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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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Strings bid farewell to Coke Studio

After a four-year journey, Strings have announced that season 10 of Coke Studio will be the last produced by the duo. ?It has been a fantastic journey for us over the course of 4 seasons and we are grateful to have had the opportunity to learn and share our work with all of you,? Strings said in a Facebook post. According to the post, 2018 will mark 30 years of Strings and they are super excited to celebrate with their fans. ?Stay tuned for more updates s we embark on yet another exciting cha
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Soldier martyred in IED bombing in South Waziristan

Photo: File  SOUTH WAZIRISTAN: A soldier was martyred and another injured in a bomb attack in South Waziristan on Monday. According to sources, a remote-controlled device targeted a vehicle of the security forces when it was on routine patrol. South Waziristan Agency borders Afghanistan's Paktika province and has been a hub of militancy.  An operation was launched in 2009 to clear the area of militants. However, sporadic attacks against the security forces still take place.  In 2014, the arm
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Saudi Arabian Airlines resumes flying to Iraq after 27 years

FILE PHOTO: A Saudia, also known as Saudi Arabian Airlines, plane lands at Rafik al-Hariri airport in Beirut, Lebanon June 29, 2017. REUTERS DUBAI: State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines said it will start flying regularly to Iraq on Monday after a 27-year halt, state news agency SPA said. The carrier?s director general, Saleh bin Nasser al-Jasser, will accompany reporters and passengers on the first flight to depart from the Saudi city of Jeddah to Baghdad, SPA said late on Sunday. There have bee
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Sania Mirza trolls Shoaib Malik, much to Twitteratis? amusement

Pakistani star cricketer Shoaib Malik and his Indian tennis star wife Sania Mirza have shown us how their relationship is strong and filled with lighter moments in a humorous exchange on Twitter. Sania was in Lahore to see Pakistan play a T20 match against Sri Lanka and witnessed her husband being awarded the man-of-the-series award. After the match, the Twitter exchange between the couple was one for the ages. It began with Sania asking for a ride on Shoaib?s newly won bike. Sh
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China agency denies dead Russian model, 14, was overworked

The death of the teenager in a Chinese hospital on Friday has shone a light on the murky world of western models in China SHANGHAI: The Chinese agency representing a 14-year-old Russian model who died after taking part in Shanghai Fashion Week has denied allegations that she was overworked and exhausted. The death of the teenager in a Chinese hospital on Friday has shone a light on the murky world of western models in China, many of whom are from the former Soviet Union. Vlada Dzyuba began fee
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Hafeez leaves for England to have bowling action examined

Muhammad Hafeez - File Photo  LAHORE: Pakistan all-rounder Muhammad Hafeez has left for England where he will have his bowling action examined. On October 19, the International Cricket Council (ICC) announced that Hafeez had been reported for a suspect bowling action during the third ODI against Sri Lanka. According to the spokesman of ICC, the match officials? report, which was handed over to the Pakistan team management, cited concerns about the legality of the 37-year-old?s bowling action.
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Investigators examine CCTV footage as hunt for Noorani's attackers under way

Journalist Ahmed Noorani in hospital. Photo: Geo News  ISLAMABAD: The investigation team probing the attack on journalist Ahmed Noorani is sifting through the CCTV footage of the incident and has also sought the help of the Federal Investigation Agency and the National Database and Registration Authority.  Noorani, a senior reporter with The News, was critically injured after he was attacked by unidentified assailants on Friday near Zero Point. Following the incident, the prime minister had fo
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Obama called for jury duty, says he plans to attend

Obama made it 'clear to me through his representative that he would carry out his public duty as a citizen and resident of this community' Former United States President Barack Obama has been summoned for jury duty and he plans to appear, Chicago Tribune reported court officials as saying. The chief judge of the Cook County Tim Evans said during a budget hearing that Obama will serve next month. ?He made it crystal-clear to me through his representative that he would carry out his public duty
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MQM-P to hold important meeting following Vohra's defection today

