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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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6,700 Rohingya killed in first month of Myanmar violence: MSF

This file photo taken on September 27, 2017 shows and aerial view of burnt villages near Maungdaw in Myanmar´s northern Rakhine state - AFP 3 YANGON:  At least 6,700 Rohingya Muslims were killed in the first month of a Myanmar army crackdown on rebels in Rakhine state that began in late August, Doctors Without Borders (MSF) said on Thursday. The figure is the highest estimated death toll yet of violence that erupted on August 25 and triggered a massive refugee crisis, with more than 620,000 Ro
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Met Office predicts rainfall snow in upper areas of country

People sitting around the fire to keep warm during chilled weather in the Faisalabad ? APP  ISLAMABAD:  Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) on Thursday forecast additional rain in upper areas of the country and snowfall on the mountains. The weather remained cold and dry in most parts of the country. However, rain-thunderstorm (with snowfall over the hills) occurred at isolated places in Malakand, Hazara, Rawalpindi divisions, FATA and Kashmir. Commuters face difficulty due to foggy weat
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Khursheed Shah says Ayaz Sadiq has revealed ?inside story?

Khursheed Shah - File Photo  ISLAMABAD: Opposition Leader in the National Assembly, Khursheed Shah said on Thursday that Speaker Ayaz Sadiq?s statement regarding the assemblies was the ?inside story.? In an interview on Aaj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath, the National Assembly Speaker said that he fears assemblies will not be able to complete their tenure. Speaking to Geo News, Shah said Ayaz Sadiq had more sense and understanding of the situation. ?The situation is suspicious because there is a
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Four-day Test to have minimum of 98 overs per day

South Africa and Zimbabwe will play the first four-day test match from Dec 26 A minimum of 98 overs will be played on each day of the inaugural four-day test between South Africa and Zimbabwe starting later this month in Port Elizabeth. The African neighbours will play the first test match shortened by one day from Dec 26, with the International Cricket Council (ICC) granting it official status and welcoming countries to experiment with the format. ICC playing conditions deem that a minimum o
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Trump faces grave consequences of Alabama election upset

Sensing the gathering storm, Trump tried to absolve himself of blame and urged Republicans to run "GREAT Republican candidates" in future WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump is scrambling to come to grips with a more perilous political reality, after a stunning Democratic election victory in America´s deeply conservative south threw the depth and breadth of his support into serious doubt. Doug Jones´ win in an Alabama Senate race Tuesday -- the first such Democratic victory in a quarter-cent
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IHC agrees to hear ex-SECP chief?s petition in record-tampering case

Former SECP chairman Zafar Hijazi/File photo ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Thursday agreed to hear former Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) chairman Zafar Hijazi?s petition against a special court?s dismissal of his acquittal plea in the Chaudhry Sugar Mills record-tampering case. Hijazi, in his petition filed earlier this month, had stated that the special court disregarded the evidence presented in the appeal and had prayed the IHC to declare the former?s de
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UN's Guterres warns against 'sleepwalking' into war over North Korea

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in Japan. Photo: Reuters  TOKYO: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, warning against the danger of ?sleepwalking? into war, said on Thursday that Security Council resolutions on North Korea?s nuclear and missile programmes must be fully implemented by Pyongyang and other countries. Guterres made the comments to reporters after meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo just days after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson offered to begin dir
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Kentucky lawmaker dies in ?probable suicide? amid sexual assault accusations

Kentucky state representative Dan Johnson/File photo Kentucky state representative Dan Johnson, who was facing sexual assault accusations, died in a probable suicide on Wednesday, Bullitt County Coroner Dave Billings said. Johnson, 57, also the leader of the Louisville-area Heart of Fire Church, held a news conference on Tuesday at which he denied accusations contained in a report by the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting. The report, published earlier in the week, included accusation
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Cook falls cheaply as England move to 91-2 at lunch

