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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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China's Silk Road revival hits the buffers

Some estimates say over $1 trillion have been pledged for the initiative, with projects proposed in some 65 countries. Photo: AFP/File 1 From a stalled Indonesian rail project to an insurgency-threatened economic corridor in Pakistan, China's push to revive Silk Road trade routes is running into problems that risk tarnishing the economic crown jewel of Xi Jinping's presidency. The "One Belt, One Road" initiative, unveiled by Xi in 2013, envisages linking China with Africa, Asia and Europe thro
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Delhi smog shortening lives, say doctors as hospitals fill up

NEW DELHI: In the emergency ward of a Delhi hospital, men and women gasp for breath as they wait to be treated for symptoms triggered by the choking blanket of smog that descended on the Indian capital this week. Doctors at the government-run Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute say patient numbers have more than tripled since pollution levels spiked amid a change in weather conditions and the annual post-harvest burning of crop stubble in surrounding areas. Shopkeeper Manoj Khati said he initial
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Bangladesh chief justice resigns after graft allegations

Bangladesh Chief Justice Surendra Kumar Sinha. Photo: Bangladesh Supreme Court  DHAKA: Bangladesh on Saturday said its chief justice has tendered his resignation from overseas in the wake of government corruption allegations, as opposition groups raised fears that his departure was a blow to judicial independence. Surendra Kumar Sinha, who led the Supreme Court to a landmark verdict on judicial oversight in August that went against the government, left Bangladesh last month amid widespread rumo
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'Priyanka Chopra lost 10 films for standing up to sexual harassment in Bollywood'

Bollywood Diva Priyanka Chopra, who was named among Forbes? World?s Most Powerful Women List 2017, lost 10 films for standing up to sleazy men in Bollywood, her mother has revealed. In an interview with an Indian daily, Chopra?s mother was asked if her daughter faced harassment or sleazy behaviour as more and more such cases surface in Hollywood. ?She was just 17 when she entered the industry, so I accompanied her every minute of the day till about three years ago. So a gentleman meets her and
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How Saudi Arabia turned on Lebanon's Hariri

A poster depicting Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, is seen in Beirut, Lebanon, November 10, 2017. Photo: Reuters   BEIRUT: From the moment Saad al-Hariri?s plane touched down in Saudi Arabia on Friday November 3, he was in for a surprise. There was no line-up of Saudi princes or ministry officials, as would typically greet a prime minister on an official visit to King Salman, senior sources close to Hariri and top Lebanese political and security offici
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PTI MNA Dawar Kundi accuses Ali Amin of links with banned outfits

PTI MNA Dawar Khan Kundi (left) and Ali Amin Gandapur (right).  Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Dawar Khan Kundi has accused KP Minister of Revenue Ali Amin Gandapur of being in touch with members of banned outfits, which is why ?PTI Chairperson Imran Khan was not acting against the latter?. While speaking on Geo News? show Jirga, which will be aired tonight, Kundi said Imran was scared of Ali Amin as he was in contact with members of banned outfits. The MNA added Ali Amin?s influence was the re
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Police stop under-age marriage, arrest 40-year-old groom in Badin

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/5ffdb74fb3bdab801892d395bfcecf5d.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTEvMTIvMjAxNyA1OjU0OjMwIEFNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9RXdiM2Z0SnluSVp3c1pCa0sxUlh0Zz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] BADIN: Police have arrested a 40-year-old man for attempting to marry a 10-year-old in the city?s Quaidabad area, after raiding the w
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Rishi Kapoor wishes to see Pakistan before he dies

Rishi Kapoor. Photo: Reuters/File  Veteran Bollywood actor Rishi Kapoor has expressed a wish to see Pakistan before he dies and hoped his children are able to [go to Pakistan to] see their roots.  The actor made the remarks in a late night tweet, where he commented on the statement of Farooq Abdullah, the former chief minister of Indian occupied Kashmir, who recently said the Pakistan side of Kashmir belongs to Pakistan and demanded more autonomy for the Indian side of Kashmir from New Delhi. 
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Trump says North Korea's Kim insulted him by calling him 'old'