MQM-P leader Farooq Sattar addressing the media. Photo: File  KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQM-P) has summoned an important meeting of the party today in light of the defection of local party leader Arshad Vohra to the rival Pak Sarzameen Party (PSP). Vohra, the deputy mayor of Karachi, announced on Sunday to have quit the MQM-P and joined the PSP, which was formed last year by former MQM members Mustafa Kamal and Anis Kaimkhani. Karachi deputy mayor Arshad Vohra join
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Harassment controversy: Mahira deems doctor?s move unprofessional

Mahira Khan at Geo Pakistan today. Photo: Geo News KARACHI: It was a series of tweets by the two-time Oscar winner, film-maker Sharmeen Obaid Chinoy, that sent the social media into a frenzy last week and launched a debate on the contours of harassment. Renowned actress Mahira Khan graced Geo News' morning show Geo Pakistan today and shared her two cents on the subject which has been dominating the Pakistani social media landscape. ?If you have power to utilise a platform for good then you sho
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JFK files: US considered disease-causing bacteria, seashell bomb to kill Castro

The communist-obsessed CIA cooked up several outlandish plots to murder Cuba´s Fidel Castro WASHINGTON: Cuban and Russian spies, false leads, strippers, bizarre CIA murder plots and a furious FBI director. Newly released secret records are full of intriguing details surrounding the assassination of president John F. Kennedy. But Kennedy scholars say the thousands of documents do not appear to contain any bombshell revelations about the November 22, 1963 murder that shocked the world. Preside
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Kevin Spacey apologises after sexual misconduct accusation

Kevin Spacey has apologised to actor Anthony Rapp, who accused the Hollywood star of making a sexual advance on him at a 1986 party LOS ANGELES: Kevin Spacey came out as gay early Monday and apologised to actor Anthony Rapp, who accused the Hollywood star of making a sexual advance on him at a 1986 party when he was only 14 years old. Spacey´s announcement, posted on his Twitter account at midnight, came after Rapp -- best known for being part of the original cast of the hit Broadway musical "R
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ECP should equally treat all political parties: PTI

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has submitted a request to the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) seeking the same scrutiny of accounts of other political parties as was undertaken against it.  Talking to the media after submitting the request, PTI leader Naeemul Haque said they appeal to the ECP to examine the financial accounts of the Pakistan Peoples Party and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz.  He claimed that the parties' own auditors have discovered glaring irregularities in
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Puerto Rico moves to cancel Whitefish power contract after uproar

People use their mobile phones near a mobile phone antenna tower as cars drive past, after Hurricane Maria hit the island and damaged the power grid in September, in Dorado, Puerto Rico October 29, 2017. REUTERS WASHINGTON/NEW YORK: Puerto Rico?s government power company said on Sunday it will cancel a $300 million contract with a tiny Montana company to restore power to the storm-hit US territory after an uproar over the deal. The contract between Whitefish Energy Holdings and Puerto Rico?s b
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Clowns bring laughter to traumatised Rohingya children

This photograph taken on October 28, 2017 shows Rohingya refugee children watching the Bangladeshi theatre group "Drama Therapy" at Kutupalong refugee camp in Ukhia./ AFP  KUTUPALONG: The Rohingya boys and girls shrieked with delight as the clowns juggled hoops and somersaulted, their red-nosed antics provoking a sound rarely heard in the world´s largest refugee camp -- children´s laughter. The clowns have been providing much-needed levity in the crowded Bangladesh camps, where hundreds of thou
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Hidden hands trying to reverse democratic process, says Ahsan Iqbal

Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal. Photo: File  ISLAMABAD: Some hidden hands and inertia of history are trying to drift the democratic process into [the] same old design, stated Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal in a social media post on Monday morning.  Sharing a timeline of the country's in-turn stints with a democratic and martial law governments, Iqbal said, "Pakistan's history has oscillated between decades of democracy and martial laws following a pattern." Iqbal, who also heads the p
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Tech firms must do more on extremism: World Economic Forum

WASHINGTON: US tech firms such as Facebook Inc and Twitter Inc should be more aggressive in tackling extremism and political misinformation if they want to avoid government action, a report from the World Economic Forum said on Monday. The study from the Swiss nonprofit organisation adds to a chorus of calls for Silicon Valley to stem the spread of violent material from Daesh militants and the use of their services by alleged Russian propagandists. Facebook, Twitter and Alphabet Inc?s Google w
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Kurdish leader Barzani resigns after independence vote backfires