Mitchell Starc ripped out Alastair Cook with a yorker, Australia v England, 3rd Test, Perth, 1st day, December 14, 2017/Getty Images  PERTH: Australia removed Alastair Cook cheaply in his 150th test and grabbed a second wicket late in the first session on Thursday as England moved to 91 for two at lunch on the opening day of the third Ashes test. England captain Joe Root put his side in to bat after winning his third toss of the series, with day one at the WACA overshadowed by match-fixing alle
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Suicide bomber kills at least 13 in police academy attack in Somali capital

MOGADISHU: A suicide bomber in a police uniform blew himself up inside a police training camp in Somalia´s capital Mogadishu on Thursday, killing at least 13 police officers, officials said. Police spokesman Major Mohamed Hussein said the attacker, with explosives strapped to his body, infiltrated the General Kahiye Police Training Academy and struck during a police parade. Abdikadir Abdirahman, the director of Amin Ambulances, told Reuters: "We have carried 13 dead people and fifteen others w
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'Mourinho of Pyongyang' Andersen plots North Korea revival

Jorn Andersen says his North Korea team have every chance of qualifying for the 2022 world cup TOKYO: City slicker Jose Mourinho famously lives in a plush Manchester hotel, but he has nothing on North Korea coach Jorn Andersen -- he has a suite in Pyongyang. "It´s a very quiet city, it´s very clean, there´s no crime," the former Norway international told AFP in an interview in Tokyo. "I live in a hotel suite with my wife and live in Pyongyang like I do in Europe," added Andersen, who moved to
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Naval chief Admiral Abbasi awarded Turkish Armed Forces Legion of Merit

Admiral Abbasi being awarded the medal by the Turkish naval chief. Photo: Pak Navy  ISLAMABAD: Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Zafar Mahmood Abbasi has been awarded the Turkish Armed Forces Legion of Merit, a Pakistan Navy spokesperson said on Thursday.  According to the Turkish military, the award is given to "persons displaying great efficiency in achieving the given duties or proving success in various duties as well as those making contributions to friendly relations between the Turkish Armed
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Nawaz to meet Prime Minister Abbasi, CM Shehbaz in London today: sources

LONDON: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif will meet the party leader former prime minister Nawaz Sharif in London today, sources informed Geo News on Thursday. In the high-level meeting of the top brass of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz, Pakistan?s political and economic prevailing developments will be discussed. Nawaz Sharif meets Ishaq Dar in London: sources The meeting was held at the residence of Hasan Nawaz, it
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Marvel or mishap? Hong Kong's troubled mega bridge

An engineering marvel or a colossal white elephant? HONG KONG: Billed as the world´s longest sea bridge connecting Hong Kong, Macau and mainland China, it has been touted by supporters as an engineering wonder. But critics say the multi-billion dollar infrastructure mega-project is politically driven and a costly white elephant. Dogged by delays, budget overruns, accusations of corruption and the deaths of construction workers, there is little prospect it will open by the end of 2017 as hoped
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Indonesia court rejects petition to bar consensual sex outside marriage

The Indonesian Supreme Court. Photo: File  JAKARTA: Indonesia?s constitutional court on Thursday narrowly rejected a controversial petition to bar all consensual *** outside of marriage in the world?s biggest Muslim-majority country. Five of nine judges voted for the case to be thrown out, in a victory for rights activists who had feared the petition brought by a conservative group would spur moral policing and further discrimination, particularly targeting the gay community in Indonesia. Chie
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Witness submits Ishaq Dar's income details in accountability court

Former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar. Photo:File ISLAMABAD: An accountability court corruption reference hearing against former Finance Minister Ishaq Dar is underway at the federal juridical complex. Dar is accused of possessing assets disproportionate to his declared sources of income. The case was filed by NAB in light of the Supreme Court's July 28 verdict in the Panama Papers case. In today?s hearing court summoned two Lahore-based bankers, Faisal Shehzad and Muhammad Azeem.  Meanwhile, th
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40 lawyers booked for vandalising judicial complex in Multan