US President Donald Trump ponders the answer to a question from a reporter en route to Hanoi, Vietnam, aboard Air Force One November 11, 2017. Photo: Reuters   HANOI: US President Donald Trump said in a tweet on Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un had insulted him by calling him ?old? and said he would never call Kim ?short and fat.? Trump made the comment after attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Vietnam. In a series of tweets, he also said Chinese Presid
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One dead as smog continues to disrupt daily lives in Punjab

Fog has also seriously disrupted the residents? mobility as visibility has plunged to as low as 0Km on the routes from Multan to Khanewal-AFP MULTAN/LAHORE: One person died and six were injured in separate road accidents in Multan and Punjab on Sunday as smog continues to disrupt daily lives of the province?s residents. The smog has also seriously disrupted the residents? mobility as visibility has plunged to as low as zero on routes from Multan to Khanewal. According to the Motorway police sp
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Public debt rises to Rs21.7 trillion in August

KARACHI: Pakistan?s public debt increased to Rs21.770 trillion in August, 11.23 per cent higher than that recorded a year earlier, the central bank?s data showed on Saturday. The debt came in at Rs19.572 trillion as of August 31, 2016. A bulk of the rise in public debt stemmed from domestic borrowing, while external debt saw a slight increase during the period under review. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) data showed that the government continued to rely on bank borrowing to meet its funding
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French man acquitted of raping 11-year-old schoolgirl

File Photo MEAUX: A French man has been acquitted of rape after a jury found no evidence that he forced an 11-year-old girl into having ***, a prosecutor said Saturday. The jurors at the criminal court in the Seine-et-Marne district outside Paris ruled on Tuesday after two days of trial hearings that the elements that constitute rape, such as "coercion, threat, violence, and surprise, were not established", said public prosecutor Dominique Laurens. The daily Le Parisien ? which initially repo
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Alliance under Musharraf falls apart on second day

General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. Photo: Geo News  ISLAMABAD: Several parties have dissociated themselves from Awami Ittehad alliance only a day after the announcement of its formation under the leadership of former president General (retd) Pervez Musharraf. After Pakistan Awami Tehrik distanced from Awami Ittehad on Saturday, Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen (MWM) also denied being part of the alliance. MWM Central Spokesman Allama Mukhtar Imami said his party has not decided to join any alliance. MW
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Trump, Putin agree 'no military solution' in Syria

US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hands with Russia's President Vladimir Putin (R) as they pose for a group photo ahead of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit leaders gala dinner in the central Vietnamese city of Danang, November 10, 2017. AFP/Vietnam News Agency/STR DANANG: The United States and Russia issued a presidential joint statement saying there was "no military solution" to the war in Syria after their leaders met briefly on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietn
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George Takei, Richard Dreyfuss face sexual misconduct claims

These two file photos show actor George Takei (L) arriving for the world premiere of "Larry Crowne" on June 27, 2011, at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California; and actor Richard Dreyfuss (R) arriving for the 2016 American Film Institute Life Achievement Awards Honoring John Williams on June 9, 2016 in Hollywood, California. AFP/DSK  WASHINGTON: Star Trek icon George Takei took to social media Saturday to deny an allegation he molested a male model in 1981 ? as Richard Dreyfuss and Gary G
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Texas town holds first burials after church massacre

Hearses carrying the remains of Ricardo Rodriguez and his wife Therese arrive at the Sutherland Springs Cemetery, Sutherland Springs, Texas, November 11, 2017. AFP/Scott Olson/Getty Images  SUTHERLAND SPRINGS: The tiny Texas town reeling from a gun massacre that killed 26 churchgoers buried the first of the victims on Saturday, in a remote cemetery where a series of funerals is being held this week. Richard Rodriguez, 64, and his wife, Therese, 66, both cancer survivors, were buried in a corn
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US signals caution to Saudis despite shared concern about Iran

