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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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After US veto, UN General Assembly to meet on Jerusalem status

US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley vetos an Egyptian-drafted resolution regarding recent decisions concerning the status of Jerusalem, during the United Nations Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including Palestine, at U.N. Headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., December 18, 2017. REUTERS UNITED NATIONS: The 193-member United Nations General Assembly will hold a rare emergency special session on Thursday at the request of Arab and Muslim states on
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US says Facebook, Microsoft disabled North Korean cyber actions

Tom Bossert, homeland security adviser to President Donald Trump, holds a press briefing to publicly blame North Korea for unleashing the so-called WannaCry cyber attack at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 19, 2017. REUTERS WASHINGTON: Facebook Inc and Microsoft Corp acted last week to disable a number of North Korean cyber actions, White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert said on Tuesday as the United States publicly blamed Pyongyang for a May cyber attack that crippled ho
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India metro train crashes into station on trial run

The Delhi metro train services will run as usual for the rest of the day?from 6.00 am onwards on all lines and from 4:45 am on the Airport Express Line. Photo: AFP NEW DELHI: A metro train crashed through the walls of a station during a trial run in New Delhi on Tuesday, just days ahead of its inauguration by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. TV footage showed the front portion of the engine jutting out of the wall at a metro station in the Indian capital. Delhi Metro was investigating the
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Pakistan did not fight war on terror for money: DG ISPR

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/19ec5ad756c43b56fea38bf9e3d610a3.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTIvMTkvMjAxNyA1OjA0OjQwIFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9SkNJdkNwVys5eW9ESjJqN3RmbndKdz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor on Tuesday said Pakistan did not fight the war
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UK counter-terrorism police arrest four, send in bomb disposal team

LONDON: An army bomb disposal team was sent to a house in northern England after police arrested four men on Tuesday on suspicion of planning acts of terrorism. Three men, aged 22, 36 and 41, were held after raids at their homes in Sheffield and a 31-year-old was detained at an address in nearby Chesterfield. "The arrests were intelligence-led and pre-planned as part of an ongoing investigation by Counter Terrorism Policing North East and (domestic security agency) MI5," West Yorkshire Police
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UN slams 'shocking' killing of disabled Palestinian protester

GENEVA: The UN's human rights chief said Tuesday he was "truly shocked" by the Israeli army's killing of a wheelchair-bound Palestinian protester in Gaza, and demanded an "independent and impartial investigation". Ibrahim Abu Thurayeh, a 29-year-old who lost both his legs in an Israeli attack a decade ago, was among five Palestinians killed on Friday during protests against US President Donald Trump's decision to recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. In a statement, UN High Commission
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Saudi says it intercepted Yemen rebel missile over Riyadh

Missile launch from Yemen. -AFP/File RIYADH: Saudi Arabia said it shot down a ballistic missile Tuesday over Riyadh fired from Yemen by Houthi rebels who announced that the target was the official residence of King Salman. Saudi Arabia and the United States have accused Iran of supplying weapons to the insurgents, and Riyadh described the latest missile as "Iranian-Houthi". An AFP correspondent in Riyadh heard a loud explosion at 1050 GMT, shortly before the scheduled unveiling of the Saudi bu
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Britain's giant new warship springs a leak

Tug boats manoeuvre the 65,000-tonne British aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth into Portsmouth Harbour in Portsmouth. -AFP1 LONDON: Britain's future flagship vessel HMS Queen Elizabeth, its biggest-ever warship, has sprung a leak, defence officials admitted Tuesday, only two weeks after it was commissioned into the Royal Navy. Her Majesty's Ship Queen Elizabeth, which cost £3.1 billion to build, has been taking on water for some time due to a problem with a shaft seal. The 280-metre long
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Consultations over FATA Reforms Bill will continue, says Maulana Fazlur Rehman

