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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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NFL to tackle protests as Trump decries 'disrespectful' players

geo_embedgallery The National Football League (NFL) will tackle criticism from President Donald Trump over players who protest racial discrimination by kneeling during the US national anthem when league officials gather with team owners in New York for their autumn meeting this week. Trump has continued to rail at the symbolic kneeling, which has only become more widespread since his first comments last month, saying as recently as Monday that play
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Four nations meet to resume stalled Afghan peace talks in Oman

Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry (R) ? Pakistan's ambassador to the United States and the head of Pakistani delegations ? listens during a meeting in Kabul, Afghanistan, February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sobhani/Files ISLAMABAD: Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, and the United States met in Oman on Monday to try to find ways of reviving peace talks with Afghan Taliban militants, two officials in Pakistan?s foreign ministry said. But it was not clear if any Afghan Taliban had joined the talks, which have so far
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Woman accusing Trump of misconduct subpoenas presidential campaign

Summer Zervos (centre L) ? who filed a defamation lawsuit against US President Donald Trump ? cries as she marches with her attorney Gloria Allred (L) and fellow sexual misconduct accuser and Former Miss Utah Temple Taggart (centre R) at the Women's March, Washington, January 21, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan/Files  WASHINGTON: A woman ? who has said that US President Donald Trump groped her during a 2007 meeting ? has subpoenaed his presidential campaign for any documents concerning simila
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Journalist linked to Panama Papers killed by huge bomb in Malta

geo_embedgallery VALLETTA: Daphne Caruana Galizia ? Malta?s best-known investigative journalist ? was killed on Monday when a powerful bomb blew up her car, police said, in a case that stunned the small Mediterranean island. Caruana Galizia, 53, ran a hugely popular blog, in which she relentlessly highlighted cases of alleged high-level corruption targeting politicians from across party lines. ?There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situati
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Journalist linked to Panama Papers killed by huge bomb in Malta

VALLETTA: Daphne Caruana Galizia ? Malta?s best-known investigative journalist ? was killed on Monday when a powerful bomb blew up her car, police said, in a case that stunned the small Mediterranean island. Caruana Galizia, 53, ran a hugely popular blog, in which she relentlessly highlighted cases of alleged high-level corruption targeting politicians from across party lines. ?There are crooks everywhere you look now. The situation is desperate,? she wrote in a blog published on her site jus
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Wildfires kill at least 39 in Portugal and Spain

LISBON/MADRID: At least 36 people died in wildfires raging through parched farmlands and forests in Portugal and another three in neighbouring northwestern Spain on Sunday and Monday. Firefighters were battling 50 blazes in Portugal and a similar number in Spain. Portugal?s government asked for international help and declared a state of emergency in territory north of the Tagus river - about half of its landmass. Flames ripped across Iberian countryside left tinder-dry by an unusually hot summ
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One succumbs to death after triple stabbing in London's Parsons Green

Image Courtesy: Witness Holly Eddleston Twitter (@hollyeddleston) LONDON: One man died and two were injured in a triple stabbing attack Monday night here at Parsons Green train station, British media reported. According to authorities responding to the crime scene, all three victims ? one of whom succumbed to his injuries and the other two remain hospitalised ? were male. Police said the attack is not being treated as an act of terrorism and have cordoned off the area as well as the tube sta
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BREAKING: At least three stabbed at London's Parsons Green station

LONDON: At least three people were stabbed Monday night by an unidentified assailant here at Parsons Green train station, British media outlets said. According to authorities responding to the crime scene, all the victims ? whose condition is yet unclear ? are male. The Metropolitan Police and London Ambulance Service reached the train station around 7:37 PM local time (12:37 AM PST, Tuesday) "to reports of a stabbing outside Parsons Green Tube Station", a police spokesperson said. "Three mal
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PML-N bent on 'destroying system of country', says Zardari

