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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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Poisonous and running out: Pakistan's water crisis

ISLAMABAD: Barely 15 days old, Kinza whimpers at an Islamabad hospital where she is suffering from diarrhoea and a blood infection, a tiny victim among thousands afflicted by Pakistan´s severely polluted and decreasing water supplies. Cloaked in a colourful blanket, Kinza moves in slow motion, like a small doll. Her mother, Sartaj, does not understand how her daughter became so ill. "Each time I give her the bottle, I boil the water," she tells AFP. But Sartaj and her family drink daily from
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Daesh footprint increased in Pakistan in 2017: Report

Daesh. Photo: File  More than 150 people were killed in around six terrorist attacks claimed by Daesh in 2017. This is stated in the Pakistan Security Report 2017, released by Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS), an Islamabad-based think-tank specialising in security and conflict dynamics of Pakistan and the region. The organisation compiled its findings on the basis of its multi-source database, coupled with interviews and articles by subject experts. Decrease in number of attacks,
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Oprah Winfrey claims lifetime Golden Globe, calls for 'a new day'

Actress, movie and television producer, and chief executive of her OWN cable channel, Winfrey, 63, was celebrated as a role model for women and a person who has promoted strong female characters-Reuters LOS ANGELES: Oprah Winfrey became the first black woman to be awarded a Golden Globe for lifetime achievement on Sunday, delivering an impassioned speech in support of those who have exposed sexual misconduct in Hollywood and beyond. Actress, movie and television producer, and chief executive o
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Iranian oil tanker still ablaze as rescuers search for missing mariners

Chinese state media CCTV showed pictures on Sunday of the tanker ablaze and billowing plumes of thick dark smoke. Photo: Xinhua  BEIJING/SEOUL: A tanker carrying Iranian oil that collided with a Chinese freight ship in the East China Sea on Saturday was still ablaze on Monday morning, a South Korean coast guard official said, as emergency rescue teams continued to search for the missing crew. The US Navy sent a military aircraft to assist with the search, which spanned an area of about 3,600 s
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Startup unveils 'car of future' for $45,000

A Chinese startup unveiled its vision for the automobile of the future Sunday, promising to deliver an "intuitive and intelligent" car to global markets starting next year from around $45,000. Photo: AFP  LAS VEGAS: A Chinese startup unveiled its vision for the automobile of the future Sunday, promising to deliver an "intuitive and intelligent" car to global markets starting next year from around $45,000. The electric-powered concept car shown by Byton at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las V
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Kyrgios wins Brisbane tennis title in Australian Open boost

Kyrgios became the second Australian to lift the trophy in the tournament?s 10-year history after Lleyton Hewitt in 2014 Nick Kyrgios beat Ryan Harrison 6-4 6-2 in the Brisbane International final on Sunday to clinch his maiden tour title on home soil and gain a big confidence boost ahead of the Australian Open. Carrying a niggling knee injury, the mercurial Australian made a slow start and was forced to save five break points before he managed to carve out own his first break in the seventh ga
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One winning ticket sold in $570 million Powerball jackpot

With no jackpot winning tickets sold in either game since October, combined the two lottery grand prizes topped $1 billion, the third-largest total in the history of the games-Reuters One Powerball ticket purchased in New Hampshire matched all six numbers for Saturday?s estimated $570 million jackpot drawing, the fifth largest grand prize in the game?s 15-year history, lottery officials said. The winning numbers drawn were 12, 29, 30, 33, 61 and Powerball 26. The identity of the winner or win
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Hollywood stars declare war on sexual misconduct at Globes

Reese Witherspoon holds the award for Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television for "Big Little Lies", HBO, at the 75th Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, California, U.S. January 7, 2018. Photo: REUTERS  LOS ANGELES: Hollywood spoke with one voice at the Golden Globes on Sunday to declare war on the film industry´s culture of sexual harassment and abuse. The industry's elite turned the red carpet black for the Globes, the glitzy launch of Tinseltown´s awards seas
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Australia rout England by an innings to win Ashes 4-0

Australia team poses with the Ashes urn, SCG, January 8, 2018/CA Twitter  SYDNEY: Australia ruthlessly extinguished England´s resistance to claim an innings victory in the fifth Ashes Test and complete a 4-0 series rout on the final day in Sydney on Monday. The beleaguered tourists, with skipper Joe Root weakened by a stomach bug and unable to continue batting, dissolved after lunch, losing their last four wickets for their fourth comprehensive defeat of the series. "It has been a great coupl
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Malaysia's opposition alliance names 92-year old Mahathir as PM candidate

Former Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad speaks during an anti-kleptocracy rally in Petaling Jaya, near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia October 14, 2017. Photo: Reuters   KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia?s opposition coalition on Sunday named 92-year old former premier Mahathir Mohamad as its prime ministerial candidate for a general election that must be called by August. With the country?s most popular opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim in jail, Mahathir is seen as the biggest threat for Prime Minister N
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Ailing captain Root bats on in bid to save England

SYDNEY: Stricken captain Joe Root returned to batting after a night struggling with a stomach bug to keep England alive on the final day of the fifth Ashes Test against Australia on Monday. Root went to hospital overnight with England Cricket initially saying he had "severe dehydration" after fielding and batting in intense heat on Sunday. But team officials corrected earlier statements and said Root was instead weakened by the effects of a gastro bug. Root came out to bat on the dismissal o
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40 MPAs supporting no-confidence motion against Zehri: PML-Q?s Bizenjo

Nawab Sanaullah Zehri/File photo QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid representative and provincial lawmaker Abdul Quddus Bizenjo has claimed that as many as 40 legislators will vote for the no-confidence motion against Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri. Bizenjo said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Changez Marri has also rendered his support for the no-confidence motion. Meanwhile, spokesperson for Balochistan CM said that those claiming to have the support of 40 MPAs could
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40 MPAs supporting no-confidence motion against CM Zehri: PML-Q?s Qudoos Junejo

