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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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Man killed in Karachi car accident: rescue sources

KARACHI: A man died in a car accident in the metropolis' area of Gulbai on early Thursday morning, informed rescue sources. Meanwhile, two suspects involved in street crimes were arrested by the law enforcement authorities near Nazimabad underpass and Sharafi Goth respectively. The suspect from Nazimabad was arrested after he was injured in a police raid. Separately, two groups exchanged fire in a clash at the wedding of the nephew of Member National Assembly Afzal Khokhar; as many as two peo
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What angered Trump? Ex-White House adviser Steve Bannon's revelations

LEFT: The cover image of "Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House" by Michael Wolff; RIGHT: US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump arrive for the G20 leaders' summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 6, 2017. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/Files WASHINGTON: A portrait of the Trump presidency in Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House ? Michael Wolff's forthcoming book ? roiled the White House on Wednesday and caused a public split between US President Donald Trump and his former chief stra
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Trump breaks with Bannon, says former aide 'lost his mind'

The then-White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon attends a meeting between US President Donald Trump and congressional leaders to discuss trade deals at the at the White House's Roosevelt Room, Washington, US, February 2, 2017. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted former White House adviser Steve Bannon as having ?lost his mind? in the fallout over damaging comments Bannon made about Donald Trump Jr. ? Trump?s son ? in excerpts of a new book.
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Trump administration to announce cuts in 'security assistance' to Pakistan: sources

US President Donald Trump speaks during an address from the White House in Washington, US, December 6, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump?s administration has been informing members of Congress that it will announce as soon as Wednesday its plans to cut off ?security assistance? to Pakistan, congressional aides said Wednesday, a day after the White House warned Islamabad it would have to do more to maintain US aid. Aides in two congressional offices said t
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Saudi-led coalition says has cut Houthi supply line: report

DUBAI: The Saudi-led coalition fighting in Yemen killed dozens of Houthi fighters and cut one of their main supply routes on Wednesday, United Arab Emirates state news agency WAM reported. The offensive, northwest of Yemen?s third largest city of Taiz, could be a major advance for the Western-backed coalition forces in nearly three years of civil war. It would consolidate gains made last month at al-Khoukha on the Red Sea where pro-government forces, energized since the death of former Presid
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PTI protest for sugarcane farmers concludes in Karachi, leaves six wounded

KARACHI: A protest staged by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Wednesday night here at the city's Shahrah-e-Faisal ? in favour of the sugarcane farmers ? has concluded, leaving six police officers wounded. Two of the officials beat up by PTI workers are in critical condition. The old Metropole Hotel area and the nearby roads were consequently opened for traffic late night. The participants of the rally that had come from Hyderabad earlier had also joined in the political party's demonstrat
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Major land scandal hits KP government

The illegally leased 275-acre land belongs to KP forest department. ? FILE Photo PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government has illegally leased 275 acres of land in Swat, it emerged Wednesday, in a major scandal to have hit the provincial administration. The illegally leased tract in Malam Jabba, a tourist attraction in Swat district, belonged to the provincial forest department. It has been learnt that the provincial government was to lease a mere 17-acre patch, i.e. 5 acres for const
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Three Iranian security force members killed in border clash

Members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards during a parade in Tehran. ? Reuters FILE TEHRAN: Three members of the Iranian security forces were killed in clashes along the border with Iraqi Kurdistan, the Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Wednesday. The attack was not thought to be linked to the past week's unrest and protests. The statement, reported by Mehr news agency, said the attack happened in the border area of Piranshahr, a region that sees sporadic clashes with Kurdish sepa
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China to extend assistance in Pakistan's power sector: ambassador

Minister for Power Division Sardar Awais Leghari in a meeting with Ambassador of China Yao Jing. ? APP ISLAMABAD: The Power Division has decided to engage and meet all the investors under the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) energy projects individually, in order to further expedite these projects and remove any difficulties. This was said by Minister for Power Division Awais Leghari in his meeting with Ambassador of China Yao Jing. He thanked the Chinese ambassador for his choice of t
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Macron wants anti-"fake news" law in 2018

President Emmanuel Macron. Photo: Reuters file PARIS: President Emmanuel Macron said on Wednesday he would overhaul French media legislation this year to fight the "fake news" spread on social media which he said threatened liberal democracies. Since he was elected last year, Macron has criticised Russian media in particular, openly accusing TV channel RT of sowing disinformation about him via its website and social media during the presidential election. "If we want to protect liberal democra
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UN chief says further violence must be avoided in Iran

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: AFP file  UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday deplored the loss of life in anti-government protests in Iran that have so far left 21 people dead, and said further violence must be avoided. The UN chief is "following with concern recent developments" in Iran and "urges respect for the rights to peaceful assembly and freedom of expression," Guterres said in a statement. "Further violence must be avoided," he added. Pr
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Head of Iran Guards declares 'end of the sedition'

A pro-government demonstrator stands under an Iranian flag during a march in Iran's southwestern city of Ahvaz. -AFP  TEHRAN: Iran's Revolutionary Guards chief announced the "end of the sedition" Wednesday as tens of thousands rallied in a show of strength for the country's rulers after days of deadly unrest. General Mohammad Ali Jafari said the Guards only intervened "in a limited way" against fewer than 15,000 "trouble-makers" nationwide, adding that a large number had been arrested. The W
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Singapore bans film focused on indicted Palestinian teen activist