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (L) sits beside US President Donald Trump during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, US, November 1, 2017. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/Files  WASHINGTON: Despite President Donald Trump?s full-throated support for Saudi Arabia, the United States appears to be signalling a desire for Riyadh to take a more cautious approach in its regional power struggle with Iran, experts say. The Trump administration ? which shares Saudi Arabia?s view of Iran as a re
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Forty UK Conservative lawmakers ready to oust PM May: Sunday Times

Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May leaves 10 Downing Street in London, Britain, November 9, 2017. REUTERS/Toby Melville LONDON: Forty members of parliament from Prime Minister Theresa May?s Conservative Party have agreed to sign a letter of no-confidence in her, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. That is eight short of the number needed to trigger a party leadership contest, the mechanism through which May could be forced from office and replaced by another Conservative. May has been stru
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Legionnaires sickens 12 in California, including 9 at Disneyland

Image: Screengrab from Reuters video LOS ANGELES: Disneyland has shut down and decontaminated two cooling towers following an outbreak of Legionnaires disease that sickened 12 people, of which nine are guests or employees at the theme park in Anaheim, county health officials said on Saturday. One of the three cases of the respiratory illness not linked to Disneyland was fatal in an individual who had additional health issues, said Jessica Good of the Orange County Health Care Agency. Pamela H
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Goalless draw enough to secure Tunisia FIFA World Cup berth

Tunisia booked their place in next year?s World Cup finals after securing a point from a goalless draw at home against neighbours Libya on Saturday. Tunisia finished on 14 points in Group A of the African preliminaries, one ahead of the Democratic Republic of Congo, who fell short despite a 3-1 win over Guinea in Kinshasa at the same time. Unbeaten Tunisia, who have been to four previous World Cup finals and were the first African country to win a game at the finals in 1978, were denied a fift
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Hariri's party condemns attacks against Saudi Arabia: statement

Posters depicting Lebanon's Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri, who has resigned from his post, are seen in Beirut, Lebanon, November 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/Files BEIRUT: The party of Lebanese Prime Minister Saad al-Hariri ? who unexpectedly quit a week ago while in Saudi Arabia ? denounced on Saturday attacks against the kingdom and Iranian intervention in Arab countries. Hariri?s Future Movement political party said it stands by him and was ?waiting impatiently for his return to Lebanon
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'I try so hard to be his friend': Trump's friendship woes with Kim

US President Donald Trump looks on from the presidential limo ? nicknamed The Beast ? following his arrival at Hanoi's Noi Bai airport, Vietnam, November 11, 2017. AFP/Hoang Dinh Nam  HANOI: US President Donald Trump has said he would never call Kim Jong-Un "short and fat", after months of trading personal insults and threats of war with the North Korean leader. Trump has earlier called the North Korean leader a variety of names, including "Rocket Man" and "madman". In response, Kim Jong-un l
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US women's soccer star Hope Solo says ex-FIFA president touched her inappropriately

(This story contains strong language) US women's soccer star Hope Solo accused ex-FIFA President Sepp Blatter of grabbing her buttocks during an awards ceremony five years ago, an allegation that the former head of international football?s governing body denied. Solo, 36, told a Portuguese newspaper that Blatter touched her inappropriately in January 2013 during the Ballon D?or awards ceremony in Lisbon. A spokeswoman for Solo on Saturday confirmed her comments. ?I had Sepp Blatter grab my a
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Venezuela sets high-profile location for Monday debt talks

Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro gestures as he arrives for a session of the National Constituent Assembly at Palacio Federal Legislativo in Caracas, Venezuela, August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino/Files  CARACAS: Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro?s socialist government has set a high-profile location near the presidential palace in Caracas for Monday?s hotly awaited meeting with investors to discuss renegotiating $60 billion in foreign debt. The newly created debt renegotiation co
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Tearful Neymar denies problems at PSG

Brazil forward Neymar denied he had problems with his teammates at his club Paris St Germain and was moved to tears after being given the backing of his national team coach Tite on Friday. After helping Brazil beat Japan 3-1 in a friendly, Neymar refuted suggestions that he regretted moving to the French club. ?I don?t like whispers and stories so it?s better that you hear it from the horses mouth,? he told reporters after scoring one penalty and missing another during the game in Lille. ?I d
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