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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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Music mogul Clive Davis tells of heartbreak over Whitney Houston death

Singer Whitney Houston waves at the crowd next to Clive Davis at the conclusion of her performance at the 2009 Grammy Salute to Industry Icons event. Picture taken February 7, 2009. Photo: Reuters  LONDON: For music mogul Clive Davis, one memory stands out from a six-decade career - the sudden death of long-time collaborator Whitney Houston. The Grammy-winning record producer and executive - and subject of a new documentary ?Clive Davis: The Soundtrack of Our Lives? - met the future star singer
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Time out: Dangers of disrupting your body clock

PARIS: Messing with your body's clock is dangerous business, in fact it could make you sick - or worse. The inner timekeeper dubbed the "circadian clock", governs the day-night cycle that guides sleep and eating patterns, hormones, and even body temperature. It is important enough that the Nobel Medicine Prize was awarded on Monday to three US scientists whose work illuminated the fundamentals of how it ticks. The trio identified genes that regulate the clock, and the mechanism by which light
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Lady Gaga urges gun control amid artist shock at Vegas carnage

While most artists left their comments to general messages of sympathy after the assault on a country music festival, Gaga used her social media power to press politicians. Photo: AFP NEW YORK: Lady Gaga urged US leaders Monday to act quickly to tighten gun laws following the carnage in Las Vegas as artists voiced shock at the deadliest shooting in modern US history. While most artists left their comments to general messages of sympathy after the assault on a country music festival, Gaga used
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Elected representatives shouldn?t resign in protest: Maryam Nawaz

Elected representatives should not resign in protest, tweeted former prime minister Nawaz Sharif?s daughter Maryam Nawaz on Monday. Maryam apparently posted over Federal Minister for Interior Affairs Ahsan Iqbal?s reaction to deployment of Rangers without his permission, in which he said he would resign than being a 'puppet minister'. On Monday, Iqbal was stopped by Rangers personnel from entering the accou
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Facebook testing facial recognition for account recovery

People tired of the two-step authentication process of Facebook will soon get some relief.  Facebook is testing a new feature which will allow users to recover accounts and lost passwords using facial identification. A user identified as, Devesh Logendran, had shared the screenshot of the new feature with TheNextWeb's Matt Navarra. ?We are testing a new feature for people who want to quickly and easily verify account ownership during the account recovery process. This optional featu
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Constitution ?mocked? to rescue Nawaz Sharif: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan said on Monday that Constitution has been ?mocked? by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders just to rescue former prime minister Nawaz Sharif. Reacting to the passing of Elections Bill 2017 in the National Assembly, he tweeted that ?Black day today for Pak democracy with passage of Elec Reforms Bill which allows a disqualified person to head a political party.? He added, ?Today a mockery was made of the Constitution simply to
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Trump says Las Vegas massacre an 'act of pure evil'

US President Donald Trump leaves after delivering a statement on the Las Vegas shooting. -AFP WASHINGTON: President Donald Trump decried the massacre of at least 58 Las Vegas concert goers as an "act of pure evil" Monday, but refrained from addressing calls for gun control. Delivering televised remarks from the White House, Trump ordered that flags be flown at half-staff until sunset Friday, offered prayers for the victims and announced he would visit Las Vegas on Wednesday. The FBI says it ha
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Conflict among institutions would harm country: Khawaja Asif

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Khawaja Asif said on Monday that a conflict among institutions would harm the country as a whole and not any single individual.  Speaking on Geo News show Capital Talk, Asif spoke regarding the uncertainty surrounding the incident in which Interior Affairs Ahsan Iqbal was barred from entering the accountability court. He said the interior minister?s reaction was justified. The foreign minister added that when an institution under a minister operates independently,
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Sushma Swaraj offers monetary award to find Geeta's parents

NEW DELHI: Indian Minister for External Affairs Sushma Swaraj appealed to the people to help the government in finding the parents of Geeta, a girl with hearing and speech disabilities who had returned to India from Pakistan in October 2015. The minister also announced a reward worth INR100,000 for the person who helps track down Geeta?s parents. In a video message, Sushma remarked that Geeta had returned to India with a lot of hope. "I appeal to people for help in locating he
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WWII bomb forces evacuation of 10,000 in Berlin