Video: Geo News  ISLAMABAD: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam- Fazl (JUI-F) Chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman on Tuesday said that further consultations for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Reforms Bill will continue to be held. ?We will continue to hold discussions with the government over FATA Reforms Bill,? Rehman said, adding that additional meetings with the military leadership will not be required.  ?The prime minister, Minister for States and Frontier Regions Qadir Baloch, and
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PTI supports passing of delimitation bill: Fawad Chaudhry

LAHORE: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Spokesman Fawad Chaudhry said on Tuesday that the party supports the recent passing of the delimitation bill in the senate. The PTI spokesman was addressing media, where he said that the Election Commission should complete the process of delimitation of constituencies within three months. While referring to former prime minister Nawaz Sharif, Fawad said if the Pakistan Muslim League-N supremo initiates a movement against recent judgments then the PTI will laun
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136 killed in Saudi-led strikes on Yemen in just 10 days: UN

GENEVA: At least 136 civilians have been killed over 10 days of Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen this month, the United Nations said Tuesday, with the organisation's human rights chief decrying an "inferno" on the ground. The UN human rights office said it had tallied 136 civilians killed and another 87 injured in the strikes on Sanaa, Saada, Al Hudaydah, Marib and Taez governorates between December 6 and 16. "We are deeply concerned by the recent surge in civilian casualties in Yemen as a resu
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Consensus exists to move forward as one, says DG ISPR after Senate briefing

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/300306ed4e2383ec013f097283f5ff4d.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTIvMTkvMjAxNyAxMjo0NDo1MiBQTSZoYXNoX3ZhbHVlPWUyYk5OVkVWdlFSbFZSOWg5UTJuRGc9PSZ2YWxpZG1pbnV0ZXM9NjAmaWQ9MQ== style=center] ISLAMABAD: Director General Inter-Services Public Relations Major General Asif Ghafoor, after the army chief's briefing to the Se
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Senate approves delimitation bill

ISLAMABAD: The Senate on Tuesday approved the Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2017. The bill was introduced in the House by Minister-In-Charge of Law and Justice and moved for passage. There were 84 votes in favour of the bill and one vote against it. Senate Chairman Raza Rabbani read the clauses of the bill, during which the house was open to questions from lawmakers. Senator Hafiz Hamdullah asked about the hurdles in the delay in the bill, saying that the reservations were approved The oth
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Peace, stability will lead to Pakistan?s progress: Ahsan Iqbal

ISLAMABAD: Federal Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal remarked on Tuesday that only peace and stability can ensure Pakistan?s progress. ?We must work together to bring Pakistan on the path of progress. Poverty must be eliminated on an immediate basis and we have to become a strong economy.? He also urged that the nation must work together to eliminate hate narrative from Pakistan. ?We must follow Quaid-e-Azam?s vision, who wanted people of all religions to reside peacefully in the country,? he sai
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Senators hail COAS briefing as 'historic day for democracy, civil-military relations'

ISLAMABAD: Senator Mushahid Hussain on Tuesday hailed Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa's visit and subsequent in-camera briefing to the Senate as a historic day.  General Bajwa briefed the Senate Committee of the Whole on national security matters. Hussain said the briefing was a ?historic day for democracy and civil-military relations in Pakistan". He added that it was the first time that such an open and detailed briefing was given to the upper house of parliament.  "Everyone
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Stage performances of Shah Rukh?s son, Aishwarya?s daughter go viral

The videos of Shah Rukh?s son, AbRam, and Aishwariya daughter, Aaradhya, performing at the annual school function have gone viral. 1 The videos of Shah Rukh?s son, AbRam, and Aishwariya daughter, Aaradhya, performing at their annual school function have gone viral. The Khans and Bachchans caught up at Dhirubhai Ambani International School's annual function on Saturday for AbRam and Aaradhya's school annual day festivities. Four-year-old AbRam, dressed as a star, performed on a song from his
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South Africa welcome back de Villiers, Steyn for Zimbabwe Test