Palestinian teen Ahed Tamimi (R) enters a military courtroom escorted by Israeli Prison Service personnel at Ofer Prison, near the West Bank city of Ramallah, January 1, 2018. REUTERS SINGAPORE: Singapore has banned a film festival from screening a documentary later this week that features a teenage Palestinian female activist whose arrest last month has made her a symbol of resistance to Israeli military occupation in the West Bank. Justifying the ban, authorities in the Southeast Asian city
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Norway suspends arms sales to UAE over Yemen war

A boy walks on the wreckage of a building hit by air strikes two years ago in Sanaa, Yemen December 30, 2017. REUTERS OSLO: Norway has suspended exports of weapons and ammunition to the United Arab Emirates over concerns they could be used in the war in Yemen, the Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. The UAE is part of a Saudi-led coalition formed in 2015 to fight the Iran-aligned Houthi group that controls most of northern Yemen and the capital Sanaa, in a war that has killed more than 10,000
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Treatment against blindness to sell for $850,000 in US

NEW YORK: Luxturna, a medication against hereditary degeneration of the retina that can lead to total blindness, will be sold for $850,000 in the United States, making it one of the world's most expensive medical treatments. It is administered in a single dose, according to its manufacturer, Philadelphia-based Spark Therapeutics. It will retail for $425,000 per eye, which is less than the $1 million price tag that had been expected before the company received FDA approval in mid-December. Th
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Israeli death penalty advocates win preliminary vote in parliament

FILE PHOTO: Israeli lawmakers attend a vote on a bill at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem February 6, 2017. REUTERS JERUSALEM: Israel?s parliament gave preliminary approval on Wednesday for legislation that would make it easier for a court to impose a death sentence on assailants convicted of murder in attacks classified as terrorism. Israeli military courts - which handle cases involving Palestinians in the occupied West Bank - already have the power to issue the death sent
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Past teaches us to be careful of trusting America: Khawaja Asif

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/7bb872a2e0bd5bedf2fad4aa0f70477e.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8zLzIwMTggNDo0MjozMiBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPXBYTXZhd2VZc1JMeUNQSTJlVzRyakE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] Minister for Foreign Affairs Khawaja Asif has said the past of Pakistan suggests the country should be careful of trusting the United
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No amount of coercion can dictate Pakistan: DG ISPR

Director-General (DG) of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor. Photo: Geo News file  ISLAMABAD: Director-General (DG) Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor on Wednesday said no amount of coercion can dictate Pakistan how to continue.  "No amount of coercion can dictate us how to continue," he said in an exclusive interview with Geo News. "We wish to move forward through cooperative engagement but we will not compromise on self-respe
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COAS visits family which sacrificed five members for motherland

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Gen Qamar Bajwa visited on Wednesday home of Muhammad Ali Khan at Gharh Khel, Karak, whose three sons out of eight have laid their lives for motherland in various operations, according to an Inter-Services Public Relations statement. Ali Khan?s three sons included Lance Naik Khurshid, Naib Subedar Umer Daraz from FC Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Haveldar Sher Daraz in army, according to the ISPR press release. Whereas, three of Ali?s sons are serving in FC KP and army
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Israel plans to force out thousands of African migrants

JERUSALEM: Israel plans to force tens of thousands of African migrants to leave over the next three months by threatening to arrest those who stay, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday. Under the plan, some 38,000 migrants who entered Israel illegally, mainly Eritreans and Sudanese, will have until the end of March to leave. Each will receive a plane ticket and $3,500 (2,900 euros) to do so. After March, this amount will decrease and those who continue to refuse to go will face ar
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Nawaz running away from elections, claims Fawad Chaudhry

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/9e05d96ce66dac42e0392f1762442bce.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8zLzIwMTggMjo0ODozNiBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPW80OTVXSHB0QXB4bTAvb2tDb1d0TkE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said on Wednesday that Nawaz Sharif is running away from elections
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Nawaz forcefully entered politics in Balochistan where crisis has erupted: Chandio

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/47cf0477c6a1248bf790a49dec6fb5f9.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8zLzIwMTggMjozMDozMSBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPTBsRzVzd1I0MHpJenZMRlZFRzZmbnc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] HYDERABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Nawaz Sharif has forcefully tried to enter politics of Balochistan, where a crisis situation has emerged, said Pakistan Peoples Party?s Maula Bakhsh Chandio. Whil
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Hand injury, lack of communication reasons for marriage breakdown: Amir Khan

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/6df6c1bb73777dbad0b227b36d821bb6.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8zLzIwMTggMjoyNToxNSBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPUVIRzB0WkxYNUZEODlKWXB4YzBYOXc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan has blamed his hand injury and a ?lack of communication? for problems in his marital life and taken
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Navy conducts successful test of Harbah naval cruise missile

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/b0db40c5b8c73a0e59b86e2dbdb7f453.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MS8zLzIwMTggMjoxMTozMiBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPUZWUUY0bkxSVTlMZ2kzUVA5eEpPRUE9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] KARACHI: The Pakistan Navy (PN) on Wednesday tested the indigenously developed Harbah naval cruise missile after launching it from th
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Trump-Khawaja Asif faceoff, Shafaat tells the way it is

When US President Donald Trump?s tweet on New Year against Pakistan created ripples in international and local political scenario, it was hard believing that ace impersonator Syed Shafaat Ali will take a back seat. The much-adored and super talented comedian Shafaat is back with a new video, including Trump, Khawaja Asif and our friends the Chinese. The two politicians hurl quirky, accusatory statements at each other, while our foreign minister (Shafaat here obviously) putting a dash of his se
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