BERLIN: About 10,000 people in Berlin were forced to leave their homes on Monday as bomb disposal units prepared to defuse an unexploded World War II bomb. Construction workers found the 250-kilo device earlier in the day, prompting police to seal off the area within a 500-metre radius of the site in west Berlin´s Innsbrucker Platz. Underground and suburban rail traffic was disrupted, and officers went house to house to ensure that the area was cleared before disposal experts moved in. More t
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Iran, Iraq hold exercises near Iraqi Kurdistan

The Iranian military on its website announced joint military exercises with units of the Iraqi army involving armour and artillery units as well as drones and other aviation. Photo: AFP SULAIMANIYAH: Iranian and Iraqi forces conducted joint military exercises on Monday near the border with Iraq´s autonomous Kurdistan region, a Kurdish official said, following tensions over the Kurds´ independence vote. Iraqi Kurds voted 92.7 percent in favour of independence on September 25 in a non-binding re
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Federal govt turns down Sindh govt's request for census records

The sixth Housing and Population Census began after a period of 19 years on March 15. Photo: file ISLAMABAD: Federal government refused to provide Sindh government with census records on Monday, deepening the rift between the two governments over census results. According to Geo News, Consultant to Pakistan Bureau of Statistics on Census Asif Bajwa said that the record cannot be provided to the Sindh government until the law is amended. He explained that Sindh government had asked for records
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Stephen Paddock: retired accountant, Vegas gunman

LAS VEGAS: Stephen Craig Paddock was a retired accountant who lived on a desert golf course in Mesquite Nevada, with no known history of violence - until he shot dead 50 people in a hail of gunfire from his Las Vegas hotel window. Paddock's family was in shock after the 64-year-old sowed terror on the Vegas strip in the worst mass shooting in recent US history, which the Daesh early Monday claimed was carried out by one of its "soldiers." His brother, Eric Paddock, told CBS News his brother wa
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Catalan leader calls for international mediation in Madrid stand-off

MADRID: The leader of Catalonia called for international mediation on Monday to resolve a stand-off with Madrid, the day after hundreds were injured as police tried to forcibly disrupt a referendum on independence that had been ruled illegal. ?It is not a domestic matter,? Carles Puigdemont told a news conference on Monday. ?It?s obvious that we need mediation.? Sunday?s events in the autonomous region dramatically raised the temperature in a festering split between Madrid and Barcelona and ma
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Deadly twin suicide attack hits Damascus police station

BEIRUT: Two suicide bombers attacked a police station in Damascus on Monday, killing a number of civilians and policemen, the interior minister said, in the first such attack in the Syrian capital since July. Four militants carried out the attack, killing more than 10 people, the pro-Damascus TV channel al-Mayadeen said. Russia?s RIA news agency reported that 15 people were killed. Militants targeted the station in the al-Midan neighbourhood and clashed with police officers there, Interior Min
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Two Indian posts destroyed, civilian martyred in LoC firing

RAWALPINDI: The Pakistan Army on Monday destroyed two Indian posts after a civilian was martyred by Indian firing along the Line of Control (LoC), said a statement released by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR). The firing also injured four other civilians in the area.  "Pakistan Army effectively engaged the Indian posts targetting the civilian posts," added the ISPR.  On September 30, unprovoked firing across the Line of Control martyred a junior commissioned officer (JCO) and two ci
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Smash hit: Ping pong robot takes on Olympian at Tokyo tech fair

FORPHEUS, a fourth-generation table-tennis robot developed by automation parts maker Omron returns a shot to a human player at a top Tokyo tech fair on October 2. Photo: AFP A ping-pong-playing robot served up a hit at a top Tokyo tech fair Monday, while a barely-moving machine in the shape of a sloth aimed to provide a relaxing change of pace. The alien-looking table-tennis star, named FORPHEUS, had a tough opponent, in the shape of Japan's first-ever Olympic singles medal-winner in a man-vers
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Pakistan fumble in 136-run chase after dramatic collapse against SL