LAHORE: Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari Monday said the ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) is bent on "destroying the entire system of the country." Speaking to party members at Bilawal House, the former president said there could be no contact with the ruling party under present circumstances, let alone a meeting. He added that he could not even speak to Nawaz Sharif on phone. "Our reconciliation policy was meant for democracy, not for Nawaz Sharif," he sa
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PM denies reports of civil-military friction in country

KARACHI: Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi on Monday denied reports of friction between civilian and military officials in the country. In an interview, the prime minister said there is no civil-military friction in the country, however, a difference of opinion could be there. Referring to a seminar addressed by the COAS, he said the army chief expressed his opinion on the economy, adding, "When everybody can express their views on the economy, then why can't the army chief do so?" Abbasi,
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Mahira has a strong message for women and she wants you to listen up!

Mahira Khan. Photo: File Pakistan?s beloved actress Mahira Khan is in the media spotlight again and for good reason this time. After pictures of the actress with Bollywood heartthrob Ranbir Kapoor stirred a social media controversy and backlash from audiences, Mahira has a message that she wants you to listen. In a recent public appearance, the actress gave a strong message to all the women out there. ?Let nobody?s opinion define who you are. And if anybody defines who you are, let it be your
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Three killed, 360,000 without power as freak storm hits Ireland

DUBLIN: Ireland was hit by an "unprecedented storm" on Monday that left three people dead, more than 300,000 customers without power and shut down schools and government offices. A police spokesman said one woman in her 50s was killed outside the village of Aglish, near the south coast, by a tree falling on her car. A female passenger in her 70s suffered non-life-threatening injuries. One man died in an accident while he was clearing a fallen tree with a chainsaw near the town of Cahir, about
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'Total termination' of Iran nuclear deal possible: Trump

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Monday that a "total termination" of the Iran nuclear deal remains possible, after refusing to certify the 2015 accord and leaving its fate to Congress. His comments came as the EU announced it was sending its chief diplomat to Washington next month to try to save the agreement that saw Tehran dramatically scale back its nuclear ambitions in return for an end to punishing sanctions. Speaking to reporters ahead of a cabinet meeting, he said: "I feel st
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Legal complications restrict transfer of Karachi knife attacks suspect from Punjab

[embed_video1 url=http://stream.jeem.tv/vod/81bee5759c66627f7b4a40d64a2fb5ca.mp4/playlist.m3u8?wmsAuthSign=c2VydmVyX3RpbWU9MTAvMTYvMjAxNyA1OjMwOjA0IFBNJmhhc2hfdmFsdWU9Qm1pTVR4amVtb3FoWXdEUlBSUEVhZz09JnZhbGlkbWludXRlcz02MCZpZD0x style=center] KARACHI: The mystery of Karachi knife attacks remains unresolved with legal complications restricting transfer of the suspect to the
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Luxurious London mansion on sale for 18 million pounds - bitcoin accepted

A multi-million pound London mansion, due to go on sale this month, could make British property history - by selling for the digital currency bitcoin. Photo: Reuters file  LONDON: A multi-million pound London mansion, due to go on sale this month, could make British property history - by selling for the digital currency bitcoin. Wealth management firm London Wall is selling the six-storey house in the trendy Notting Hill district in west London for 18 million pounds ($24 million) and hopes to
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Adobe warns that hackers are exploiting its Flash software

Adobe Systems Inc warned on Monday that hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in its Flash multimedia software platform in web browsers, and the company urged users to quickly patch their systems to prevent such attacks. Photo: File  Adobe Systems Inc warned on Monday that hackers are exploiting vulnerabilities in its Flash multimedia software platform in web browsers, and the company urged users to quickly patch their systems to prevent such attacks. The warning came after cybersecurity firm
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Security flaw prompts fears on Wi-Fi connections