Lawyers protesting outside Judicial Complex in Multan on Wednesday, December 13, 2017. Photo: PPI MULTAN: Police registered on Thursday a case against 40 lawyers, including Lahore High Court Bar Multan Bench President Sherzaman Qureshi, for vandalising the new judicial complex. On Wednesday, lawyers protested the shifting of the judicial complex and resorted to vandalising the new building. The enraged lawyers broke the windows and doors of the judges' rooms and courtrooms inside the new judic
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Two Reuters journalists arrested in Myanmar, face official secrets charges

Reuters journalists Wa Lone (left) and Kyaw Soe Oo, who are based in Myanmar, pose for a picture at the Reuters office in Yangon, Myanmar December 11, 2017. Photo: Reuters 1 YANGON: Myanmar?s government said on Wednesday that police had arrested two Reuters journalists, Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo.  The reporters had been working on stories about a military crackdown on the Rohingya Muslim minority in Rakhine State that has caused almost 650,000 people to flee to neighbouring Bangladesh. The Mini
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Despite Tillerson overture, White House says not right time for North Korea talks

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson delivers remarks on the US-Korea relationship during a forum at the Atlantic Council in Washington, US December 12, 2017. ? Reuters WASHINGTON: No negotiations can be held with North Korea until it improves its behaviour, a White House official said on Wednesday, raising questions about US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson?s offer to begin talks with Pyongyang any time and without pre-conditions. ?Given North Korea?s most recent missile test, clearly right no
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Police recover arms, ammunition in Karachi raid

KARACHI: Police recovered a sizeable cache of arms and ammunition during a raid in Karachi early Thursday, officials said. The law enforcers, together with intelligence personnel, raided a shop in Orangi Town's Sector L-12, said SP Abid Baloch said. The shop had been lying closed for a year. Baloch said police recovered three Kalashnikovs, handguns and hundreds of live rounds hidden inside the shop. Police said they also found flags a political party inside the shop. Officials say they sus
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Brazil captures most wanted arms trafficker in Paraguay

RIO DE JANEIRO: Brazil?s most wanted arms trafficker, an alleged weapons supplier for Rio de Janeiro?s biggest criminal gang the Red Command (CV), was captured in southern Paraguay on Wednesday, Rio authorities said, as they battle growing crime in the city. Marcelo Pinheiro Veiga, known as Marcelo Piloto, was arrested in the town of Encarnación after hiding out for years in Paraguay, which neighbours Brazil. From there he sent arms, drugs and ammunition to favelas dominated by Rio?s largest ga
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UN warns of surging e-waste, little recycling

The UN warned Wednesday that waste from discarded electronics like mobile phones, laptops and refrigerators is piling up worldwide, and it urged far better recycling of the often hazardous rubbish. A full 44.7 million tonnes of so-called e-waste was generated around the world in 2016, up eight percent from two years earlier, according to a report from the UN's International Telecommunication Union, the UN University (UNU) and the International Solid Waste Association. That's the equivalent of
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Ecuador court sentences VP to six years in jail in Odebrecht graft case

An Ecuadorean court on Wednesday sentenced Vice President Jorge Glas to six years in jail after finding him guilty of receiving bribes from Brazilian construction company Odebrecht in return for handing the scandal-ridden firm state contracts. A close ally of leftist ex-President Rafael Correa, Glas served as Correa?s vice president from 2013 and retained the position under current President Lenin Moreno. But Moreno, who has largely broken from Correa, suspended Glas in August, accusing him of
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Actress Salma Hayek details harrowing ordeal by 'monster' Weinstein

A-lister Salma Hayek on Wednesday joined the scores of actresses to accuse Harvey Weinstein, alleging that the fallen Hollywood mogul sexually harassed her, subjected her to escalating rage and once threatened to kill her. "For years, he was my monster," the Mexican-born star wrote in an essay published in The New York Times, detailing the torturous production of the 2002 movie "Frida" that eventually earned Hayek an Oscar nomination for best actress. After reaching a deal for Weinstein to pay
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