading risk factor for most human diseases and a major socioeconomic problem. "In the last 20 years this field of research on aging has exploded," said Fe
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Concealing assets qualifies as dishonesty, reasserts CJP

Supreme Court of Pakistan. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar remarked on Friday that they had declared in the Nawaz Sharif case that concealing assets in election nomination papers qualifies as dishonesty.  The remarks were made as the three-member Supreme Court bench took up Multan Cantonment Board Chairman Humayoun Akhtar?s appeal against the election tribunal's decision disqualifying him.  The petitioner informed the apex court that the election tribunal had declared hi
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Trump proposes US citizenship plan for 1.8 mn undocumented immigrants

Trump has also asked Congress to eliminate the popular "green card lottery" program and severely restrict family immigration, steps analysts say could cut in half the more than one million foreign-born people moving to the country annually WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump´s administration on Thursday unveiled a sweeping new immigration plan to Congress that offers 1.8 million young unauthorised immigrants known as "Dreamers" a path to citizenship over 10-12 years. In a comprehensive refor
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Three-day ban on fishing in Gwadar announced

The Department of Livestock and Fisheries of Sindh government has placed a three-day ban on fishing in Gwadar, according to a notification issued Friday, Photo: Geo News screen grab1 KARACHI: The Department of Livestock and Fisheries of Sindh government has placed a three-day ban on fishing in Gwadar, according to a notification issued Friday. The ban, which has been imposed by fisheries inspector, will be in effect from January 28 to January 30. Moreover, the fishermen have also been advise
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Oldest human fossil outside Africa is dug up in Israel

Facial fragments, including a jawbone and several teeth, were found at a site called Misliya Cave in Israel, one of several prehistoric cave sites located on Mount Carmel-Binghamton University/AFP MIAMI: The oldest remains of a modern human outside Africa have been dug up in Israel, offering evidence of what genetic studies have already suggested -- that humans migrated out of Africa some 50,000 years earlier than previously thought. Facial fragments, including a jawbone and several teeth, wer
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French shoppers go nuts for Nutella discount

A French supermarket chain´s decision to slash the price of Nutella by 70 percent has sparked frenzy, with shoppers across the country jostling to squirrel away as many jars of the nutty spread as possible in what one worker likened to an orgy. Photo: AFP/file  STRASBOURG: A French supermarket chain´s decision to slash the price of Nutella by 70 percent has sparked frenzy, with shoppers across the country jostling to squirrel away as many jars of the nutty spread as possible in what one worker
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Bumrah?s five-wicket haul swings third Test in India?s favour

Jasprit Bumrah picked his first five-for in Tests, South Africa v India, 3rd Test, Johannesburg, 2nd day, January 25, 2018/Getty Images JOHANNESBURG: Seamer Jasprit Bumrah took five wickets as India seized control of the third and final test against South Africa on Thursday, going to the close of the second day with a 42-run lead on a treacherous wicket at the Wanderers. Bumrah, in this third test, ripped through the middle-order and cleaned up the South African tail with career-best figures of
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Oprah says she's not running for president but fans are undeterred

Media mogul Oprah Winfrey apparently ended her brief flirtation with a run for the US presidency in 2020, telling InStyle magazine in an interview published on Thursday that she was not interested. Photo: REUTERS/file  Media mogul Oprah Winfrey apparently ended her brief flirtation with a run for the US presidency in 2020, telling InStyle magazine in an interview published on Thursday that she was not interested. But the leader of a political action committee supporting Winfrey said it would
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Casey Affleck withdraws as 2018 Oscar presenter after sexual harassment allegations

Affleck, the younger brother of actor and director Ben Affleck, topped challenges from Denzel Washington and Ryan Gosling to win the 2017 award-Reuters LOS ANGELES: Oscar-winning Casey Affleck, who has been accused of sexual harassment by female crew members on an earlier film, has withdrawn as a presenter at the 2018 Academy Awards, a spokeswoman for the organization said on Thursday. Affleck, 42, who won the best actor Oscar last year for his performance in the family drama ?Manchester by the
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Vince McMahon announces return of 'reimagined' XFL in 2020

WWE founder and Chairman Vince McMahon  The XFL, a short-lived football league that sought to fuse the sport with the over-the-top theatrics of pro wrestling, will return to the gridiron in 2020, World Wrestling Entertainment founder and Chairman Vince McMahon said on Thursday. McMahon said the XFL, which originally launched in 2001 and lasted only one season, will kick off with eight teams and play a "shorter, faster-paced, family-friendly and easier to understand" brand of the game during th
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UN credibility at stake on Palestine, occupied Kashmir: Lodhi

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/eb85b9427ebd9c2ddb504426cf33b7a4.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8yNi8yMDE4IDY6MDA6MzYgQU0maGFzaF92YWx1ZT0wSk8xMkNCQjJyMTdkWVBYZHBLTjlRPT0mdmFsaWRtaW51dGVzPTYwJmlkPTE= style=center] NEW YORK: Pakistan said at the United Nations that if the Security Council did not implement
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Ariane 5 satellites in orbit but not in right location