Sri Lankan players rejoice after taking a Pakistani wicket. ?Reuters photo ABU DHABI: The Pakistani batting line-up crumbled in the face of Sri Lanka bowling, losing the first Test on Monday despite a five-wicket haul by Yasir Shah giving Sarfraz XI an easy 136-run target. Things did not go Pakistan's way as a seemingly achievable target soon loomed large, with Sami Aslam (2), Azhar Ali (0), Shan Masood (7), Babar Azam (3) and Asad Shafiq (20) being quickly sent back to the pavilion early in th
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Bangladesh, Myanmar agree to draw up plan for refugee repatriation: minister

Rohingya refugees queue for aid in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, October 1, 2017.  Photo:REUTERS  DHAKA: Bangladesh and Myanmar agreed on Monday to set up a ?working group? to plan the repatriation of more than half a million Rohingya Muslim refugees who have fled to Bangladesh to escape an army crackdown, the Bangladeshi foreign minister said. The United Nations has called the exodus of 507,000 Rohingya since late August the world?s fastest-developing refugee emergency and says Buddhist-majority M
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I am being compared to Pakistan's biggest thief: Imran Khan

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairperson Imran Khan, while addressing a press conference in the federal capital on Monday, said that he is being compared to the most corrupt man in the country. He further said that propaganda is being created and his case is being portrayed in the same light as that of former prime minister Nawaz Sharif.  "They think that if Nawaz is a thief, then Imran Khan must be one as well," he added. "I am ready for accountability," he said, adding that he is sub
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Kurdish referendum in Iraq lacks legitimacy, says FO

ISLAMABAD: The spokesperson for the Foreign Office (FO) said on Monday that the Kurdish referendum held in Iraq lacks legitimacy.  "The referendum violates the Iraqi constitution and therefore lacks any legitimacy," said spokesperson Nafees Zakaria.  The FO added that the referendum presents a challenge to peace and stability of Iraq. "Pakistan is deeply concerned over the referendum in Iraqi Kurdistan."  Pakistan reiterated its support for Iraq and further said the country fully supports Ir
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Sarfraz, Haris keep Pakistan alive after top order collapse

Sami Aslam walks off after being dismissed, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 1st Test, Abu Dhabi, 5th day, October 2, 2017/AFP ABU DHABI: Pakistan top order crumbled in the face of Sri Lanka bowling, after a brilliant five-wicket haul by leg-spinner Yasir Shah left Sarfraz XI needing just 136 runs to win on the final day of the first Test. The seemingly easy target, however, soon loomed large as Sami Aslam (2), Azhar Ali (0), Shan Masood (7), Babar Azam (3) and Asad Shafiq (20) were sent quickly back to t
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More than 50 killed in Las Vegas concert shooting: police

Las Vegas Metro Police officers gather near the intersection of Tropicana Avenue and Las Vegas Boulevard South after a mass shooting at a music festival on the Strip/Reuters  LAS VEGAS: A gunman opened fire at a country music festival on the Las Vegas Strip on Sunday, killing more than 50 people and wounding more than 200 others before the suspect was killed by police. Police identified the suspect as a local Las Vegas man who acted alone, Sheriff Joseph Lombardo of the Las Vegas Metropolitan P
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Nisar exercised limited authority as interior minister, says Rana Sanaullah

ISLAMABAD: Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Monday that Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan exercised limited authority during his tenure as interior minister. Speaking in Geo News? show, Geo Pakistan, he said that: ?Chaudhry Nisar did not enjoy complete authority, and was facing same issues as voiced by Interior Minister Ahsan Iqbal.? Responding to a question related to the strong reservations expressed by Iqbal in a press conference outside court complex, after he was disallowed to enter the
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US biology trio wins Nobel Medicine Prize

Winners of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (L-R) Jeffrey C Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W Young are pictured on a display during a press conference/AFP STOCKHOLM: US geneticists Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young were awarded the Nobel Medicine Prize Monday for shedding light on the internal biological clock that governs the wake-sleep cycles of most living things. "Their discoveries explain how plants, animals and humans adapt their biological rhythm so t
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