South Africa are back to full strength for the first time in almost two years CAPE TOWN: AB de Villiers, Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander will all make long-awaited returns for South Africa at Test level after being named in the 14-man squad for next week´s day-night, inaugural four-day contest against Zimbabwe in Port Elizabeth. It means South Africa are back to full strength for the first time in almost two years for the Dec 26-29 match at St George?s Park which serves as a warm-up for three h
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Qadri demands Shehbaz, Sanaullah?s resignations by Dec 31

PAT leader Dr Tahir ul Qadri addressing press conference. Photo: Geo News LAHORE: Pakistan Awami Tehreek leader Dr Tahirul Qadri on Tuesday demanded Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and provincial law minister Rana Sanaullah to step down from their positions by December 31, in light of the Model Town judicial commission report. The judicial commission report also known as Justice Baqir Najfi commission inquiry report was constituted on the killings of at least 14 people in police action ag
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China, Russia denounce US strategic report

US Donald Trump - AFP File photo  China and Russia denounced a US report on national security strategy. President Donald Trump?s first National Security Strategy pillories China and Russia as "revisionist powers" bent on rolling back American interests, according to the hard-hitting text released Monday. The document -- designed to serve as a framework for the Trump administration?s approach to the world -- uses remarkably biting language to frame Beijing and Moscow as global competitors. The
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IHC grants stay on property confiscation order against Dar?s guarantor

Former finance minister Ishaq Dar/File photo ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday granted a 24-hour stay on the accountability court?s judgment about confiscation of property of PML-N leader Ishaq Dar?s guarantor. Hearing the petition filed by Dar?s guarantor Ahmed Ali Qadoosi against the judgment of the accountability court, the IHC granted a 24-hour stay on the order, a day after the investigation officer of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) submitted details of the gua
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Security forces foil terror bid in Quetta

The 20 kg bomb was placed in a tin - Photo Geo News  QUETTA: Security forces foiled a terror bid by diffusing a 20 kilogram (kg) improvised explosive device (IED) in a remote area of the city on Tuesday. According to police, the IED was found by the law enforcement authorities at a roadside in the city's remote area of Kalli Tarkha. The 20 kg bomb was in an empty tin. The bomb disposal squad immediately diffused the bomb. Police said an investigation has started into the case. Nine kill
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Derailed US train was going 80 mph in 30 mph zone: transport authority

At least three people died in the train derailment incident  DUPONT, UNITED STATES: The passenger train that derailed in Washington state was traveling 80 miles per hour in a 30 mph zone, transport investigators said late Monday. Bella Dinh-Zarr, vice chairwoman of the National Transportation Safety Board, told journalists "it´s too early to tell" why the train was traveling at such a fast speed, an estimate that came from preliminary information obtained from an event data recorder in the rea
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Lizard, turtle among more than 100 new species found in Mekong region

A new species of lizard called acanthosaura phuketensis in Phuket. Photo: AFP BANGKOK: A Vietnamese 'crocodile lizard' and a Thai turtle found on sale in a local market are among more than 100 new species discovered in the ecologically diverse but threatened Mekong region last year, researchers said Tuesday. The Southeast Asian countries flanking the Mekong river, which snakes down from the Tibetan plateau to the South China Sea, are among the most biodiverse in the world. Each year scientists
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Will not accept blind judgements anymore: Nawaz

Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Nawaz Sharif while addressing party workers in Punjab House on December 19, 2017. Photo: Geo News screen grab 1 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Chief Nawaz Sharif remarked on Tuesday that the party will no longer accept blind judgements.  While speaking to party workers in Punjab House, Nawaz reviewed the court proceedings in disqualification case against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan. On December 15, the Supreme Court had ruled
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Shahzeb murder case: Sessions Judge to hear case on daily basis

Shahzeb Khan (L) was murdered in Karachi in December 2012  KARACHI: The retrial of the murder case of 20-year-old Shahzeb Khan began in the court of Sessions Judge District South from Tuesday (today). The Sessions Judge, during the first hearing of the retrial today, has decided to hear the case on daily basis. In his remarks, the judge observed that the parties to the ?settlement? will be summoned to the court. The documents pertaining to the ?settlement? will also be verified, he remarked.
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