QUETTA: Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid representative and provincial lawmaker Abdul Qudoos Junjeo claimed on Monday that as many as 40 legislator will vote for the no-confidence motion against Balochistan Chief Minister Sanaullah Zehri. Junejo said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Changaiz Marri has also rendered his support for the no-confidence motion. Meanwhile, spokesperson for Balochistan CM said that those claiming to have the support of 40 MPAs could not gather more than 20 legis
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Opposition parties to attend PAT?s steering committee meeting today

LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek leader Khurram Nawaz Gandapur informed on Sunday that opposition parties have agreed to attend the steering committee meeting scheduled today. In the steering committee meeting scheduled today by the PAT, the opposition parties will decide the future course of action to be taken after the refusal of Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Law Minister Rana Sanaullah to resign from their positions in light of the Model Town inquiry report as demanded by them.
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England´s Root unlikely to resume after hospital discharge

Joe Root. Photo: File SYDNEY: England captain Joe Root, who was treated in hospital for severe dehydration overnight, is unlikely to resume his innings but will bat at some point in the final day of the fifth Ashes test on Monday, a team spokesman said. The 27-year-old, who was 42 not out at the end of day four, was taken to hospital after suffering from diarrhoea and vomiting overnight but later discharged and expected at the Sydney Cricket Ground for the scheduled start of play
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Flooding at JFK airport adds to misery after flight delays

NEW YORK: Flooding due to a water main break forced the suspension of international flight arrivals at New York?s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday, adding to the misery of travelers after a winter storm canceled or delayed hundreds of flights in recent days. Water poured from the ceiling onto a check-in counter and covered large areas of the floor of Terminal 4, video on CNN showed. The disruption occurred while the US Northeast continued to endure bone-chilling weather with the
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Syrian army breaks siege of army base near Damascus

BEIRUT:  Syria?s army has broken the siege of an army base encircled by opposition forces on the eastern outskirts of Damascus, state-run al-Ikhbariya TV and a war monitor reported on Sunday. Last Sunday, rebels, mainly belonging to the Ahrar al Sham faction, widened their control of parts of the Military Vehicles Administration base in the Eastern Ghouta town of Harasta. Army elite forces, backed by Russian jets, launched an offensive to break the siege and liberate at least 200 troops who we
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Difa-e-Pakistan Council always defended religion, says Pervaiz Khattak

PESHAWAR: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervaiz Khattak said on Sunday that Difa-e-Pakistan Council (DPC) has always defended religion whenever anyone spoke against it. Speaking in a DPC rally held in Peshawar, he said that not only his government served religion but also took initiatives for it which were never thought before. The chief minister added that his government installed solar systems in the mosques and allocated salaries for the clerics. Meanwhile, Awami National Party spokesp
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Iran bans English in primary schools after leader's warning

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks as he meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and other officials following an earthquake that hit Kermansheh province, in Tehran, Iran November 15, 2017. ? Reuters DUBAI: Iran has banned the teaching of English in primary schools, a senior education official said, after the country?s Supreme Leader said early learning of the language opened the way to a Western ?cultural invasion?. "Teaching English in government and non-government prima
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Some political powers created differences among public: Gen (retd) Pervez Musharraf

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CIA chief denies agency role in Iran unrest, predicts new violence

Head of the CIA Mike Pompeo. Photo: AFP WASHINGTON: The head of the CIA on Sunday denied his agency had any role in fomenting the recent anti-government protests in Iran but predicted the violent unrest "is not behind us." Mike Pompeo, named a year ago by President Donald Trump to head the intelligence agency, told Fox News Sunday that economic conditions in Iran "are not good." "That?s what caused the people to take to the streets," he said. He blamed what he called Tehran?s "backward-looking
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Pakistan has come a long way from where it stood in 2013: Rana Sanaullah

Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah. Photo: Geo News FAISALABAD: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah on Sunday said Pakistan has come a long way from where it stood in 2013. ?The entire world said that Pakistan would default in 2013 but the nation gave Nawaz Sharif a chance and look where the country is standing now,? Sanaullah said while addressing the inauguration ceremony of a vocational training centre in Faisalabad. The law minister said that load shedding ended in Pakistan during Nawaz?s t
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Trump assails ?Fake Book? as allies hail ?political genius?

President of the United States Donald Trump. Photo: AFP file WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump on Sunday assailed as a "Fake Book" an explosive behind-the-scenes account that questions his fitness for office, as allies lined up to defend the US leader, with one dubbing him a "political genius." The White House has been pushing back hard against the unflattering portrayal of the president in "Fire and Fury," a supposed tell-all book by Michael Wolff published Friday. Trump tweeted Sunday that
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German opposition calls for abolition of online hate speech law

Photo: Reuters BERLIN: Germany?s opposition parties on Sunday called for the abolition of a new law that aims to rid social media of hate speech, saying it was wrong for private companies to be making decisions about whether posts are unlawful. The legislation, which came into force on January 1, can impose fines of up to 50 million euros ($60.1 million) on sites that fail to remove hate speech promptly, raising fears that Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms could block more cont
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Saudi warplane crashes in Yemen: coalition

RIYADH: A Saudi warplane from the coalition battling rebels in Yemen crashed on Sunday because of "technical failure", the coalition and state media said, adding that both crew were rescued. The plane "had a technical failure at 15:40 (1840 GMT) and crashed... in an area of operations" in Yemen, Turki al-Maliki, the spokesman for the Saudi-led coalition, told AFP. He said the two crew members were rescued unharmed and returned to Saudi Arabia. Maliki gave no further details. A coalition sta
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