A newly discovered flaw in the widely used Wi-Fi encryption protocol could leave millions of users vulnerable to attacks, prompting warnings Monday from the US government and security researchers worldwide. Photo: AFP  WASHINGTON: A newly discovered flaw in the widely used Wi-Fi encryption protocol could leave millions of users vulnerable to attacks, prompting warnings Monday from the US government and security researchers worldwide. The US government's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT)
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Sri Lanka confirms participation in Lahore T20

KARACHI: Sri Lankan cricket team will visit Pakistan to play a T20 match in Lahore on October 29, The Sri Lankan cricket board confirmed Monday. The Sri Lankan team will arrive in Lahore on October 28 to play the third T20 match against Pakistan. The match is scheduled to be played on October 29.
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Neutron star smashup seen for first time, 'transforms' understanding of Universe

The groundbreaking observation solved a number of physics riddles and sent ripples of anticipation through the scientific community. Photo: AFP  Scientists have for the first time witnessed the crash of two ultra-dense neutron stars, cataclysmic events now known to have generated at least half the gold in the Universe, excited research teams revealed Monday. Shockwaves and light flashes emitted by the cosmic fireball travelled some 130 million light-years to be captured by Earthly detectors on
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Russia fines Telegram for not giving backdoor access

MOSCOW: A Russian court on Monday fined the popular Telegram messenger app for failing to provide the country's security services with encryption keys to read users' messaging data. A Moscow court imposed an 800,000-ruble fine (about $14,000/12,000 euros) over Telegram's failure to "provide law-enforcement agencies with information" about its users and their messages, TASS state news agency reported. The free instant messaging app, which lets people exchange messages, photos and videos in grou
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'Hungry bear' crisis grips far east Russian region

Russian forestry officials said 86 bears had to be shot dead because they were hostile. Photo: AFP  MOSCOW: Large numbers of hungry, aggressive bears are approaching humans and have killed two people in Russia's far east due to depleting food sources, a forestry worker told AFP Monday. Authorities on Sakhalin island last week said 83 bears had to be shot dead because they were hostile, a figure that has nearly tripled from last year. "This has never happened before," a local forestry worker t
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India, Russia to hold first 'tri-service' war games

NEW DELHI: India and Russia will hold large-scale military exercises engaging their armies, navies and air forces for the first time, the defence ministry in New Delhi said Monday. The two countries have held annual naval exercises since 2003 but this is the first occasion that both will combine all military services. They come on the back of regional tensions, with New Delhi and China ending a months-long military stand-off at a strategically important disputed area in the Himalayas in August
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IPhone 7 is outselling iPhone 8: analyst

A man looks at Apple's new iPhone 8 (L) and his iPhone 7 at the Apple Store in Tokyo's Omotesando shopping district, Japan, September 22, 2017. Photo: Reuters   Apple Inc?s older iPhone 7 models are outselling the recently launched iPhone 8 ahead of the early November debut of the premium iPhone X, broker KeyBanc Capital Markets said, citing carrier store surveys. Traditionally, new editions of the iPhone have sold quickly as fans queue for the latest upgrade and the surveys would add to signs
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Sri Lanka's Tharanga pulls out of Lahore T20: reports

Sri Lanka's ODI captain Upul Tharanga has pulled out of the scheduled T20 International scheduled to be held in Lahore later this month, international media reported on Monday. According to a report by sports website Cricbuzz, the Sri Lankan skipper's refusal to take part in the Lahore T20 also makes him ineligible to captain the first two games of the series as well. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) had earlier said that the same squad would play all three games against Pakistan. In the ODI skipper's
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Nawaz given 'agenda to humiliate institutions', alleges Rasheed

ISLAMABAD: Awami Muslim League (AML) head Sheikh Rasheed on Monday alleged that former prime minister Nawaz Sharif has been given "the agenda of humiliating national institutions." Speaking to media here, the AML chief said PM Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has not been able to run the country and the circumstances are out of his control. He said members of the ruling Nawaz-league have lost their senses. Rasheed noted that a Punjab prosecutor slapped a uniformed deputy superintendent of police (DSP)
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