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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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Saudi prince freed in $1-billion settlement agreement: official

Saudi Arabian Prince Miteb bin Abdullah at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France June 18, 2014. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Files DUBAI: Senior Saudi Prince Miteb bin Abdullah ? once seen as a leading contender to the throne ? was freed after reaching an ?acceptable settlement agreement? with authorities paying more than $1 billion, a Saudi official said on Wednesday. Miteb ? who was head of the elite National Guard ? was among dozens of royal family members, ministers, and current and former senior
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OPEC heading for oil cut extension with a caveat

OPEC and Russia are heading towards prolonging their oil supply cuts for the whole of 2018 but with an option to review the deal in June, OPEC sources said on Tuesday after Moscow expressed concerns the market could overheat. The recommendation was made by a joint committee of OPEC and non-OPEC delegates including Russia but has yet to be approved by the ministers from the committee on Wednesday and then by a full OPEC meeting on Thursday, two OPEC sources said. Oil prices deepened their two-d
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Norway reveals rape and sexual assault scandal in Lapland

Police Attorney Oyvind A Rengard (C) ? alongside officers Tone Vangen (R) and Lensmann Aslak Finvik ? holds a press conference in Innhavet, Hamaroy municipality, Nordland county, Norway, November 28, 2017. AFP/NTB Scanpix/Tore Meek  OSLO: Norwegian police said Tuesday they had uncovered 151 alleged sexual assaults, including child rape, in a small community in Lapland, sending shock waves across the country. The case has highlighted longstanding distrust between national authorities and the i
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Silicon Valley is threat to internet, says US regulator

A top US regulator, defending an effort to roll back so-called "net neutrality" rules, said Tuesday that large internet platforms represent the biggest threat to online freedom because they routinely block "content they don't like." Federal Communications Commission chairman Ajit Pai delivered remarks days after unveiling a proposal to reverse a hotly contested 2015 rule requiring broadband firms to treat all online traffic equally. Pai said internet platforms -- he singled out Twitter -- play
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FIFA will not tolerate racism at 2018 World Cup

FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said racism will not be tolerated at next year?s World Cup in Russia, adding that referees will have the power to stop or even abandon matches if discriminatory incidents take place. Several players, including Brazil and former Zenit St Petersburg forward Hulk, have voiced concerns that racism could mar the tournament, saying such incidents are a regular feature of domestic league games in the country. Infantino said in a video statement that anti-discrimina
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Fed chair nominee Powell defends push to review financial regulations

Jerome Powell testifies before the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee on his nomination to become chairman of the US Federal Reserve in Washington, US, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts WASHINGTON: Jerome Powell ? US President Donald Trump?s choice to lead the US Federal Reserve ? defended plans to potentially lighten regulation of the financial sector during a controversy-free hearing on his nomination to take over the central bank. Tapped to replace current chair Ja
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Senate Republicans shove tax bill ahead; spending fight erupts

US President Donald Trump speaks with reporters after meeting with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan at the White House in Washington, US, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst  WASHINGTON: US Senate Republicans rammed forward President Donald Trump?s tax cut bill on Tuesday in an abrupt, partisan committee vote that set up a full vote by the Senate as soon as Thursday, although some details of the measure remained unsettled. As disabled protesters shouted
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Tillerson 'offended' by claims of State Department's hollowing out

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson participates in a panel discussion after his remarks on US-European Relations at the Wilson Center in Washington, US, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Tuesday he was offended by claims that the State Department is being hollowed out, saying his agency is functioning well, contrary to scathing criticism from former diplomats. In the latest salvo, two retired senior US diplomats said the agency is bein
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UK targets gangs who use child drug mules with tough anti-slavery laws

File Targeting gangs in Britain who groom children to carry drugs with tough anti-trafficking laws and the threat of life in prison sends a strong message to criminals who enslave others, the country?s anti-slavery tsar and police said on Tuesday. Thousands of children - some as young as 12 - are estimated to be used by gangs to carry drugs between cities and rural areas in Britain, according to the National Crime Agency (NCA). Police forces have seen a rise in the exploitation of and violence
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Key steps in North Korea's missile development

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects Unit 1016 of the Korean People's Army's (KPA) Air and Anti-Air Force ? honoured with the Title of O Jung Hup-led 7th Regiment ? in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 9, 2015. REUTERS/KCNA/Files SEOUL: North Korea has fired a new ballistic missile, South Korean military officials said, in the first such launch since mid-September. Here are the key steps in the development of the
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Woods hopes to be a winner in another comeback

Tiger Woods makes another return to competitive golf this week and despite 10 months on the sidelines recovering from a fourth back surgery, the 14-time major winner?s goal remains the same -- to win. While Woods?s famous competitive fires continue to rage the former world number one conceded he may have to temper his expectations at the Hero World Challenge in the Bahamas. He takes on an elite 18-player field that includes eight of the top 10 in the current world rankings. ?I just really wan
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Wear with care: Stella McCartney helps redesign climate-friendly fashion

British fashion designer Stella McCartney and world-record breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur launch a report on the importance of a climate-friendly textile industry. Photo courtesy of the Ellen MacArthur Foundation.  LONDON: The fashion industry urgently needs to reform its wasteful, polluting ways, British designer Stella McCartney and record-breaking sailor Ellen MacArthur said on Tuesday. With global clothing sales doubling since 2000, people now wear each item far fewer times, the Ellen Ma
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Young at the double as Man United win at Watford