Two commercial satellites have been placed in orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket but have yet to reach their correct position. Photo: AFP  KOUROU: Two commercial satellites have been placed in orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket but have yet to reach their correct position, Arianespace said Thursday, after mission control briefly lost contact with the craft. The European space workhorse blasted off at 7.20 pm (2220 GMT) from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana carrying satellites for Luxembourg´s SES an
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Trump threatens to pull aid to Palestinians if they don't pursue peace

Trump?s endorsement in December of Israel?s claim to Jerusalem as its capital drew universal condemnation from Arab leaders and criticism around the world DAVOS: US President Donald Trump threatened on Thursday to withhold aid to the Palestinians if they did not pursue peace with Israel, saying they had snubbed the United States by not meeting Vice President Mike Pence during a recent visit. Trump, speaking after a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the World Economic For
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Pakistan to face India in U-19 Cricket World Cup semifinal

Pakistan will face off against traditional rivals India in the ICC Under-19 World Cup semifinal in Christchurch on Tuesday, January 30. India beat Bangladesh by 131 runs in the quarterfinal today to clinch the fourth and final spot in the U-19 World Cup semis. Pakistan had already qualified for the semifinal after outclassing South Africa in a thrilling encounter earlier this week. Read: Ali Zaryab, Musa steer Pakistan into semifinals Australia will take on high-flying Afghanistan in the oth
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Assets reference: Witnesses record statements against Ishaq Dar

Dar has been in London since October last year.  ISLAMABAD: The accountability court conducting corruption proceedings against former finance minister Senator Ishaq Dar resumed its proceedings today.  Dar, a close aide of Pakistan Muslim League-N chief Nawaz Sharif, is accused of possessing assets disproportionate to his declared sources of income. A reference against him was filed by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) in light of the Supreme Court's July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers c
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Seven injured in road accident as dense fog blankets Punjab

At least seven people were injured as dense fog continues to blanket parts of Punjab Friday morning. Photo: Geo News   LAHORE: At least seven people were injured as dense fog continues to blanket parts of Punjab Friday morning, Geo News reported. A passenger bus overturned near Dera Ghazi Khan due to low visibility. Seven people were injured in road accident. Many motorways and national highways have also been closed by authorities for the safety of people. The intersections of Motorway clo
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Indonesian President arrives in Pakistan today

Indonesian President Joko Widodo/File photo  ISLAMABAD: Indonesian President Joko Widodo is arriving in Pakistan today on a two-day visit. The visiting dignitary will address the joint session of Parliament today, which is scheduled to begin at 6pm.  He will be only the second president of Indonesia to address the Joint Sitting of the Parliament. Before him, President of Indonesia Dr Ahmed Soekarno had addressed the National Assembly of Pakistan on June 26, 1963. President Mamnoon Hussain wi
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US slaps sanctions on six men linked to Afghan Taliban, Haqqani Network

Members of the Taliban gather at the site of the execution of three men accused of murdering a couple during a robbery in Ghazni province, Afghanistan April 2015. Photo: Reuters   WASHINGTON: The United States imposed sanctions on six men said to be linked to the Afghan Taliban and the 'Haqqani Network' on Thursday, less than a month after President Donald Trump ordered cuts in security aid to Pakistan over its alleged failure to crack down on terrorists. The designation of 'Specially Designat
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Nominees for the Grammy Awards

Rap superstar Jay-Z leads the nominations for Sunday´s Grammy Awards with eight, followed by fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar at seven and retro R&B star Bruno Mars at six. Photo: AP/Getty  NEW YORK: Rap superstar Jay-Z leads the nominations for Sunday´s Grammy Awards with eight, followed by fellow rapper Kendrick Lamar at seven and retro R&B star Bruno Mars at six. Here is the list of nominees in major categories: Album of the Year  Childish Gambino, "Awaken, My Love!" Jay-Z, "4:44" K
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Federer faces Chung hurdle to 30th Slam final

Roger Federer steps on court against new South Korean star Chung Hyeon with the prospect of an Australian Open final against Marin Cilic at stake MELBOURNE: Roger Federer steps on court against new South Korean star Chung Hyeon Friday with the prospect of an Australian Open final against Marin Cilic at stake. The hugely experienced Swiss ace is an overwhelming favourite as he targets a 20th Grand Slam title, but the unseeded 21-year-old has already sent Novak Djokovic packing, proving anything
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33 dead in South Korea hospital blaze: firefighters

It is the second devastating blaze in just a month in the advanced country, Asia´s fourth-largest economy. Photo: EPA  SEOUL: At least 33 people were killed in a blaze at a hospital in South Korea on Friday, firefighters said, with more than 70 injured. It is the second devastating blaze in just a month in the advanced country, Asia´s fourth-largest economy. Videos posted on social media showed a patient hanging on to a rope dangling from a helicopter above the hospital in Miryang, and anothe
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