Iraqi Kurdish president Masoud Barzani speaks during a news conference in Erbil, Iraq September 24, 2017. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari/File Photo ERBIL/BAGHDAD: Iraqi Kurdish leader Masoud Barzani said he would give up his position as president on Nov. 1, after an independence referendum he championed backfired and triggered a regional crisis. There was high drama at the Kurdish parliament, which was stormed by armed protesters as it met to approve the veteran leader?s resignation as Kurdish president
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Most of NFL's Houston Texans kneel during anthem after owner's 'inmates' remark

Oct 29, 2017; Seattle, WA, USA; Houston Texans linebacker Lamarr Houston (58) and cornerback Kevin Johnson (30) kneel during the national anthem before kickoff against the Seattle Seahawks at CenturyLink Field. Mandatory Credit: Joe Nicholson-USA TODAY Sports Most of the National Football League?s Houston Texans team knelt in protest as the national anthem was played for Sunday?s game in Seattle, an apparent rebuke of team owner Bob McNair for his remark about ?inmates running the prison.? Back
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US special counsel's Russia probe entering new phase with first charges

Special Counsel Robert Mueller, a former director of the FBI, has been looking into possible links between Trump aides and foreign governments WASHINGTON: The investigation into possible Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election will enter a new phase as early as Monday, when the first charges resulting from the probe could be unsealed and a target taken into custody. A federal grand jury approved the indictment on Friday and a federal judge ordered it sealed, a source briefed on th
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?Sufi ethos of Sindh under siege?

Expressing concerns over the recent spate of attacks on Sufi shrines and people who associate with the school of thought in Sindh, speakers at a session titled ?Sufism and Society? at the 2nd Sindh Literature Festival on Sunday stressed the need to adopt a counter-narrative to defy growing militancy in the region. Moderated by prominent journalist Riaz Sohail, the session had as panellists, social researcher Nazish Brohi, vocalist of Sufi band ?The Sketches? Saif Samejo and poet Shah Muhammad P
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Hundreds of thousands march for unified Spain, poll shows depths of division

BARCELONA: Hundreds of thousands of supporters of a unified Spain filled Barcelona?s streets on Sunday in one of the biggest shows of force yet by the so-called silent majority that has watched as regional political leaders push for Catalan independence. Political parties opposing a split by Catalonia from Spain had a small lead in an opinion poll published on Sunday, the first since Madrid called a regional election to try to resolve the country?s worst political crisis in four decades. Polls
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Oil markets firm on expected extension of output cuts

Oil markets were firm on Monday, with Brent crude opening above $60 per barrel on expectations an OPEC-led production cut due to expire next March would be extended. Brent crude oil futures LCOc1, the international benchmark for oil prices, were at $60.53 per barrel at 0054 GMT, up 9 cents or 0.15 percent from their last settlement. That?s still close to their highest level since July 2015 and up more than 36 percent since their 2017 lows last June. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude futu
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Flood of Chinese capital seen shaking up aviation finance

A flood of low-cost Chinese funding is shaking up the global aircraft leasing market, with Chinese capital now accounting for 28 percent of the $261 billion deployed by leasing firms worldwide, a study suggested on Monday. That is up from 5 percent nine years ago. The influx of more than $70 billion to the leasing industry from Chinese banks and other investors over the past decade is helping airlines expand their fleets. But it is also curbing returns to be made by traditional players in a
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Bahrain foreign minister calls for freezing Qatar out of GCC

CAIRO: Bahrain will not attend the upcoming GCC summit if Qatar does not change its stand, and the right step to preserve the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) is to freeze Qatar?s membership, Bahrain?s foreign minister said on Twitter on Sunday. Khalid bin Ahmed Al Khalifa also said on his account on Twitter that ?if Qatar thinks that its current playing with time and evading will buy it time till the upcoming GCC summit, then it?s mistaken. If the situation remained as it is we won?t attend this
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