Ashley Young struck twice against his old club as Manchester United cured their recent travel sickness with a 4-2 victory at Watford to close the gap on Premier League leaders Manchester City to five points on Tuesday. United, beaten in their last two away Premier League games and at Basel last week in Europe, began slowly but Young, without a goal for 18 months, struck twice in six minutes midway through the first half before Anthony Martial scored a third before the break to knock the stuffin
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Wall Street, dollar rise on policy bets; sterling swings

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, US, November 28, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid  NEW YORK: Wall Street closed at a record high and the dollar rose on Tuesday as sentiment was buoyed by progress on US tax reform, strong economic data, and comments by the nominee for chairman of the Federal Reserve. The British pound briefly rallied more than 1 percent from its lows after The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that Britain and the European Union had
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Steven Spielberg's 'The Post' aimed at people 'starving for the truth'

Director Steven Spielberg pauses while speaking on-stage at the 9th Governors Awards Show, held in Los Angeles, California, US, November 11, 2017. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni/Files  LOS ANGELES: Steven Spielberg?s new movie The Post may be set in 1971 but its theme about press freedom is all about today. Spielberg rushed to get the movie filmed and released within a year. It is about the battle by newspapers to publish the leaked Pentagon Papers detailing the US government?s misleading portrayal o
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FCC's Pai, addressing net neutrality rules, calls Twitter biased

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chairman Ajit Pai testifies before a Senate Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington, US, June 20, 2017. REUTERS/Aaron P. Bernstein/Files WASHINGTON: Ajit Pai ? the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) ? accused social media company Twitter Inc of being politically biased on Tuesday as he defended his plan to roll back rules intended to ensure a free and open internet. Pai ? a
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Large iceberg breaks free from glacier in southern Chile

File SANTIAGO: A large iceberg broke off the Grey glacier in southern Chile, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that the cause of the rupture was unclear. Chile?s CONAF forestry service shared photos on social media of the enormous block of blue-white ice, which measured 350 meters (1,148 feet) long by 380 meters (1,247 feet) wide, as it floated free in waters of a glacial lagoon near the southern tip of the South American continent. Park officials at Chile?s Torres del Paine National Park, h
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Man charged in New York truck attack pleads not guilty

Sayfullo Saipov ? the suspect in the New York City truck attack ? is seen in this handout photo released on November 1, 2017. St. Charles County Department of Corrections/Handout via REUTERS/Files NEW YORK: The Uzbek immigrant accused of killing eight people by speeding a rental truck down a New York City bike path in October pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to murder and other criminal charges. Sayfullo Saipov, 29, entered his plea before US District Judge Vernon Broderick in Manhattan. David Pa
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Misfiring Tottenham slump to defeat at Leicester

Tottenham Hotspur?s slump continued as Leicester City beat them 2-1 on Tuesday with Jamie Vardy and Riyad Mahrez on target to avenge last season?s home mauling by the Londoners at the King Power stadium. Thrashed 6-1 by Mauricio Pochettino?s side in May, Leicester produced a performance more like that which took them to the Premier League title in 2015-16, leaving Spurs reeling after a third defeat in their last five league games. Vardy put the hosts ahead after 13 minutes, cleverly lobbing a
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Tesla Truck gets DHL order as shippers test Semi

Tesla's new electric semi truck is unveiled during a presentation in Hawthorne, California, US, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Alexandria Sage/Files  SEATTLE: Deutsche Post AG?s DHL and Fortigo Freight Services Inc, one of Canada?s largest fleet management companies, said on Tuesday they had pre-ordered Tesla Inc?s electric truck unveiled earlier this month to test on limited routes. High-profile logistics and transportation customers like fleet operator J.B. Hunt and retailer Wal-Mart Stores Inc
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North Korea fires ballistic missile close to Japan

File North Korea fired a ballistic missile that landed close to Japan on Wednesday, the first test by Pyongyang since a missile fired over its neighbour in mid-September, officials said. North Korea launched the missile a week after President Donald Trump put North Korea back on a US list of countries that Washington says support terrorism. The designation allows the United States to impose more sanctions, although some experts said it risked inflaming tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Japan?s
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Pak behaviour towards Taliban unchanged despite Trump statement, says US general

John Nicholson ? a US Army General and the commander of the US forces in Afghanistan ? speaks during a joint press conference in Kabul, Afghanistan, November 20, 2017. AFP/Shah Marai/Files WASHINGTON: The top US general in Afghanistan said on Tuesday that he had not seen a change in Pakistan?s support for militants so far, despite President Donald Trump taking a tougher line against Islamabad. US officials have long been frustrated by what they see as Pakistan?s reluctance to act against group
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CEJ, ICRC announce winners of Humanitarian Reporting Award 2017

KARACHI: The Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Tuesday announced winners of the "Humanitarian Reporting Award 2017." Hundreds of entries, comprising news stories written or produced between Nov 1 and Nov 9, were submitted from across Pakistan in contest for the award, read a press statement. The winners and runners-up for the awards, focused on humanitarian journalism produced in three categories, are as follows: Mainstream Broa
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PM allows export of surplus sugar

Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday allowed the export of 1.5 million metric tons of sugar. Photo: Geo News file  ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Tuesday allowed the export of 1.5 million metric tons of sugar. Abbasi, chairing a meeting of the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet (ECC), made the decision in view of the commodity?s surplus availability. The ECC allowed the export of sugar after taking into account the recommendations of the recent Counci
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PM Abbasi, King Salman discuss bilateral ties, regional issues

RIYADH: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and King Salman Bin Abdulaziz of Saudi Arabia discussed bilateral relations as well as the regional and international issues of mutual interest, as they met here Monday during the former?s one-day visit to the Kingdom. The prime minister was accompanied by Foreign Minister Khawaja Muhammad Asif, Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Director General of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lt Gen Naveed Mukhtar. During the visit,
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